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Page: Feed: --- ## [The Wisdom Letter #476](https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-476) _2026-08-18 · Philosophors · Philosophy Quotes_ 5 quotes from Anton Chekhov, Frank Herbert, and others. ## ["England is a country that ought to be able to attract tourists."](https://orwell.substack.com/p/england-is-a-country-that-ought-to) _2026-08-18 · The Orwell Foundation · Orwell Daily_ First published in Tribune, 18 August 1944 ## [St Augustine: Confessions](https://www.theculturium.com/st-augustine-confessions/) _2026-08-17 · Paula Marvelly · The Culturium_ © Paula Marvelly, St Augustine's Abbey Tolle, lege The post St Augustine: Confessions appeared first on The Culturium . ## [Lãng du phố thị: Một chuyến phiêu lưu ở London](https://quytshortstory.substack.com/p/lang-du-pho-thi-mot-chuyen-phieu) _2026-08-15 · lan-anh nguyen · Quýt dịch tiểu luận_ Dịch essay Street Haunting: A London Adventure của Virginia Woolf. ## [The Wisdom Letter #475](https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-475) _2026-08-13 · Philosophors · Philosophy Quotes_ 5 quotes from Samuel Butler, William Carlos Williams, and others. ## ["About 4 or perhaps 6 should make a pair of bedroom slippers."](https://orwell.substack.com/p/about-4-or-perhaps-6-should-make) _2026-08-12 · The Orwell Foundation · Orwell Daily_ George Orwell's diary, 12 August 1946 ## [The Wisdom Letter #474](https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-474) _2026-08-11 · Philosophors · Philosophy Quotes_ 5 quotes from Carl Jung, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and others. ## [The Wisdom Letter #473](https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-473) _2026-08-03 · Philosophors · Philosophy Quotes_ 5 quotes from Theodore Roosevelt, W. E. B. Du Bois, and others. ## [Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Gentle Spirit](https://www.theculturium.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky-the-gentle-spirit/) _2026-08-03 · Paula Marvelly · The Culturium_ Vilhelm Hammershøi, Sunshine in the Drawing Room A fantastic story The post Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Gentle Spirit appeared first on The Culturium . ## [George Orwell — The Thinker Letter #010](https://philosophors.substack.com/p/george-orwell-the-thinker-letter) _2026-08-01 · Philosophors · Philosophy Quotes_ 5 quotes from George Orwell (1903–1950) ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/isf2v0UvgjTK) _2026-08-01 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [The Wisdom Letter #472](https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-472) _2026-07-29 · Philosophors · Philosophy Quotes_ 5 quotes from Gustave Flaubert, Rainer Maria Rilke, and others. ## [Orwell & Truth](https://www.darcymoore.net/2026/07/29/orwell-truth/) _2026-07-28 · Darcy Moore · Darcy Moore_ But the thread that runs through all of Orwell’s writing is his obsession with getting to the truth. If it meant trashing friendships or jeopardising his own success, so be it. In the political magazine Tribune, he wrote in 1944 that ‘almost nobody seems to feel that an opponent deserves a fair hearing or that \[ \] ## [Søren Kierkegaard — The Thinker Letter #009](https://philosophors.substack.com/p/sren-kierkegaard-the-thinker-letter) _2026-07-28 · Philosophors · Philosophy Quotes_ 5 quotes from Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) ## ["Very few modern people would bother to write down such trifles."](https://orwell.substack.com/p/very-few-modern-people-would-bother) _2026-07-28 · George Orwell · Orwell Daily_ Manchester Evening News, 28 July 1944 ## ["There are disgusting scenes in the Tube stations at night."](https://orwell.substack.com/p/this-has-been-a-foul-summer-everything) _2026-07-24 · Orwell Daily_ London Letter, Partisan Review, Fall 1944 ## [The Wisdom Letter #471](https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-471) _2026-07-22 · Philosophors · Philosophy Quotes_ 5 quotes from George Orwell, J. R. R. Tolkien, and others. ## [The Wisdom Letter #470](https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-470) _2026-07-20 · Philosophors · Philosophy Quotes_ 5 quotes from Henrik Ibsen, Aldous Huxley, and others. ## [Sắc xanh của khoảng cách](https://quytshortstory.substack.com/p/sac-xanh-cua-khoang-cach) _2026-07-20 · lan-anh nguyen · Quýt dịch tiểu luận_ Dịch tiểu luận The Blue of Distance của Rebecca Solnit. Tiểu luận này được in trong tập A Field Guide to ## [The Spirituality of Rudyard Kipling](https://www.theculturium.com/the-spirituality-of-rudyard-kipling/) _2026-07-20 · Paula Marvelly · The Culturium_ © Paula Marvelly, Bateman's The great game of life The post The Spirituality of Rudyard Kipling appeared first on The Culturium . ## [The Wisdom Letter #469](https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-469) _2026-07-19 · Philosophors · Philosophy Quotes_ 5 quotes from George Orwell, Samuel Butler, and others. ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wCVA7MRpVtdj) _2026-07-19 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## ["There has been a strong tendency to push these facts out of sight."](https://orwell.substack.com/p/there-has-been-a-strong-tendency) _2026-07-16 · The Orwell Foundation · Orwell Daily_ Published in The Observer, 16 July 1944 ## [Về thú vui thù ghét](https://quytshortstory.substack.com/p/ve-thu-vui-thu-ghet) _2026-07-10 · lan-anh nguyen · Quýt dịch tiểu luận_ Dịch tiểu luận On the Pleasure of Hating của William Hazlitt. ## [Akira Kurosawa: Ikiru](https://www.theculturium.com/akira-kurosawa-ikiru/) _2026-07-06 · Paula Marvelly · The Culturium_ © Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru Life is brief The post Akira Kurosawa: Ikiru appeared first on The Culturium . ## [Bàn về tư duy thời thượng](https://quytshortstory.substack.com/p/ban-ve-tu-duy-thoi-thuong) _2026-07-02 · lan-anh nguyen · Quýt dịch tiểu luận_ Dịch tiểu luận On Being Modern-Minded của Bertrand Russell. ## [Søren Kierkegaard: The Sickness Unto Death](https://www.theculturium.com/soren-kierkegaard-the-sickness-unto-death/) _2026-06-22 · Paula Marvelly · The Culturium_ © Paula Marvelly, St Leonard's Church Slough of despond The post Søren Kierkegaard: The Sickness Unto Death appeared first on The Culturium . ## ["The one thing that never arrives is equality."](https://orwell.substack.com/p/the-one-thing-that-never-arrives) _2026-06-16 · The Orwell Foundation · Orwell Daily_ Review of The Freedom of the Streets by Jack Common ## [The Rebellion of the Beasts](https://www.darcymoore.net/2026/06/14/the-rebellion-of-the-beasts/) _2026-06-14 · Darcy Moore · Darcy Moore_ Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. And among us animals let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle. All men are enemies. All animals are comrades. Animal Farm (1945) This high-minded speech of the deputy hackney-coach-horse seemed to electrify all present; and a most touching scene took place, of the \[ \] ## ["There was a certain fitness in this, since her own husband had been vaporized a couple of years earlier."](https://orwell.substack.com/p/there-was-a-certain-fitness-in-this) _2026-06-08 · The Orwell Foundation · Orwell Daily_ First published on this day in 1949 ## [The Spirituality of Virginia Woolf](https://www.theculturium.com/the-spirituality-of-virginia-woolf/) _2026-06-07 · Paula Marvelly · The Culturium_ © Paula Marvelly, Monk's House Solace and scourge The post The Spirituality of Virginia Woolf appeared first on The Culturium . ## ["The average person never buys a new book, except perhaps a Penguin."](https://orwell.substack.com/p/the-average-person-never-buys-a-new) _2026-06-02 · The Orwell Foundation · Orwell Daily_ First published in Tribune, 2 June 1944 ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DnNmAl1LqBaJ) _2026-06-02 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [Chống lại sự diễn giải](https://quytshortstory.substack.com/p/chong-lai-su-dien-giai) _2026-05-27 · lan-anh nguyen · Quýt dịch tiểu luận_ Dịch tiểu luận Against Interpretation của Susan Sontag. ## [Leo Tolstoy: What Is Art?](https://www.theculturium.com/leo-tolstoy-what-is-art/) _2026-05-25 · Paula Marvelly · The Culturium_ © Paula Marvelly, Charleston The inner life The post Leo Tolstoy: What Is Art? appeared first on The Culturium . ## ["By retaining one’s childhood love of such things as trees, fishes, butterflies and \[...\] toads, one makes a peaceful and decent future a little more probable."](https://orwell.substack.com/p/by-retaining-ones-childhood-love) _2026-05-20 · The Orwell Foundation · Orwell Daily_ First published spring 1946 ## [Fading Ink: Melancholy & Archives](https://www.darcymoore.net/2026/05/17/fading-ink-melancholy-archives/) _2026-05-17 · Darcy Moore · Darcy Moore_ “Came home to hear \[illegible\] Eric Blair is dead.” Jack Common Archival research into the melancholic world of the past, where nearly everyone who lives on the page is long dead, can be incredibly poignant no matter how long ago the events being recovered took place. Turning the pages of Jack Common’s near illegible \[ \] ## [The Spirituality of Henry Moore](https://www.theculturium.com/the-spirituality-of-henry-moore/) _2026-05-10 · Paula Marvelly · The Culturium_ © Paula Marvelly, Hoglands The sculptor speaks The post The Spirituality of Henry Moore appeared first on The Culturium . ## [Bàn về lòng tự trọng](https://quytshortstory.substack.com/p/ban-ve-long-tu-trong) _2026-05-06 · lan-anh nguyen · Quýt dịch tiểu luận_ Dịch tiểu luận "On Self-Respect" của Joan Didion. ## [Lời thú