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6 rue du Pot de Fer

So here it is. After 5 years of walking around Paris in the footsteps of George Orwell (or Eric Blair…

22/10/2021   |   No Comment

The Hotel X

“Anyone coming into the basement for the first time would have thought himself in a den of maniacs. It was…

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Russian Paris – part 1

Before tens of thousands of Russians flooded into France following the forced migrations of WWI and the Bolshevik revolution, a…

14/12/2021   |   No Comment

Enter the Russian Captain

“Writing is bosh. There is only one way to make money at writing, and that is to marry a publisher’s…

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Foch’s Funeral

On the 29th of March 1929, days after discharging himself from the Hôpital Cochin, Eric Blair attended the funeral of…

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L’Hôpital Cochin – How the poor die

On the 5th of April 1928, the French government passed a law allowing anyone with an official work contract to…

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A Paris Hotel

If Eric Blair had come to Paris to broaden his outlook, the Hotel at 6 Rue du Pot de Fer…

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Found in Translation

27 rue du Sommerand. The heart of the Paris Latin quarter. I park my scooter in front of the dark…

18/11/2021   |   No Comment

The very thirsty captain

Although it doesn’t concern THE Russian captain that Orwell befriended in Paris in 1929, this letter and expenses bill caught…

07/11/2021   |   1 Comment

Over Eric’s shoulder…

An extract from Chapter 2 of ‘Orwell and the Russian Captain’. We follow over Eric Blair’s shoulder in 1928 as…

24/10/2021   |   No Comment

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On the trail of George Orwell in 1920s Paris. Forthcoming book - Orwell & the Russian Captain.

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duncanroberts75Duncan Roberts@duncanroberts75·
13 Dec 2021

#Orwell’s Paris. Day 13🗓️
The Job hunt begins
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12 Dec 2021

I wrote a great deal about #RuthGraves a few years ago but my latest research into her life reveals why #Orwell would have profited from her friendship before he was published and was working out his philosophy. https://www.darcymoore.net/2021/12/12/poverty-and-the-true-artist/ #OrwellinParis

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#Orwell’s Paris. Day 12🗓️ An American friend in Paris https://bit.ly/OrwellinParis
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