Darcy Moore
@darcy1968.bsky.social
Independent scholar. Traveller. Bibliomaniac. Flâneur. List-maker. Interested in AI. Orwellian. Researching Orwell’s Anglo-Indian family. Recently received the Peter Davison Award for scholarship. https://www.darcymoore.net/
@mediaconfidential.bsky.social @arusbridger.bsky.social @lionelbarber.bsky.social discussing (4.30min mark) requests for the provenance of @theobserveruk.bsky.social #Orwell branding, "the enemy of nonsense". @prospectmagazine.co.uk
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February 5, 2026 at 6:32 AM
@mediaconfidential.bsky.social @arusbridger.bsky.social @lionelbarber.bsky.social discussing (4.30min mark) requests for the provenance of @theobserveruk.bsky.social #Orwell branding, "the enemy of nonsense". @prospectmagazine.co.uk
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Just a reminder that universities are supposed to be places where ideas and opinions can be expressed freely, including defending human rights.
To be clear, if it wasn't already for some people, antisemitism is horrific, not tolerated, and never should be.
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To be clear, if it wasn't already for some people, antisemitism is horrific, not tolerated, and never should be.
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Australian universities to be graded on how well they deal with protests under antisemitism report card
Exclusive: Leaked documents show how universities will be assessed under new system, which was fast-tracked after Bondi terror attack
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February 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Just a reminder that universities are supposed to be places where ideas and opinions can be expressed freely, including defending human rights.
To be clear, if it wasn't already for some people, antisemitism is horrific, not tolerated, and never should be.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
To be clear, if it wasn't already for some people, antisemitism is horrific, not tolerated, and never should be.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Anyone with a clue knew this was political, feelgood, uninforcable policy. Yet to come across a teen who is not on SM due to the ban.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... #Auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... #Auspol
Two months into the social media ban and teenagers say it isn't working
Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s is two months old, but teenagers say they have found ways around it.
www.abc.net.au
February 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Anyone with a clue knew this was political, feelgood, uninforcable policy. Yet to come across a teen who is not on SM due to the ban.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... #Auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... #Auspol
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January 29, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Is A River Alive? is published today, 1 May.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
May 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is A River Alive? is published today, 1 May.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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I am writing a film review for a journal but wanted to get something out now about #Orwell: 2+2=5 now because, as Bernard Keane explains, in "Australia’s tinpot civil society, ‘power speech’ is on the cusp of defeating free speech". Go see it! www.darcymoore.net/2026/01/14/o...
Orwell: 2+2=5 (film review) - Darcy Moore
Raoul Peck’s ambitious new documentary pays homage to George Orwell’s intellectual achievement by exploring contemporary manifestations of the authoritarianism the writer so deplored. Since his premat...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I am writing a film review for a journal but wanted to get something out now about #Orwell: 2+2=5 now because, as Bernard Keane explains, in "Australia’s tinpot civil society, ‘power speech’ is on the cusp of defeating free speech". Go see it! www.darcymoore.net/2026/01/14/o...
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Santoss made an ad for the 2026 Tour Down Under and it's surprsingly honest and informative! 🚴🚴♂️🚴♀️
Honest Government Ad | Santoss Tour Down Under
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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January 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Santoss made an ad for the 2026 Tour Down Under and it's surprsingly honest and informative! 🚴🚴♂️🚴♀️
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January 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
“The Adelaide festival board’s decision – despite my strongest opposition – to disinvite (a writer) weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation, where lobbying and political pressure determine who gets to speak and who doesn’t.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
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January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
“The Adelaide festival board’s decision – despite my strongest opposition – to disinvite (a writer) weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation, where lobbying and political pressure determine who gets to speak and who doesn’t.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
The remaining members of the board "Tracey Whiting, Leesa Chesser, Mary Couros, Brenton Cox and Jennifer Fuller (government observer)." It strikes me as something from Soviet Russia that a literary board has "a government observer". www.smh.com.au/national/pal...
Board members quit Adelaide Festival as dumped writer calls in lawyer
Pressure to reinstate Palestinian-Australian author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah to the line-up of one of the country’s best-loved writers’ festivals is mounting.
www.smh.com.au
January 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The remaining members of the board "Tracey Whiting, Leesa Chesser, Mary Couros, Brenton Cox and Jennifer Fuller (government observer)." It strikes me as something from Soviet Russia that a literary board has "a government observer". www.smh.com.au/national/pal...
