Tag Archives: Eileen

31.8.40

Air-raid warnings, of which there are now half a dozen or thereabouts every 24 hours, becoming a great bore. Opinion spreading rapidly that one ought simply to disregard the raids except when they are known to be big-scale ones and … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged air raid, anti-aircraft guns, bomb, Eileen, explosion, Maida Vale, Regent's Park, Spain | 6 Comments

24.6.40

Posted on 24 June by orwelldiaries

The German armistice terms are much as expected. . . . What is interesting about the whole thing is the extent to which the traditional pattern of loyalties and honour is breaking down. Pétain, ironically enough, is the originator (at … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged Canada, capitalists, Churchill, class, collaboration, conquest, demotic speech, Duff-Cooper, Eileen, England, Flandin, France, Frenbch, French Communists, German armistice, Gwen, Hitler, Laval, LDV, left, Manifesto of Plain Men, Mass Observation, News Chronicle, pacifist, patriots, Petain, propaganda, red army, revolution, revolutionary government, revolutionary war, revolvers, Richard Acland, right, Russia, Spain, speeches, Stalin, Verdun, winter | 18 Comments

15.6.40

Posted on 15 June by orwelldiaries

It just occurred to me to wonder whether the fall of Paris means the end of the Albatross Library, as I suppose it does[1]. If so, I am £30 to the bad. It seems incredible that people still attach any … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged Albatross Library, Eileen, fall of paris, Hitler, Peter Watson, Unity Mitford | 9 Comments

12.6.40

Posted on 12 June by orwelldiaries

E[ileen]. and I last night walked though Soho to see whether the damage to Italian shops etc. was as reported. It seemed to have been exaggerated in the newspapers, but we did see, I think, 3 shops which had had … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged Abyssinian war, attacks, British, Eileen, french, Germans, Italian shops, Mussolini, soho, Spanish war, Swiss | 3 Comments

30.5.40

Posted on 30 May by orwelldiaries

The B.E.F. are falling back on Dunkirk. Impossible not only to guess how many may get away, but how many are there. Last night a talk on the radio by a colonel who had come back from Belgium, which unfortunately … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged bef, Belgium, bombs, Borkenau, by-elections, Connolly, Duff-Cooper, Dunkirk, Eileen, England, french, refugees | 4 Comments

29.5.40

Posted on 29 May by orwelldiaries

One has to gather any major news nowadays by means of hints and allusions. The chief sensation last night was that the 9 o’c news was preceded by a cheer-up talk (quite good) by Duff-Cooper[1], to sugar the pill, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged Action, aeroplanes, air-raids, Beaverbrook, bef, Censorship Department, Churchill, Daily Worker, Duff-Cooper, Eileen, german, Hitler, House, Norway, rifles, speed-boats, Torch Theatre, Tribune, War Office | 5 Comments

28.5.40

Posted on 28 May by orwelldiaries

This is the first day on which newspaper posters are definitely discontinued… Half of the front page of the early Star[1] devoted to news of the Belgian surrender, the other half to news to the effect that the Belgians are … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged aisne, bef, belgian, bombers, Eileen, french, german, newpapers, pub, racing, somme, star, surrender, war | 9 Comments

21.10.39

Posted on 21 October by orwelldiaries

Very fine, clear, still autumn weather, with a touch of mist. Distinctly chilly morning & evening. E., Lydia[1] & self picked 41/2lb. blackberries. Nuts seem to be already ripened & fallen. Oak trees now mostly yellow, hawthorn & ash leaves … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged ash, blackberries, chilly, egg total, eggs, Eileen, hawthorn, lydia jackson, mist, nuts, oak trees, weather | 3 Comments

28.9.39

Posted on 28 September by orwelldiaries

Have not been able to keep up the diary, as I have been away[1]. The eggs are, however, entered in the hen book, though I think a certain number were not recorded. Typical autumn weather, except that of late the … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged autumn, bees, broccoli, butcher, cabbages, chrysanthemums, egg total, eggs, Eileen, hay, hens, leghorn, loganberry, michaelmas daisies, potatoes, pumpkin, rabbits, rhode island red, superphosphate, weather | 9 Comments

22.8.39.

Posted on 22 August by orwelldiaries

Drizzle in the morning, rest of day fine & hot. The mist is now very thick in the early mornings. Dug some more of the patch for the leeks, gave liquid manure to larkspurs etc. E. planted some more godetias. … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged chicken feed, corn, ducks, egg book, Eileen, godetias, leeks, Marx, newts, nits, watersnail, weather | 4 Comments