At any point over the past fifty years or so a small band of dissidents have made it their business to inform the reading public that the Orwell game is up. In most cases this process involves the …| This Reading Life
In the Lenin Barracks in Barcelona, the day before I joined the militia, I saw an Italian militiaman standing in front of the officers’ table. The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) is a confusing a…| This Reading Life
The Spanish war has probably produced a richer crop of lies than any event since the Great War of 1914-18, but I honestly doubt, in spite of all those hecatombs of nuns who have been raped and cruc…| This Reading Life
It’s time for another Classics Club spin. This is the Classics Club’s 38th CC Spin…and mine. Yes you read that correctly. I have participated in EVERY single Classics Club spin, althoug…| This Reading Life