The weather the last few days has been lovely English summer weather - warm and no rain. So it was a good day to go to Highgate Hill Cemetery in northern London. Karl Marx was the star attraction.
Comrade!
Originally thery were here
but in 1956 a new grave and memorial were organised by the Marx Memorial Fund and put in a more prominent location. Other ideological soul mates were also buried nearby.
And also the writer George Eliot, who was really a lady but used a man's name to boost sales - in the Victorian era.
And not hard to guess this fellow's occupation.
Apparently artist Sidney Nolan was also buried nearby, but we just couldn't find his grave.
And it is a living cemetery, if there can be such a thing. Burials still occur - we saw graves from 2015 and 2016.
but in 1956 a new grave and memorial were organised by the Marx Memorial Fund and put in a more prominent location. Other ideological soul mates were also buried nearby.
Apparently artist Sidney Nolan was also buried nearby, but we just couldn't find his grave.
And it is a living cemetery, if there can be such a thing. Burials still occur - we saw graves from 2015 and 2016.
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