How can this be happening in our literary and broader culture? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Palestinian Australian author dropped from writers' festival after Bondi
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has been dropped from the Adelaide Writers' Week line-up by the Adelaide Festival Board, citing the festival's role in "promoting community cohesion".
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 5:09 AM
How can this be happening in our literary and broader culture? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Happy New Fear!
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Happy New Fear!
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
@privateeyenews.bsky.social has taken up the cudgel on page 3 about #Orwell and the Observer ‘nonsense’.
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
@privateeyenews.bsky.social has taken up the cudgel on page 3 about #Orwell and the Observer ‘nonsense’.
Although I was distracted by England managing to find new ways to blow their advantage in the cricket, I managed to draft a piece for discussion about some new research. #Orwell
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Charoux, Orwell & Astor’s Circle - Darcy Moore
“Siegfried Charoux was a man of many gifts and warm friendships. Sculpture and painting were his chief modes of expression, but he was also an inventor of technical devices in those arts, a memorable ...
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December 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Although I was distracted by England managing to find new ways to blow their advantage in the cricket, I managed to draft a piece for discussion about some new research. #Orwell
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“In reading the six books… Pullman has written, it becomes clear that the antagonist is not spirituality – or even organised religion per se. The chief threat is something closer to dogma or absolutist thinking, and the authoritarian mindset...“ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Truth in fantasy: what Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials taught us over its 30-year run
The ‘religious atheist’ author held a reputation as CS Lewis’s opposite. But his two trilogies – which came to a close this year – were a celebration of humanity and imagination
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December 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“In reading the six books… Pullman has written, it becomes clear that the antagonist is not spirituality – or even organised religion per se. The chief threat is something closer to dogma or absolutist thinking, and the authoritarian mindset...“ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Good news! The John Clarke doco premieres at 7.30pm on Thursday, January 1 and streams on ABC iview! www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
John Clarke was a treasure – and this documentary proves we need more like him
This is a joyful excursion into the mind of the satirist, who created some of Australia and New Zealand’s best comedy.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Good news! The John Clarke doco premieres at 7.30pm on Thursday, January 1 and streams on ABC iview! www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
Ken Burns’ The American Revolution streaming now on SBS www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-... @pbs.org
Watch Ken Burns' The American Revolution
Watch Ken Burns' The American Revolution for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!
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December 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Ken Burns’ The American Revolution streaming now on SBS www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-... @pbs.org
Enjoyed this round-up of #books for 2025 by James Bradley www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/book...
The best books of 2025
The late contender for buzziest book of 2025 has to be David Szalay’s Booker Prize-winning Flesh (Jonathan Cape, 368pp, $34.99). Following a man from the suburbs of Hungary to the world of the super-w...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Enjoyed this round-up of #books for 2025 by James Bradley www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/book...
Barack Obama listed Raoul Peck's documentary, Orwell: 2+2=5, in his best of lists for 2025! barackobama.medium.com/here-are-my-...
Here Are My Favorite Books, Movies, and Music of 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, I’m continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite…
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December 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Barack Obama listed Raoul Peck's documentary, Orwell: 2+2=5, in his best of lists for 2025! barackobama.medium.com/here-are-my-...
he first reference to #Orwell describing the Observer as 'the enemy of nonsense' is in a tv commercial featuring Edward Lear's nonsense poetry to advertise the newspaper. Watch the tv commercial www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... and read my analysis www.darcymoore.net/2025/11/27/t...
Observer Newspaper Commercial: Mussolini | Catalogue | History of Advertising Trust
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December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
he first reference to #Orwell describing the Observer as 'the enemy of nonsense' is in a tv commercial featuring Edward Lear's nonsense poetry to advertise the newspaper. Watch the tv commercial www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... and read my analysis www.darcymoore.net/2025/11/27/t...
The Complete Letters of Eileen O'Shaughnessy (Orwell's wife) will be published on Monday! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Eileen O’Shaughnessy, in Her Own Words
This book brings together the complete letters of Eileen O'Shaughnessy, the first wife of Eric Blair, the man we know as George Orwell
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December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Complete Letters of Eileen O'Shaughnessy (Orwell's wife) will be published on Monday! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
"This is the real story of Australia’s under-16s social media ban: a victory not for children, but for News Corp’s balance sheet." johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12... #auspol
The real winners of Australia’s under-16s social media ban
Australia’s social media ban for under-16s is sold as child protection, but its most tangible effect is a transfer of power away from global platforms and back to legacy media interests.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"This is the real story of Australia’s under-16s social media ban: a victory not for children, but for News Corp’s balance sheet." johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12... #auspol