From "War-time Diary, 1942" by Orwell: "[27 March] Crocuses now full out. One seems to catch glimpses of them dimly through a haze of war news. Abusive letter

From "War-time Diary, 1942" by Orwell: "[27 March] Crocuses now full out. One seems to catch glimpses of them dimly through a haze of war news. Abusive letter from H.G. Wells, who addresses me as 'you shit', among other things. The Vatican is exchanging diplomatic representatives with Tokyo. The Vatican now has diplomatic relations with all the Axis powers and - I think - with none of the Allies. A bad sign and yet in a sense a good one, in that this last step means they have now definitely decided that the Axis and not we stands for the more reactionary policy."