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)