War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength.
If you're an Orwell fan you may be interested in this story:
The Observer [UK] - In 1946 Observer editor David Astor lent George Orwell
[Eric Blair] a remote Scottish farmhouse in which to write his new book,
Nineteen Eighty-Four. It became one of the most significant novels of the 20th
century.
Here, Robert McCrum tells the compelling story of Orwell's torturous stay on
the island where the author, close to death and beset by creative demons, was
engaged in a feverish race to finish the book ...
Continue reading at link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/10/1984-george-orwell
