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Travelling in Japan: Kinosaki Onsen

Posted by | Published on January 16, 2016

We only had three weeks of our month in Japan planned with accommodation booked. This gave us the freedom to use our JR Passes flexibly […] 

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The Solitary Traveller V: London & Stratford-upon-Avon

Posted by | Published on October 5, 2015

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where […] 

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Orwell in Paris: Edith Morgan  →

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“I have heard briefly from Edith Morgan, at Christmas. She was visiting in Rome.”                                  […] 

Homage to Stansky and Abrahams: Orwell’s first biographers*  →

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“I request that no memorial service be held for me after my death and that no biography of me shall be written.”  (Eric Blair, 18 January 1950) “Perhaps Orwell was […] 

Orwell in Paris: Aunt Nellie  →

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George Orwell aka Eric Blair (1903-1950) died seventy years ago today, on the 21st January 1950. His favourite aunt, Nellie Limouzin (1870-1950), passed away five months later in tragically sad […] 

January 2015: My Reading  →

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It is not a New Year’s resolution but I intend to write one blog post a month about what I’ve been reading. Usually I write a roundup of books enjoyed […] 

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