Once a whore, always a whore.Īs someone who has always preferred to mark Orwell’s birthday, I suggest ignoring all of this hoopla, especially as it seems a reasonable bet that he would have hated the idea of Orwell Day. Don’t imagine that for years on end you can make yourself the boot-licking propagandist of the Soviet regime, or any other regime, and then suddenly turn to mental decency. The New Statesman went one further and declared Orwell Week, prompting the Spectator to point out that the writer and the NS editors had not always seen eye-to-eye, quoting this from an Orwell Tribune column:ĭo remember that dishonesty and cowardice always have to be paid for. Lib Com had one of the best examples, this essay on the myth of freedom of the press, as evidenced by the difficulties Orwell experienced in finding a publisher for Animal Farm. the ‘Classic’ editions of his works and various media outlets took the opportunity to highlight his journalism. Monday 21 January was designated by someone as Orwell Day, in commemoration of the anniversary of the writer’s death.
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