Tag Archives: George Orwell
The Golden Country
Last night I got home from work and watched the evening sun play across the wall for about an hour. In 1984, the Golden Country is a place of escape, untouched by Big Brother and the Party and remote from … Continue reading
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Victory Cigarettes for all!
US Forces in war zones are not going to be banned from smoking, as the Pentagon is worried that to do so might add to their stress. Smoking rates are ‘thought to be as high as 50%’ among those returning … Continue reading
Back to the politics
At times, there is an awful lot of chatter about how ’1984 is coming true’ and a blog with the title of ten minutes hate is probably no place to try to argue the opposite. So I won’t bother. 1984 … Continue reading
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1Q84
Very excited to read today that Haruki Murakami has revealed some of the inspiration for his new book: Murakami has now admitted that he had “long wanted to write a near-past novel similar to George Orwell’s futuristic novel 1984″ Only … Continue reading
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The Rewrite Squad
So today The Times struck a blow for openness and honesty in public life, with a blistering exposé of… an anonymous detective constable who had been writing an often amusing blog about the trials of modern policing. Blogger ‘NightJack’ had … Continue reading
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Riot of my own
There were riots in Northern Ireland earlier this month. As the news showed pictures of balaclava-wearing youths with petrol bombs in their hands, I thought ‘how old fashioned’ – as if this kind of thing had died out a long … Continue reading
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Last one to Cable Street
Uncharacteristically, snow fell in London last October, for the first time since 1934. It wasn’t the only harbinger of a return to Depression-era doom and gloom as the credit crunch™ began to bite. The Observer ran an article claiming that … Continue reading
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Bastards
You can look back to the thirties and forties and think how much easier it was then, when the bad guys wore the hooked cross so lusted over by the toffs and the good guys were the ones who were … Continue reading
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Everywhere you look
Everywhere you look, on all fronts, the cunts appear to be winning. We, the right thinking people of this land, are being out manoeuvred and out gunned at every turn. It used to be the case that you could rely … Continue reading
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