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Orwell and Politics (edited by Peter Davison)

tobedwithatrollope wrote 2 weeks ago: The fourth and final review of the Penguin Press editions of selected writings by George Orwell, fol … more »

Tags: Cold War, diaries/memoirs, essays, GEORGE ORWELL, intelligence, Letters, Literature, Political Philosophy, Russia

Orwell's England (edited by Peter Davison)

tobedwithatrollope wrote 3 weeks ago: Continuing from the previous post on Orwell in Spain and Orwell and the Dispossessed, this post look … more »

Tags: diaries/memoirs, essays, GEORGE ORWELL, Labour, Letters, Political Philosophy, Social History, UK

Freedom's Frontier: Censorship in Modern Britain by Donald Thomas

tobedwithatrollope wrote 1 month ago: I’m finding it a bit rough going after a holiday weekend, but I think this review will suffice … more »

Tags: bibliophilia, Literature, Social History, theatre, UK

Orwell in Spain and Orwell and the Dispossessed (edited by Peter Davison)2 comments

tobedwithatrollope wrote 2 months ago: A few years ago, Penguin Press released a series of four books that each take one of George Orwell … more »

Tags: diaries/memoirs, essays, Europe, GEORGE ORWELL, Labour, Militaria, Social History, UK

Obscure Scribblers: A History of Parliamentary Journalism by Andrew Sparrow

tobedwithatrollope wrote 3 months ago: For additional reading that presents a slightly more critical view of today’s book review subj … more »

Tags: UK, Westminster

Greetings1 comment

charliebar wrote 3 months ago: Hello I’m Charlie, the newest school digital journo. I’ll be keeping you posted on what … more »

Tags: Students, Improvements

Ashley Alexandra Dupre's Family Heartbreak

Bill wrote 3 months ago: This b.s. was on People.com. I didn’t help their stats by clicking on it. Who do these a**hol … more »

Tags: People, media, media, Gossip, Muckrakers, Papparazzi

The Hands of History: Parliamentary Sketches 1997-2007 by Simon Hoggart1 comment

tobedwithatrollope wrote 3 months ago: Slipping in an extra review this week to make up for the paucity of postings last month. I have othe … more »

Tags: Westminster, Tories, UK, Prime Ministers, Labour, Satire

A bad day calls for some random link-blogging2 comments

Isabelle Roughol wrote 4 months ago: I will not blog about the New York Times’ story on John McCain and his lobbyist friend. That … more »

Tags: Media business, ethics, France, US Presidential elections

Playing to the Gallery: Parliamentary Sketches from Blair Year Zero by Simon Hoggart2 comments

tobedwithatrollope wrote 4 months ago: A quick review this Sunday, since I’m sort of in the middle of travelling at the moment. Playi … more »

Tags: Dead Politicians, Labour, Prime Ministers, Satire, Tories, UK, Westminster

Britain Decides: The UK General Election 2005 edited by Andrew Geddes and Jonathan Tonge

tobedwithatrollope wrote 5 months ago: I picked up this book from the sale table at The Strand bookshop in New York City a few weeks ago, g … more »

Tags: Westminster, Tories, UK, Prime Ministers, Dead Politicians, Labour, essays

Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books by Maureen Corrigan1 comment

tobedwithatrollope wrote 5 months ago: I may be able to move back up to three review posts per week fairly soon, depending on how the backl … more »

Tags: bibliophilia, diaries/memoirs, USA

Tortured young PRs?

Alex Pearmain wrote 7 months ago: Gorkana PR reckon the following tactics are being deployed by some journalists. We say you really ha … more »

Tags: PR, Gorkana

I Saw Author Smoke Crack7 comments

oftroad wrote 7 months ago:   It’s true. A well known author who has come to prominence in this country in recent mo … more »

Tags: other bastards, Tales From The City, Women, Crack

The Wilson Plot: How the Spycatchers and Their American Allies Tried to Overthrow the British Government by David Leigh

tobedwithatrollope wrote 8 months ago: I’ve acquired a copy of the BBC2 television programme The Plot Against Harold Wilson, in which … more »

Tags: Cold War, Dead Politicians, intelligence, Labour, Prime Ministers, UK, Westminster

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

tobedwithatrollope wrote 8 months ago: I thought I’d posted this already, but it seems that I hadn’t yet. I need to start keep … more »

Tags: essays, Letters, Social History, UK, USA

Chance Witness: An Outsider's Life in Politics by Matthew Parris

tobedwithatrollope wrote 8 months ago: Another quasi-politician’s memoirs? Don’t worry — I’ll run out of them one … more »

Tags: Westminster, Tories, UK, diaries/memoirs

Supping with the Devils: Political Writing From Thatcher to Blair by Hugo Young

tobedwithatrollope wrote 9 months ago: I have a few non-politics books that I’ve been meaning to post, but I need to go back and make … more »

Tags: GEORGE ORWELL, Social History, UK, Westminster

The Envy of the World: Fifty Years of the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3, 1946–1996 by Humphrey Carpenter

tobedwithatrollope wrote 9 months ago: Various BBC anniversaries in the past week prompted me to dredge up this little review I wrote a whi … more »

Tags: UK, Social History


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