Fags Vs. Fiction (& other Bad Habits)
Posted 9th Apr 11 by Marie in News
Orwell inspired Books Vs. Cigarettes moves us north to the beautiful living room-esque setting of Dalston Boy’s Club. And we are delighted to announce Ben Moor will be joining Word Fest regular Robin Ince on Tuesday night.
In his essay, Orwell considered going to the dogs, the pictures or the pub as ‘rival’ recreations to reading. Well, we asked this gang for their opinions, and they’ll be arguing that cigarettes, film, Nando’s, Golf-Frisbee and being a dick are all better ways to spend your time.
Join Robin as he fights the corner for Books vs. Ben Moor, Rich Sandling, John-Luke Roberts, Stuart Evers, Martin Austwick & Matthew Crosby.
Please note Joanna Neary is no longer performing (but you can catch her at the Intergender Wrestling on the 26th).
As well as food made according to Orwell’s own recipes in his unpublished essay British Cookery, the night will also feature an exhibition by academic and journalist Aleks Krotoski.
In an effort to come to terms with an expensive new camera, Aleks took a photo of all 369 words in the opening three paragraphs of 1984 , in succession, every day of 2010. Here, she exhibits 14 of the 34 instances of the most dull and functional – yet arguably the most essential – of these 369 words: the word “the”.
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