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 […]

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

The 80th anniversary of the publication of George Orwell’s novel has been celebrated this week from a range of perspectives in the mainstream media. Richard Blair wrote an article in The Guardian and The Orwell Society published a number of posts at the website by members. What follows is some less well-known insights into the publication […]