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It is just as well they did not go to Eton together. See today's Sunday Telegraph - "Bullied George Orwell 'killed' Eton boy using black magic By Catherine Milner (Filed: 18/05/2003) George Orwell spent his life believing that he had killed a fellow pupil at Eton using voodoo, according to a new biography. The late Sir Steven Runciman, the medieval historian, revealed in a letter written shortly before his death that he and Orwell practised black magic on a wax effigy of Philip Yorke, an older boy who had been threatening and offensive. They were horrified, however, when Yorke first broke his leg and then, months later, developed leukaemia and died." Never trust a Blair! Best regards Dom Stocqueler. P.S. Can I get rock at Wigan Pier? >>Just finished re-reading Orwell's fine essay on Kipling. Like Orwell, I love the wonderful poetry of Kipling and try to >>bring it to my students during the course of the year in the World History course I teach. >>Any thoughts on this essay from the list? >>John