Its atmosphere is something halfway between a girls' school and a lunatic asylum, and all we are doing at present is useless, or slightly worse than useless." - Meaning and context.">
Diary entry (14 March 1942)
• The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, George Orwell: My Country Right or Left, 1940–1943, Editors: Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus.  p. 411
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I have now been in the BBC about 6 months. Shall remain in it if the political changes I foresee come off, otherwise probably not. Its atmosphere is something halfway between a girls' school and a lunatic asylum, and all we are doing at present is useless, or slightly worse than useless.

— George Orwell

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I have now been in the BBC about 6 months. Shall remain in it if the political changes I foresee come off, otherwise probably not. Its atmosphere is something halfway between a girls' school and a lunatic asylum, and all we are doing at present is useless, or slightly worse than useless." in the context of "Diary entry (14 March 1942)
• The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, George Orwell: My Country Right or Left, 1940–1943, Editors: Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus.  p. 411" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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George Orwell

About George Orwell

George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.