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

April 24, 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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Darcy1968Darcy Moore@Darcy1968·
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François Villon (c.1431-1463) was #Orwell's greatest literary discovery (before reading Ulysses) & he had time time to think about the poet while living at Hôtel des Bons Amis #OrwellinParis @duncanroberts75 @TheLong1930s @drnjwaddell @pascoliniclaire https://www.darcymoore.net/2021/10/16/orwell-in-paris-francois-villon.

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1920s/30s Paris on the edge of the 19th arr. Even with a virtual checkbook in my hand I couldn't decide which place to buy in these streets...
#artdeco #parisstreets #orwellsparis

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Orwell_SocietyOrwell Society@Orwell_Society·
10 Oct

Here's an article, 10 years old, on this exclusion from the record of people such as Una Marson. It's a continuing problem.
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/628/BAR19-13-Nasta.pdf https://twitter.com/LawMike/status/1447099342108626946

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I see Google are celebrating Una Marson today. It always fascinates me that the @BBC never does. She was the first Black woman to work for the BBC, working with (for instance) none other than George Orwell on ‘Voice’, the corporation’s monthly poetry programme broadcast to India.

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