Saturday, 5 September 2009

The MINISTRY OF TRUTH: D.J. Taylor - Orwell -The Life: Assault Guards during the May, 1937 events.

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ASSAULT GUARDS, CIVIL GUARDS & CARABINEROS or the publicly funded, private rearguard armies of the Republic's Stalinist lackeys. Par...
Friday, 4 September 2009

Barcelona May Days, 1937. The Ministry of Truth: D.J.Taylor: Orwell - The Life

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Part Four of a series of six posts. SEE previous posts here , here , and here . OK, let's put Orwell's caveat in place first: It wi...
Wednesday, 2 September 2009

FRANCO & THE MOVIES

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When noting that sign-language was proscribed by Franco during the early years of his dictatorship in this post I recalled the Carlos Saura...
Wednesday, 26 August 2009

CATALAN: DIALECT or LANGUAGE? The Ministry of Truth: D.J. Taylor - Orwell - The Life

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Part Three of a series of six posts. See previous posts here and here . See next post here . On page 207 of his book Orwell - The Life D.J...

STUKAS OVER GUERNICA? The Ministry of Truth: D.J. Taylor - Orwell - The Life

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Part Two of a series of five posts. SEE previous post . SEE next post . On page 149 of Orwell - The Life D.J. Taylor refers to : …. St...
Friday, 7 August 2009

The MINISTRY OF TRUTH: D.J. Taylor - Orwell -The Life

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A few years ago a very good friend bought me D.J. Taylor ’s biography, Orwell: The Life . It's an entertaining and informative read. Ho...
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Monday, 27 July 2009

SUBMISSION

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Like many Brits of my generation when ever I hear the word 'submission' I immediately bring to mind Saturday afternoon TV wrestling....
Tuesday, 14 July 2009

ARC: A Curve of Learning

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I'm working my way through an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) of my novel After Goya , highlighting typos. Yes, after years in the making, Af...