Having been both longlisted and shortlisted in the past, I submitted my entry in March with no illusions except for a faint hope for expansion of the discourse and a useful litmus test of its limits in the current climate.
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Anna Chen – 23 October 2013, The Orwell Prize 2014 launch Had a fun time as a guest speaker for the Orwell Prize 2014 launch event held at the Frontline Club last month, talking about ‘Internet and the modern self: manners and abuse online.’ Paul Anderson took this video of my bit. Also on the
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Anna Chen – 11 October 2013, Wigan Pier workshops Some of the lovely students from the afternoon session of my Poetry Against the Cuts class at the Wigan Pier Workshops, presented by the Orwell Prize. The workshops are held in the delightful bright and airy Sunshine House Community Centre in Wigan where Barbara and her
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Informed witty commentary on China matters available here The Orwell Prize has just announced its 2012 longlist for blogging and I’m delighted to find that Madam Miaow has made the grade. My submitted entries here. Blog longlist here. Alex Massie Alex Massie Anna Chen Madam Miaow Says Bagehot Bagehot’s Notebook Ms Baroque Baroque in Hackney
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Kate Middleton’s Friday night nuptuals I KNEW it! One look at the date of the royal wedding between William and Kate makes it as clear as a Swarovski crystal gunsight what the occult aristocracy shoring up the monarchy have in store for commoner Kate Middleton. As any fule kno, 29th April is Walpurgis Eve, going
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Well, I saw this coming a mile off. I knew that Ferdinand Mount was a novelist, Sunday Times columnist, Thatcher-era Tory grandee and former TLS editor when I heard him deliver his talk on ‘Orwell and the Oligarchs’ last night at the annual George Orwell Memorial Lecture hosted by Birkbeck. However, I had no idea
