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OT: blogs from the past

I've really enjoyed the blog WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier which posts Harry Lamin's letters during WWI, each exactly 90 years from when they were written. The blog format, parcelling out the letters in real time + 90, makes the reading experience seem more genuine than the same letters packaged all at once in a book would (IMHO).

So I'm really looking foward to The Orwell Prize blog which will be taking the same approach by publishing George Orwell's diaries, each entry 70 years from the date it was written. The diary entries will begin appearing Aug 9 - mark your calendar!