England Your England
by George Orwell · first published 2017
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…remembered in the public consciousness as the 1984 guy is a shame (and is particularly jarring when right wing populists invoke his name to decry people who try and get them to stop lying). Orwell's essay 'England Your England' (the first part of 'The Lion and the Unicorn') is perhaps his piece which is dearest to my heart, as a patriotic but anti-reactionary Englishman. However, of broader appeal are 'Shooting an Elephant'…
on “The lesser-known Orwell: are his novels deserving of reappraisal?” ↗George Orwell had a lot to say on this sort of subject in his essay England your England, a lot of it rings true even to this day.
on “The digital pound: A new form of money for households and businesses?” ↗England your England by George Orwell is essential background reading for understanding why the UK looks the way it does in my opinion.
on “Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated” ↗I really do think the class system holds us back as a society in Britain, George Orwell had a lot to say on this subject in England your England and I fear the decline he describes in the 1940s only accelerated through the 20th century and into the 21st. That essay is a good read for anyone interested in the topic, although of course much has…
on “Why a Computer Science Degree Still Opens Hidden Doors” ↗…accustom themselves to foreign food or to learn foreign languages. Nearly every Englishman of working-class origin considers it effeminate to pronounce a foreign word correctly." From George Orwell - England Your England http://orwell.ru/library/essays/lion/english/e_eye
on “The Public Shaming of England’s First Umbrella User” ↗>A hopelessly out of touch political class Orwell pointed this out in England your England which was written during the Blitz. Many of the problems he described have only got worse in the decades since he wrote about them in my opinion. While the essay is a bit dated now (it predates the post-war…
on “Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)” ↗