This is superb. I suspect Sam's well-argued, well-written piece will find more sympathetic readers than Will Self's infamous diatribe describing Orwell as 'the supreme mediocrity' though he's making some similar points about those who follow his rules in slavishly pedantic fashion...
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Writing: feat Georges Orwell and Weidenfeld, wise words from T S Eliot and the chance to tease my old friend Simon Heffer
