Why I Read

I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls,
And woke to find it true;
I wasn't born for an age like this;
Was Smith? Was Jones? Were you?
(George Orwell, "Why I Write")

The fact that he was writing this in 1935 in rhyme should maybe have tipped him off he wasn't made for an age like this.

Anyway, found professional occasion to go back to this essay by Orwell this morning. Read all about it in a month or three.

Potter's Last Interview

That interview with Dennis Potter I was ranting and raving about back in September is on YouTube now. That's fantastic. I hope the BBC isn't a dick about this and removes the video, because this one is important and should be publicly available. Here's the first part:



As I said back in September, I think this may be the most moving thing I have ever seen on television. You should go and see it. It's split up into quite a few parts, which should appear in the sidebar when you go to the YouTube page.

Big thanks to HPL for telling me about it! And to Matt7333 for posting it.