‘We say that the most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men; my heart goes out to them. They accept the essential ideal of man; they merely seek it wrongly. Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that […]
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Diversity, or how progressive rhetoric about diversity and the greater representation of women, blacks and Asians masks the ongoing influence of traditional networks of private school and Oxbridge
Polemic – a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something The British cultural élite is very concerned about ‘diversity’, which means pre-eminently more women and more ethnic minorities. I’m making the simple point that it does not, on the whole, mean more poor and disadvantaged people, God no. It still tends to means […]
Posted by Simon on February 28, 2020
https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2020/02/28/diversity-or-how-progressive-rhetoric-about-diversity-and-greater-representation-of-women-blacks-and-asians-masks-the-ongoing-influence-of-networks-of-power-formed-at-private-school-and-oxbridge/
Inside the Whale and Other Essays by George Orwell
To write in plain, vigorous language one has to think fearlessly, and if one thinks fearlessly one cannot be politically orthodox. (The Prevention of Literature) Orwell wrote hundreds of essays, reviews and articles which, since his death in 1950, have been repackaged in a number of formats. This selection dates from 1957 and contains some […]
Posted by Simon on August 16, 2017
https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/inside-the-whale-george-orwell/
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell (1937)
Columbus sailed the Atlantic, the first steam engines tottered into motion, the British squares stood firm under the French guns at Waterloo, the one-eyed scoundrels of the nineteenth century praised God and filled their pockets; and this is where it all led – to labyrinthine slums and dark back kitchens with sickly, ageing people creeping […]
Posted by Simon on August 2, 2017
https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/the-road-to-wigan-pier-george-orwell/
Books & Boots 