Comments on: Dangerous books http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/08/22/dangerous-books/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:23:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alan http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/08/22/dangerous-books/comment-page-1/#comment-19278 Alan Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:43:37 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/08/22/dangerous-books/#comment-19278 I thought I saw you at about 9pm on Tuesday. But I bet it wasn't you. I thought I saw you at about 9pm on Tuesday. But I bet it wasn’t you.

]]> By: Simon that is called Simon http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/08/22/dangerous-books/comment-page-1/#comment-19131 Simon that is called Simon Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:00:27 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/08/22/dangerous-books/#comment-19131 I entirely recommend revisiting Orwell - something I've been doing myself in recent months. His writing is concise, keenly observed and often savagely vivid. He's also very good at tackling complex, knotty issues in a very readable way (Animal Farm being the obvious example). His essays are a good place to start as they are short and to the point, and cover a great range of subjects. <a href="http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/index.cgi/work/essays/language.html" rel="nofollow">"Politics and the English language"</a> is a corker, and feels brazen;y contemporary though it is 60 years old. But dip into the other essays on the same site - they're all very good. I entirely recommend revisiting Orwell – something I’ve been doing myself in recent months. His writing is concise, keenly observed and often savagely vivid. He’s also very good at tackling complex, knotty issues in a very readable way (Animal Farm being the obvious example).

His essays are a good place to start as they are short and to the point, and cover a great range of subjects. “Politics and the English language” is a corker, and feels brazen;y contemporary though it is 60 years old. But dip into the other essays on the same site – they’re all very good.

]]> By: Neil http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/08/22/dangerous-books/comment-page-1/#comment-19074 Neil Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:46:18 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2006/08/22/dangerous-books/#comment-19074 Nineteen Eighty-Four is well wortha read. Both Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four were compulsory reads ahen I was at school - but they both made a lot more sense when I re-read them a few years later. I once had to write an essay about the use of dust in Nineteen Eighty-Four. That's enough to put anyone off books for life! Nineteen Eighty-Four is well wortha read.

Both Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four were compulsory reads ahen I was at school – but they both made a lot more sense when I re-read them a few years later.

I once had to write an essay about the use of dust in Nineteen Eighty-Four. That’s enough to put anyone off books for life!

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