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"The great surprise of the Moon Under Water is its garden."
George Orwell's ideal pub, eighty years on
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"History is written by the winners."
First published in Tribune, 4 February 1944
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"One has the right to expect ordinary decency of a poet."
First published in Tribune, 28 January 1944
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"Listening in the other day to somebody else’s telephone conversation, as one is always doing nowadays..."
An extract from Orwell's wartime diary
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"The basic error of this school of thought is its contempt for the common man."
First published in Tribune, 14 January 1944
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"All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes..."
First published in the Evening Standard, 12 January 1946
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"I have often found that the cheapest way of buying a frame is to buy a picture and then throw away the picture."
First published in the Evening Standard, 5 January 1946
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