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)
My favourite welsh rugby joke may well originate from Max Boyce. Two old boys, great rugby players in their youth, make a pact. Whoever dies first promises to come back and tell the other about heave… (View Post)