Why Am I Writing This Blog Post?
It is several years since I last wrote a blog article, and I am only doing it now because I […]
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Dystopian, Orwellian, Psychodystopian, Utopian
What Is Psychodystopia?
I started higher education very late in life, graduating in 2014 aged sixty-two. Since then I have completed an MA,
Orwellian
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
Orwellian
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
Orwellian
‘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
Orwellian
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.
Orwellian
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’
Orwellian
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
Orwellian, Reading, Writing
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
Creative
Graduation
I did it… I graduated! A BA in English Literature with Creative Writing. And then I spent the summer working