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Referenced when discussing Orwell's writing about Englishness during the Blitz, specifically his passage about national continuity and identity: 'what do you have in common with the child whose picture is on the mantelpiece? It was once you. Everything has changed and yet somehow you're still the same.'

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Referenced in discussion of Orwell's political writings during wartime - mentioned as containing his 'mystical faith' in the English people

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The episode opens with a famous passage from this essay/book about England and Englishness, written during the Blitz in 1940. It is referenced multiple times throughout the discussion as one of the most famous evocations of England.