Comrades

My weekly exploration of London took me to the Western section of Highgate Cemetery, took me to the tombstones of notables such as author George Eliot whose real name was Mary Cross, her grave has both names on it.

However, it is the final resting place of Karl Marx.

Judging by the flowers, alot of people still pay homage to the man, and by the stones on the tombstone, alot of people have not forgotten that he was ofcourse of Jewish descent.

It is a hulking bust of the man and his tombstone overshadows most (not all) tombstones in the cemetery. A lot of communists are buried near him.

These include Jim Cronin, who one must assume is a relation if not the father of Jeremy Cronin, Yusuf Daddoo who was head of the Communist Party in SA, Sello Moet, and a very interesting tombstone for David Cohen, which is in English and Arabic.

If you want close ups of any of the text on the Marx stone or of other communists buried there just ask.

The suburb of Highgate itself is amazing, used to be a village, but because of the modern delights of urban sprawl it is now part of the city, but still has a unique, small town feel to it.

Wayne