Saturday, 3 January 2015

Homage to Catalonia by Artizan

This wonderful Artizan (North Star) figure features Eric Arthur Blair, better known by the pen-name George Orwell, who fought in the Spanish Civil War for the POUM Militia.

POUM were an anarcho-syndicalist political group  which was attacked by the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party. Blair got out of Catalonia one jump ahead of Stalin's thugs of the NKVD.

He recorded his experiences in Homage to Catalonia, one of the greatest novels in the English language.


The Anarcho-Syndicalist flag.


Eric Blair




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16 comments:

  1. Steve J.3 January 2015 at 15:55

    Nice figure and it's one of those books I keep meaning to read. Maybe a trip to the library will cure this...

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    1. John Lambshead3 January 2015 at 19:54

      Well worth reading. Explains a lot about the politics of the left in the era.

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  2. DeanM3 January 2015 at 18:43

    Great looking figure and historical background. He does appear to resemble another figure from history too. Happy 2015!

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  3. ColKillgore3 January 2015 at 20:55

    Another model added to the wish list.

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  4. legatus hedlius3 January 2015 at 21:24

    I remember suffering a George Orwell fixated English teacher at school, so he would be the last figure I would ever buy!

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    1. John Lambshead4 January 2015 at 12:09

      George Orwell, you were lucky! Mine had a thing about Chekhov. I sat through a university performance of the bleedin' Cherry Orchard at the age of twelve.

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  5. Admiral Drax3 January 2015 at 23:40

    ^Now, I wouldn't say I'm 'fixated', but I am an English Teacher, and Orwell is certainly one of my all-time favourites...so apologies, legatus, and thanks for sharing, John!

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    1. John Lambshead4 January 2015 at 12:10

      I am a great fan of Orwell. A great writer who had lived life so had something to say.

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  6. Admiral Drax3 January 2015 at 23:41

    *I just noticed my mis-capitalisation of 'teacher'.

    Jeez...

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    1. John Lambshead4 January 2015 at 12:11

      And you a teavher, I mean Teacher, oh.....!"£$% :)

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  7. Mad Padre6 January 2015 at 16:51

    That's a great figure. He'd also do well in a VBCW game, for them what likes such things.
    Homage is a great book. It never hurts a writer to go to war.
    Best in 2015, MP

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    1. John Lambshead6 January 2015 at 18:33

      Have a great year, Michel, and may you never role ones - except when you need them. :)

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  8. Rog16 January 2015 at 14:10

    A great figure, a great man and a great book.

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  9. Admiral Drax16 January 2015 at 14:20

    In nine minutes form now I'll start indoctrinating thirty more year 8s into the world of Animal Farm...

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