[GATOR NAVY]

I thought this was an interesting read.

[Lorianne]

Interesting. Thanks for posting this.

[henry_reardon]

having grown up in a picturebook Warwickshire village myself, I wish the article had said which one it was.

[sushiman]

Arigato Gator .

Arigato anagram is I A GATOR ! LOL !

[yarddog]

That story was actually very interesting. Orwell and his Son both sound like fine people.

[x]

FWIW, Sonia Orwell was a very troubled and unhappy lady, but she did to a lot to reacquire the copywrights to Orwell's books, in order to provide for Richard and his family. She'd been blamed for having misused the estate, but actually accountants had cheated the Orwells out of their rights. She got them back at great expense and gave them to Richard and that left little for herself.

[Soothesayer]

It does not come as too surprising to me that the author of 1984 believed so strongly in freedom and wanted to raise his son with as much of it as possible.

[SuziQ]

What an interesting story! Sad that he never really knew his mother and only had six years with his father. But, from his recounting them, they sound like a wonderful six years; apparently creating enough memories to last a lifetime!