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The Rebellion of the Beasts
“Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. And among us animals let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle. All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.” Animal Farm (1945) “This high-minded speech of the deputy hackney-coach-horse seemed to electrify all present; and a most touching scene took place, of the […]
Fading Ink: Melancholy & Archives
“Came home to hear [illegible] Eric Blair is dead.” Jack Common Archival research into the melancholic world of the past, where nearly everyone who lives on the page is long dead, can be incredibly poignant – no matter how long ago the events being recovered took place. Turning the pages of Jack Common’s near illegible […]
Blair’s Hut & the Invention of the Romantic Alps
“On the spot where we were standing is a small cabin, built of stones loosely piled together, as a shelter for travellers, which in joke has been named “The Castle of Mont Anvert.” An Englishman of the name of Blaire, who is residing at Geneva, has caused a more spacious one to be built at […]
One Scroll of Parchment
“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” George Orwell The information wrestled from the record of an 18th century Chancery suit (Blair v Drake 1754) involving Orwell’s great-great-grandfather has been crucial for unlocking some previously closed research doors. This one scroll of parchment helped with several pieces of the […]
Orwell: 2+2=5 (film review)
Raoul Peck’s ambitious new documentary pays homage to George Orwell’s intellectual achievement by exploring contemporary manifestations of the authoritarianism the writer so deplored. Since his premature death from tuberculosis in 1950, Orwell’s novels and essays have become authoritative primers for several generations of readers seeking insight into the dark arts of political propaganda, surveillance and […]
Charoux, Orwell & Astor’s Circle
“Siegfried Charoux was a man of many gifts and warm friendships. Sculpture and painting were his chief modes of expression, but he was also an inventor of technical devices in those arts, a memorable amateur cook and a powerful arguer.” […]
Elaine Talbert
I like the visual impact of Twitter Mosaic.
At the same time, I look at each picture and I can think about how much many of these people are contributing to my professional learning on a day to day basis.
I don’t know them as such, but they are having an impact on my life.
Elaine