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Orwell’s Scottish Ancestry & Slavery*

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on June 23, 2019

“He hated Scotsmen!” Kay Ekevall “He wrote under the name ‘Orwell’, partly because he preferred separate identity as an author, partly because he disliked […]

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In Edinburgh: Thinking About The Scottish Enlightenment & Contemporary Australia

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 1, 2014

“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 […]

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Darcy Moore

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Added a curio to my #Orwell collection. His essay, “Benefit of Clergy”, was suppressed (from Russell, Leonard, The Saturday Book 4, London: Hutchinson & Co., London, 1944. 288pp) on grounds of obscenity but remains in the table of contents. pic.twitter.com/nFye…

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For more than a decade parents, students and teachers have wanted reform of the ATAR and pen/paper exams (with many understandably concerned what the politics of ‘the market’ in education may do with in that reform process). #moribund twitter.com/cpaterso…

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#TheGreat and #Dickinson are phenomenally good! twitter.com/megnific…

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Highly recommend you consider joining the @Orwell_Society orwellsociety.com/ho… #Orwell

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Truly makes the men real compared to the b&w representations. Great shot. Just great. Look t the guy in the top left laughing. They are all in good humour. twitter.com/Civil_Wa…

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‘Collapse of civilisation is the most likely outcome’: top climate scientists – Voice of Action #ClimateEmergency voiceofaction.org/co…

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