Was there a reason Room 101 was called Room 101? Was the room named after anything significant? It seems odd to me that he would name such an important piece of the novel after nothing, but maybe I am just looking too hard.

Room 101 is named after a conference room at Broadcasting House. Orwell used to sit through boring meetings there.

When it was to be demolished at the BBC, Rachel Whiteread made a plaster cast and it was displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum, from November 2003 to June 2004.

![An image of a plaster cast by Rachel Whiteread of Broadcasting House.](

Sources - Wikipedia, BBC, Public Art Online, The Times (You'll need an account for The Times)