Such, Such Was Eric Blair – The New York Review of Books
'if the neglected [Ford Madox] Ford is sometimes classified as a "writer's writer," Orwell was the very opposite—a kind of nonwriter's writer.'
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21 February 2009 – 11:00 pm
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7 November 2008 – 1:01 pm
7.11.38 « THE ORWELL DIARIES
‘In an old stone tank near the house found the decayed head of what may be a dog but I think is a jackal. There are said to be some in this country. In either case a very complete skull, so have put it up on a stick for the insects [...]
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11 August 2008 – 11:00 am
THE ORWELL PRIZE
'The Orwell Prize, Britain’s pre-eminent prize for political writing, is publishing George Orwell’s diaries as a blog. From 9th August 2008, Orwell’s domestic and political diaries (from 9th August 1938 until October 1942) will be posted in real-time, exactly 70 years after the entries were written.'
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1984 by George Orwell
19 March 2008 – 2:11 pm
I picked this up to read again because I’ve just read a biography of Stalin. I think I first read 1984 when I was really quite young — certainly no older than my teens; in fact I may have made a point of reading it in 1984, when I was nine or ten — and [...]