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Orwell in Paris: War Correspondent*
Wearing the uniform of a British officer, George Orwell returned to Paris in February 1945 as a war correspondent for The Observer and Manchester Evening […]
Eric Blair in Katha
Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Indian Imperial Police Force, Eric Arthur Blair, was based in Upper Burma, at Katha, from 23 December 1926 until […]
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Which edition of George Orwell’s most famous novel is on your shelf and why does it matter? The first British and American editions of Orwell’s […]
Homage to Stansky and Abrahams: Orwell’s first biographers*
“I request that no memorial service be held for me after my death and that no biography of me shall be written.” (Eric Blair, 18 […]
Orwell in Paris: Aunt Nellie
George Orwell aka Eric Blair (1903-1950) died seventy years ago today, on the 21st January 1950. His favourite aunt, Nellie Limouzin (1870-1950), passed away five […]
Orwell’s typewriter
“I am just on the grisly job of typing out my novel. I can’t type much because it tires me too much to sit up […]
Leon Gellert, George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
“As a child I lived in a home that was full of books … Rare works and first editions were kept under lock and key, […]
Orwell’s Scottish Ancestry & Slavery*
This post has been updated. Read this one. “He hated Scotsmen!” Kay Ekevall “He wrote under the name ‘Orwell’, partly because he preferred separate […]
Orwell’s Streptomycin
“I am a lot better, but I had a bad fortnight with the secondary effects of the streptomycin. I suppose with all these drugs it’s […]
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Orwell’s Scottish Ancestry and Slavery*
How much did Orwell know about his Scottish ancestry? His well-known prejudice against the Scots conceivably emanated from the distaste he felt for the way […]