The tour, Orwell wrote, had only created fresh animosity on both sides. In February the Winter Olympics start in Pyeongchang, 50 miles from the border between North and South Korea. The International Olympic Committee will be busy “blah-blahing”, as Orwell called it, about “the great part played by the Olympic Games in bringing nations together”. “Global Britain, open Britain, generous Britain” was how he described it. And if it does all go wrong in Russia, we can claim, at least, to have been heeding Orwell’s advice.

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2017 15:59 UTC