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In 1946, George Orwell wrote an essay in which he outlined the four main reasons for writing. One was egoism, another “aesthetic enthusiasm”. The third was “historical impulse… the desire to find out true facts and store them up for the use of posterity.” This was closely linked to the fourth, “political purpose”, which he described as “the desire to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other people’s idea of the kind of society that they should strive for.” Sadly, the totalitarianism and dictatorships Orwell railed against are with us still, even if in different shape. In a jingle he dashed off to prod himself into action, he wrote “I wasn’t born for an age like this./ Was Smith? Was Jones? Were you?” It was a direct challenge to writers to make a stand, to heed their consciences, avoid fence-sitting and choose a side. ....
Orwell Prizes 2021: Ali Smith and Joshua Yaffa win Orwell Prizes indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ali Smith wins Orwell prize for novel taking in Covid-19 and Brexit theguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Joy Neumeyer, Burying Homo Sovieticus, NLR 129, May–June 2021 newleftreview.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newleftreview.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(Photo: PA/ Unknown author, Wikimedia Commons) THE COUNTY OF WORCESTERSHIRE has a lot of links and ties to the tragedy of the Titanic. The anchor ship itself was made in Worcestershire and a lot of former Worcestershire residents also boarded the ship. One such passenger was Francis Millet who met his tragic demise on the ship when it sunk in 1912. While he was born and bred in America, he did spend some of his later years in Broadway in the Cotswolds living with his family. Early life Francis was the son of a surgeon, born in Massachusetts in 1846. Before becoming a painter, he fought in the Civil War alongside his father and he was later a drummer boy with the Union forces and then became became a surgical assistant. ....