In late 1936, the idealistic young George Orwell set out for Spain to join the Republican Army in its battle against the fascists.
...The Holy Grail is an image familiar to us all as an almost unattainable, infinitely desirable goal. The idea has passed into everyday speech & the legends behind it are as current in today's culture as they have ever been. & yet the Grail has no real religious meaning & is nowhere mentioned in the Bible.