And 2 is bollocks too. No one spent three years locked indoors. (View Post)

She’s (I think) pretty stupid if she can’t understand what 1984 is all about simply because there’s no black characters in it. (View Post)

I don’t know - imagine looking up and seeing what @pagan sees! (View Post)

For many years I assumed the character was black - I associated the name Winston with people from the Carribean. I know you specialise in winding people up on here to amuse yourself but do you ever w… (View Post)

Yes a novel written in 1948 where Britain had very few people of colour. And a novel that doesn’t actually say if Winston Smith is white, black, brown etc. Eye of the beholder and all that. (View Post)