1984 being read on BBC Radio 4 from today.

Is anybody else listening to 1984 on Radio 4? So creepy, listening to it after reading it years ago and having forgotten the details and only remembered the catch phrases. People in boats drowning in the Med. Orwell was a true visionary.

 

If you are an Audible subscriber you can get an excellent collection of all his works, beautifully read - and I think I got mine in a 2.99 sale! I found 1984 very effective and scary as an audio book. Newspeak seems particularly prescient as these days many of us are being told to say/believe things that aren't true, and it can be career ending if you don't comply.

 

Just bookmarked it in Sounds. Remember doing it for my o’levels alongside Brave New World

 

And when they’ve finished with Orwell they’re going on to Kafka. And after that, the news. Remember, it’s all GOOD news. No moaning at the bar.

 

I listened to a lot of the Orwell/Kafka programmes and enjoyed the readings and the various discussions. Read Animal Farm as an O Level set book and first read 1984 about the same time.

 

Well after looking at my peas last weekend I'm all for "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"

 

I’m afraid I pinched “no moaning at the bar” from Mr Lehrer.

He’s also on a video having a go at “That is the end of the News” as sung by Michael Law, above.