Norfolk and Orwell
Once again I find it necessary to apologize for failing to post any updates to Beyond 1984 since last July….
Once again I find it necessary to apologize for failing to post any updates to Beyond 1984 since last July….
I laughed out loud when I read the other day that 1980s Conservative back-benchers had the nickname ‘Daggers’ for their…
Orwell Trivia No.2 As a director of the renowned publishers Faber & Faber, T S Eliot was regarded as ‘a…
No.1 in a series of posts on Orwell trivia. “George Orwell came into being on Thursday 8 January 1933, the…
According to Orwell’s diaries (as edited by Peter Davison), he spent the early part of July 1942 in Worcestershire while…
Today’s reports on the ‘fears of public disorder’ at Heathrow Airport due to slow hand-clapping by passengers showing their derision…
On hearing the sad news of the death of Eric Sykes, it occurred to me that the human links with…
T S Eliot (Left) and Fellow Faber & Faber Directors Photographed in 1948 George Orwell was a great admirer of…
As previous visitors to Beyond 1984 are probably aware, I recently entered university as an undergraduate, reading English Literature with…
Following on from my previous posts on George Orwell’s stay in Sheffield’s Neepsend district, I thought it would be interesting…