George Orwell ouvre son blog

[José]

Le 9 août 1938, George Orwell commençait à tenir un journal. Pour commémorer le 70e anniversaire de celui-ci, l'Orwell Price, le principal prix de journalisme britannique, le publie sous forme de blog.

Aujourd'hui :

This morning all surfaces, even indoors, damp as a result of mist. A curious deposit all over my snuff-box, evidently residue of moisture acting on lacquer.

Very hot, but rain in afternoon.

Am told the men caught another snake this morning – definitely a grass snake this time. The man who saw them said they had tied a string round its neck & were trying to cut out its tongue with a knife, the idea being that after this it could not “sting.”¹

The first Beauty of Bath apples today.