Tag: Scotland

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 […]

In Edinburgh: Thinking About The Scottish Enlightenment & Contemporary Australia
“This was a townscape raised in the teeth of cold winds from the east; a city of winding cobbled streets and haughty pillars; a city […]
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 […]