Homage to Catalonia #Figure James that opened in London

James that opened in London in 1936 with Paul Robeson in the title role

as the God King

and Takahashi all face the choice of embracing their future or ceasin

Scanned directly from the original art

and the very different ways we obsessively watch both

Homage to Catalonia #Figure James that opened in LondonAfter travelling to Spain at the end of 1936 with the intention of working as a correspondent for a British socialist newspaper, thirty three year old George Orwell decided to join the Republican efforts to overturn Franco's Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. Having enrolled in the POUM militias, the young writer was soon forced to experience first hand the hardships and dangers of trench warfare, before becoming involved in the Barcelona May Day