Savage beast soothed

[oursin]

From today's incoming email:
Of course you are entirely right, we must have women on the cover who are included in the book - it would be entirely ridiculous not to - I do apologise.

Mmmm: I love the taste of self-righteous vindication in the morning!

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Obit of an interesting woman in today's Guardian - yet one more example of the way women don't

Comments

[thesibylqueen]

re: picture victory--YAY!

[oursin]

Yay indeed!

[forthright]

A fascinating piece. I had known that Martin Bernal was the grandson of Sir Alan Gardiner as well as the son of J.D. Bernal, but not the details. It was simply fascinating to read about the woman who influenced and affected three generations of eccentric scholars.

[oursin]

I'm now in pursuit of a copy of her memoirs!
I probably ought also to look for a bio of Bernal - last year I read a biography of Dorothy Hodgkin, who also had a relationship with him, and he sounds highly relevant to what may be, once I get everything I'm currently committed to cleared, a whole new project.

Bernal

[forthright]

Looks like his only biography is J.D. Bernal: A Life in Science and Politics.

[oursin]

I now have the memoirs on order via Alibris!