tội của một gã điểm sách](https://quytshortstory.substack.com/p/loi-thu-toi-cua-mot-ga-iem-sach) _2026-04-26 · lan-anh nguyen · Quýt dịch tiểu luận_ Dịch tiểu luận "Confessions of a Book Reviewer" của George Orwell. ## [Blair’s Hut & the Invention of the Romantic Alps](https://www.darcymoore.net/2026/04/26/blairs-hut-the-invention-of-the-romantic-alps/) _2026-04-26 · Darcy Moore · Darcy Moore_ “On the spot where we were standing is a small cabin, built of stones loosely piled together, as a shelter for travellers, which in joke has been named The Castle of Mont Anvert. An Englishman of the name of Blaire, who is residing at Geneva, has caused a more spacious one to be built at \[ \] ## [Gabriel Rosenstock: In Memoriam](https://www.theculturium.com/gabriel-rosenstock-to-thine-own-self-be-true/) _2026-04-26 · Gabriel Rosenstock · The Culturium_ © Irish Times, Gabriel Rosenstock To thine own self be true The post Gabriel Rosenstock: In Memoriam appeared first on The Culturium . ## ["To blame somebody like Northcliffe for making money in the quickest way is like blaming a skunk for stinking."](https://orwell.substack.com/p/to-blame-somebody-like-northcliffe) _2026-04-21 · The Orwell Foundation · Orwell Daily_ First published in Tribune, 21 April 1944 ## [Về những niềm vui bé nhỏ](https://quytshortstory.substack.com/p/ve-nhung-niem-vui-be-nho) _2026-04-20 · lan-anh nguyen · Quýt dịch tiểu luận_ Dịch tiểu luận "On Little Joys" của Hermann Hesse. ## [Cái chết của con bướm đêm](https://quytshortstory.substack.com/p/cai-chet-cua-con-buom-em) _2026-04-13 · lan-anh nguyen · Quýt dịch tiểu luận_ Dịch tiểu luận "The Death of the Moth" của Virginia Woolf. ## [George Orwell: Some Thoughts on the Common Toad](https://www.theculturium.com/george-orwell-some-thoughts-on-the-common-toad/) _2026-04-12 · Paula Marvelly · The Culturium_ © Paula Marvelly, Charleston The triumph of nature The post George Orwell: Some Thoughts on the Common Toad appeared first on The Culturium . ## [One Scroll of Parchment](https://www.darcymoore.net/2026/04/03/one-scroll-of-parchment/) _2026-04-03 · Darcy Moore · Darcy Moore_ “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” George Orwell The information wrestled from the record of an 18th century Chancery suit (Blair v Drake 1754) involving Orwell’s great-great-grandfather has been crucial for unlocking some previously closed research doors. This one scroll of parchment helped with several pieces of the \[ \] ## [Vinh danh nỗi buồn chán](https://quytshortstory.substack.com/p/vinh-danh-noi-buon-chan) _2026-04-01 · lan-anh nguyen · Quýt dịch tiểu luận_ Dịch tiểu luận "In Praise of Boredom" của Joseph Brodsky. ## [Jeremy Moulsdale: Contemporary Sculpture Artist](https://www.theculturium.com/jeremy-moulsdale-contemporary-sculpture-artist/) _2026-03-29 · Jeremy Moulsdale · The Culturium_ © Jeremy Moulsdale, The Golden Thread The golden thread The post Jeremy Moulsdale: Contemporary Sculpture Artist appeared first on The Culturium . ## [Orwell: 2+2=5 (film review)](https://www.darcymoore.net/2026/01/14/orwell-225-film-review/) _2026-01-14 · Darcy Moore · Darcy Moore_ Raoul Peck’s ambitious new documentary pays homage to George Orwell’s intellectual achievement by exploring contemporary manifestations of the authoritarianism the writer so deplored. Since his premature death from tuberculosis in 1950, Orwell’s novels and essays have become authoritative primers for several generations of readers seeking insight into the dark arts of political propaganda,… ## [Charoux, Orwell & Astor’s Circle](https://www.darcymoore.net/2025/12/26/charoux-orwell-astors-circle/) _2025-12-26 · Darcy Moore · Darcy Moore_ Siegfried Charoux was a man of many gifts and warm friendships. Sculpture and painting were his chief modes of expression, but he was also an inventor of technical devices in those arts, a memorable amateur cook and a powerful arguer. \[ \] ## [“The Enemy of Nonsense”](https://www.darcymoore.net/2025/11/27/the-enemy-of-nonsense/) _2025-11-26 · Darcy Moore · Darcy Moore_ George Orwell, who wrote for The Observer, described it as “the enemy of nonsense”. Now, more than ever, it has a job to do. James Harding, Editor-in-Chief It was with great interest I read James Harding s note after the merger of The Observer with Tortoise Media back in April this year. Harding not only evoked \[ \] ## [Lost Letter (1942)](https://www.darcymoore.net/2025/10/31/lost-letter-1942/) _2025-10-30 · Darcy Moore · Darcy Moore_ “Orwell must have had some scheme for winning the war, or perhaps, as William Empson remembered, for organised guerrilla warfare if there were a German invasion. He received a short acknowledgment on 26 March 1942 from Tom Jones, C. H., Lloyd George s famous Cabinet Secretary: “your memorandum will be read by the Secretary of State \[ \]