Aloke’s Reviews > Austerity Britain, 1945-51 > Status Update

Orwell’s funeral took place at Christ Church, Albany Street (lesson chosen by Anthony Powell, clergyman ‘excessively parsonical’, coffin poignantly long)

"The film ends in nostalgic wartime mood, with the state once again benign, community spirit strong, and an unnatural heat wave giving way to reassuring rain and cold."