David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.


15 March 2021

Women’s March 4 Justice : Australia, today


Women’s March 4 Justice/#home
 Brittany Higgins addresses the protest outside Parliament, Canberra

 Grace Tame (2021Australian of the Year) addresses the Hobart protest 
Again, women linked arms against violence
  Embrace the Base. Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp 1982 
  by Margaret Leunig
  click on the image to see this 1982 needlework in full

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