George Orwell

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May 15, 2013

Andrew Norfolk and Tom Bergin share the Orwell Prize for Journalism for their work for Read more

November 15, 1941

Church bells rung this morning – in celebration of the victory in Egypt. [1] The first time that I have heard them in Read more

March 25, 1936

Men along the private line leading to Gauber pit unloading trucks of slack. They say the mine “can’t get shut o’ t Read more

October 8, 1931

Ginger and I went to kip in Tooley Street, owned by Lew Levy who owns the one in Westminster Bridge Road. It is only sev Read more