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Il y a 19 heures · Orwell's grave in All Saints' parish churchyard, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire. Orwell had requested to be buried in accordance with the Anglican rite in the graveyard of the closest church to wherever he happened to die. The graveyards in central London had no space, and so in an effort to ensure his last wishes could be fulfilled ...
Il y a 5 jours · Orwell's Blue Plaque in Kentish Town. Few people have as many London plaques as George Orwell. His official Blue Plaque can be found on Lawford Road, Kentish Town, where he lodged for a few...
Il y a 2 jours · George Orwell — ‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.’
Il y a 4 jours · During his time in Burma, Orwell witnessed the everyday humiliations and brutalities inflicted upon the Burmese people by their British rulers. He saw firsthand the racial prejudices and systemic injustices that were inherent in the colonial system. Orwell’s role as a colonial officer placed him in a position of power, which he ...
Il y a 4 jours · The fine rolls were the earliest surviving rolls compiled by the English royal chancery. Surviving in almost continuous sequence from 1199, they are preserved in The National Archives at Kew, one for each regnal year. For Henry III’s reign (1216–1272), there are fifty-six rolls, written in Latin on parchment, with each roll being ...
Il y a 4 jours · George Orwell — ‘If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.’
Il y a 1 jour · Patent Rolls. Counterparts of Royal Letters Patent granting lands, titles, offices or emoluments to a subject, are termed Patent Rolls. They are bulky rolls of parchment, each consisting of about a score of membranes tacked lengthways one on to another.
