Eastbourne has a lovely sea front and some glorious sea. It’s easy to understand why Engels liked to spend his holidays here. When he died Eleanor Marx helped row a boat out into the channel to scatter his ashes upon the water. The town has some good architecture, varied and of a range of stylesContinue reading “Engels in Eastbourne (Radio Ga Ga Reprise)”
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Fitzrovia, Friday evening
At some point there has been a break in the continuum. The early ages can be traced out in more linear fashion. The buildings of Fitzroy Square, designed by the architect Robert Adam in the 1790s are not that remote from the arts and crafts influenced buildings of Belmont House and Tower House in CandoverContinue reading “Fitzrovia, Friday evening”
Marx & Engels at the Seaside – Ramsgate Part One
Karl Marx and his family – Jenny his wife, their children Jennychen, Laura and Tussy (Eleanor) and live-in help and long-term family friend, Helene Demuth (Lenchen), all spent time at the seaside. Friedrich Engels too, with his long term partner Lizzie Burns and her niece Mary Ellen, known as ‘Pumps’. Marx sometimes went alone toContinue reading “Marx & Engels at the Seaside – Ramsgate Part One”
Commodity Fetishism 