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Cover of the March 1957 edition of The London Magazine, with a tribute to George Orwell by Paul Potts.

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‘He loved good bad poets. Knew nothing about painting, but knew that he knew nothing. Listened as much as he talked. Was incapable of playing to the gallery. Could tell a joke against himself.’

From 1957, George Orwell’s friend, Paul Potts, pays tribute to the novelist and essayist.

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