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"The average person never buys a new book, except perhaps a Penguin."
Wading through the entries for the Short Story Competition, I was struck once again by the disability that English short stories suffer in being all cut to a uniform length.1 The great short stories of the past are of all lengths from perha...
"By retaining one’s childhood love of such things as trees, fishes, butterflies and [...] toads, one makes a peaceful and decent future a little more probable."
‘Some Thoughts on the Common Toad’, George Orwell’s much-loved essay in praise of spring, and in defence of the season’s simple pleasures, was first published in Tribune in April 1946. It was an immediate success: reprinted in The New Repub...
"To blame somebody like Northcliffe for making money in the quickest way is like blaming a skunk for stinking."
In a letter published in this week’s Tribune, someone attacks me rather violently for saying that the B.B.C. is a better source of news than the daily papers, and is so regarded by the public. I have never, he suggests, heard ordinary worki...
"It is not fair to the public to treat all-important subjects in this slapdash way."
The April issue of Common Wealth devotes several paragraphs to the problem of the falling British birthrate. A good deal of what it says is true, but it also lets drop the following remarks:
The know-alls are quick to point to contracept...
"To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilisation."
In February 1945, with the Allies advancing across Europe, George Orwell crossed to France as an authorised war correspondent for The Observer and the Manchester Evening News. Today’s extract was first published in The Observer, 9 April 194...
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