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Orwell’s Scottish Ancestry and Slavery*

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on November 17, 2020

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 […]

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Orwell’s Scottish Ancestry & Slavery*

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on June 23, 2019

This post has been updated. Read this one. “He hated Scotsmen!” Kay Ekevall “He wrote under the name ‘Orwell’, partly because he preferred separate […]

Posted in Featured | Tagged Blair, imperialism, Jamaica, Orwell, Scotland, Scots, slavery | 2 Comments

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Even though the headline does not help understand what’s important in the story this is very positive for public transport users. #Kiama bugle.app.link/fmkZb…

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washingtonpost.com/o… #classics

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Bravo Chris Bonnor. johnmenadue.com/tudg… Although anyone who has worked longer than 5 minutes in education could have identified the key features mentioned in the article.

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"Australia has the lowest rate of electric car ownership among developed countries." abc.net.au/news/scie…

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⁦@NASA⁩’s #Ingenuity helicopter makes historic first flight on Mars abc.net.au/news/scie…

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"Investment in early childhood education provides greatest benefit" is another in the "who'd ever have guessed series" but nevertheless completely worth reading. johnmenadue.com/inve…

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