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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
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…
#Orwell’s bust vandalised at his Motihari birthplace toi.in/dynY2b96/a24g… via @timesofindia
Australia's freedom of information regime labelled 'dysfunctional' in scathing audit theguardian.com/aust… #auspol
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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