Tribune, 26 October 1945 In last week’s Tribune, there was an interesting letter from Mr. J. Stewart Cook, in which he suggested that the best way of avoiding the danger of a “scientific hierarchy” would be to see to it that every member of the general public was, as far as possible, scientifically educated. At the same time,...
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Adelphi, October 1941 Mr Murry1 said years ago that the works of the best modern writers, Joyce, Eliot and the like, simply demonstrated the impossibility of great art in a time like the present, and since then we have moved onwards into a period in which any sort of joy in writing, any such...
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Unpublished letter to the Editor of The Times, 12 October 1942 10a Mortimer Crescent NW6 Sir, May I be allowed to offer one or two reflections on the British Government’s decision to retaliate against German prisoners,1 which seems so far to have aroused extraordinarily little protest? By chaining up German prisoners in response to...
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The typescript has a few amendments in Orwell’s hand and at the head of the first page, also in his hand, is written, ‘As broadcast. 10 mins 10 secs.’ The talk was censored by R. C. Hardman and read by Balraj Sahni. Broadcast on the BBC’s Through Eastern Eyes programme on 29 January 1942:...
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111 Langford Court Abbey Road London NWS 8 April 1941 Dear Mr Jones, Many thanks for your letter.1 Perhaps in one or two cases I expressed myself rather ambiguously and can make things clearer by answering some of your queries. 1. “The U.S.A. will need a year to mobilize its resources even if Big...
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The typescript of this broadcast, in the BBC Archives, has written at the top of the first sheet ‘Anon.’ Programmes as Broadcast (PasB) notes: ‘Written by Eric Blair and read by B. Sahni (Members of the Indian Section).’ It ran for 11 1/3 minutes. Broadcast on the BBC’s Through Eastern Eyes programme on 20 January...
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Tribune, 30 April 1943 Anyone who has had to do propaganda to “friendly” countries must envy the European Service of the B.B.C. They are playing on such an easy wicket! People living under a foreign occupation are necessarily hungry for news, and by making it a penal offence to listen in to Allied broadcasts...
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Tribune, 22 March 1946 Many recent statements in the press have declared that it is almost, if not quite, impossible for us to mine as much coal as we need for home and export purposes, because of the impossibility of inducing a sufficient number of miners to remain in the pits. One set of...
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The Ukrainian translation of Animal Farm was intended for Ukrainians living in the camps for Displaced Persons in Germany under British and American administration after World War II. These, as indicated in a letter from the man who organised the translation and distribution, Ihor Szewczenko, were people who supported the October Revolution and who...
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Partisan Review, March-April 1943. Completed by Orwell on 3 January 1943. Dear Editors, It is just on two years since I wrote you my first letter. I wrote that one to the tune of A.A. guns, when we were in desperate straits and also on what appeared to be the edge of rapid political advance....
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