George Orwell

There is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman

In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman, and that it…

10 years ago

There is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman

In left-wing circles it is always always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that…

11 years ago

The hypocritical way the British ruling class

Yet in the most mean, cowardly, hypocritical way the British ruling class did all they could to hand Spain over…

11 years ago

A dull, decent people

A dull, decent people, cherishing and fortifying their dullness behind a quarter of a million bayonets. George Orwell, Burmese Days

11 years ago

The British class system revisited

Recently the BBC came up with a test (with the pretentious name of "Great British Class Survey") so that every Brit…

11 years ago