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Sneaky Little Revolution
AT BOMBO, a beach at Kiama on the mid-south coast of New South Wales, between the carpark and the railway line, there is a small park dedicated to the memory of Charmian Clift. I discovered it in October last year when Jodie and I took the dogs for a run on the beach—part of Bombo is set aside for dogs to run off their leads. The park is small, and the rail line, elevated at that point, blocks the view, the sheoaks might otherwise have of the sea. It made me a little sad that a woman so elegant and farsighted, so associated in my mind with Mediterranean and desert, should be so hedged in and overshadowed in her afterlife.
But one’s glad she’s remembered here. Anywhere. Charmian Clift, famous around the world in her day—an inspiration to Leonard Cohen, for instance—is one of our finest essayists and most elegant prose stylists, though she is overlooked these days. She was born, as I recall, not far from this beach, or somewhere along the coal coast here. I
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Annie Besant
English writer and activist (1847–1933)
Annie Besant | |
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Annie Besant as a young woman | |
| Born | Annie Wood (1847-10-01)1 October 1847 Clapham, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Died | 20 September 1933(1933-09-20) (aged 85) Adyar, Chinglepet District, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Known for | Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator |
| Political party | Indian National Congress Social Democratic Federation |
| Movement | Indian independence movement |
| Spouse | Frank Besant (m. 1867; div. 1873) |
| Children | Arthur, Mabel, Jiddu Krishnamurti (adopted) |
Annie Besant (néeWood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist and campaigner for Indian nationalism.[1][2] She was an ardent supporter of both Iris