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Lost Connections by Johann Hari #review and my #reading in January

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on January 28, 2018

“We have been systematically misinformed about what depression and anxiety are.” […]

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George Orwell and William Shakespeare

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on January 18, 2018

George Orwell aka Eric Blair (1903-50) is now clearly second only to Shakespeare in the pantheon of English literary giants. In our current contemporary context, […]

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#MyHouseofSky #JABaker #review and my #reading in December

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on December 19, 2017

“There is no mysterious essence we can call a ‘place’. Place is change. It is motion killed by the mind, and preserved in the amber […]

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Dæmon Voices #review and my #reading in November

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on November 25, 2017

Philip Pullman’s Dæmon Voices – Essays on Storytelling is pleasurable reading for English teachers, students, writers and anyone who loves stories. Best known for the […]

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La Belle Sauvage #BookofDust #review and my #reading in October

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 29, 2017

“But the meaning of a book is never just what the author thinks it is. It’s a great mistake to rely on the author to […]

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#Autumn #TropicofCancer #review and my #reading in August

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 27, 2017

I want to show you our world as it is now: the door, the floor, the water tap and the sink, the garden chair close […]

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#STC1984 #Orwell A New Adaptation by Icke & MacMillan #review and my #reading in July

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on July 29, 2017

“I think we’ve ended up being incredibly faithful to the book.” Duncan MacMillan George Orwell’s last novel, published in 1949, was not expected to have […]

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#Churchill and #Orwell: The Fight for Freedom #review and my #reading in June

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on July 2, 2017

“The Struggle to see things as they are is perhaps the fundamental driver of Western civilisation. There is a long direct line from Aristotle and […]

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#UtopiaforRealists #review and my #reading in May

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 28, 2017

Consider this: The word utopia means both “good place” and “no place.” What we need are alternative horizons that spark the imagination. And I do […]

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The Handmaid’s Tale #review and my #reading in April

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on April 29, 2017

“Our big mistake was teaching them to read. We won’t do that again.” The Handmaid’s Tale p. 307 I suspected re-reading The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood prior […]

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'Down and Out in Paris and London' was banned in Australia until 1953. #Orwell himself made a note of the fact in 1949 for his literary executors. #Orwelltrivia

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Added Henri #Barbusse's 'Inferno' (expurgated) tran. John Rodker 1932 + 'Hell' (unexpurgated) tran. Robert Baldick 1966 (artwork by Charles Mosley) to my #pariscollection. A scandalous look at Parisian boarding houses originally published in 1908. #Orwell darcymoore.net/paris… pic.twitter.com/BW13…

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#ants aeon.co/videos/incre… via @aeonmag

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#Orwell’s bust vandalised at his Motihari birthplace toi.in/dynY2b96/a24g… via @timesofindia

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Australia's freedom of information regime labelled 'dysfunctional' in scathing audit theguardian.com/aust… #auspol

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IMHO George Woodcock wrote more insightfully about Orwell than anyone else who knew him. He also founded NOW (1940-1947) which I have collected & started reading chronologically, from the first, stapled A4 edition. en.m.wikipedia.org/w… #Orwell #HowThePoorDie pic.twitter.com/PvwV…

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