What Is Psychodystopia?
I started higher education very late in life, graduating in 2014 aged sixty-two. Since then I have completed an MA, and I have…
Sixty-Five Years Since Orwell’s Death
George Orwell passed away sixty-five years ago today. He died alone in his room on the fourth floor of UCLH’s Rosenheim Building, where…
Orwell Using a Macbook Pro!
My ‘Photoshopped’ version of the well-known photograph of Orwell, with his Remington replaced by an Apple. I’m completely misguided, of course. If he…
‘As I Please’
As a follow-on from my previous post on the subject of Orwell’s ‘blog’, I decided to post George’s brilliant As I Please article…
Orwell—The First Blogger?
I have been reading Orwell’s As I Please columns from when he was at The Tribune in the early 1940s. They make wonderful…
Soviet Posters With An Orwellian Message
As a regular feature, starting today I’m going to post instances of totalitarian (Soviet, mostly) mis-information that corresponds with “Newspeak’ mis-information as described…
At Last—Orwell’s ‘Rambling’ Preacher Identified
Continuing from my most recent post on the subject (yet again, some might say!) of Orwell’s stay in Sheffield in March 1936, my…
O’Brien’s ‘Brotherhood’ Inspired by Orwell’s Visit to Sheffield?
In his diary entry for 3 March 1936, George Orwell writes “In the evening was taken to a Methodist Church where some kind…
New Tesco Store Modelled on Orwell’s “Airstrip 1”
Tesco is not a supermarket, it’s a superracket. The store near Watford’s town centre has just been refurbished. According to Tesco, this is…
Not So Big Bother!
My momentous first day at UEA was spoiled somewhat by getting caught speeding en-route from Hertfordshire to Norwich, and to rub salt in…