Saturday, February 29, 2020

Highgate East

Saturday, February 29, 2020:

Storm Jorge is passing through the UK, the tempest bringing more rain to London.  We had a respite from the frosty cold and showers this afternoon and wandered through Highgate East where we viewed some beautiful, interesting and notable graves.

Anna Mahler, sculptress & daughter of composer Gustav Mahler

George Eliot, novelist & poet, famed author of Middlemarch (central pillar)

Karl Marx, philosopher & political theorist



An angel dressed in ivy

Malcolm McLaren, clothes designer & impresario of rock music

Jeremy Beadle, British radio & television personality, writer & producer

Pat Kavanagh, literary agent and wife to writer Julian Barnes

Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

William Foyle, founder of Foyle Bookstores

Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician

Corin Redgrave, actor and brother of Vanessa & Lynn (with daffodils)


Sir Ralph Richardson, actor

Patrick Caulfield, pop artist





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