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| Einstein’s theory of humanity
revealed |
OXFORD don Baroness Susan Greenfield confirmed last night (Wednesday),
what I have felt for sometime: that Albert Einstein was as much
a moral philosopher as a great scientist.
She was a special guest at the opening of an exhibition at the Jewish
Museum in Camden Town celebrating the life of the great man along
with Professor Hanoch Gutfreund, who is in charge of the Hebrew
University of Jersulem’s Einstein archive.
It includes a letter from Einstein turning down the job of the first
president of Israel, which is on display in this excellent exhibition.
Discussing Einstein with Professor Gutfreund, the Baroness Greenfield
said: “There is a lot we can learn from his pacifism and humanism.”
Professor Gutfreund added: “He believed in Israel, but he also
believed all humans are equal, and Israel could only be judged with
how it treated others, – including the Palestinians.”
And the pair agreed that the rise of Islamophobia has accompanied
the current rise of anti-Semitism – two trends that must be
fought at all costs.
Pictured: Professor Hanoch Gutfreund and Baroness Susan Greenfield
with the great man himself.
Peggy’s great memories of the wonderful
world of Camelot
RECOGNISE any of this cheeky lot?
If you do, the chances are you lived in Camelot House in Camden
Park Road, Camden Town, shortly after World War II.
Former tenant Peggy Goodwin, 67, dropped into my office yesterday
(Wednesday) and asked me to publish this picture. She has organised
a reunion this weekend in pretty Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire on Saturday
and wants oldies from Camelot to join her. So far more than 50 former
tenants have arranged to attend the reunion.
“Camelot was a wonderful place to grow up” she told me.
“There were balconies looking out over an enclosed square where
all the children would play and people were always throwing parties.”
Anyone who wants to attend can call Peggy on 020 7837 4683.
Greasy pole dancing
LABOURITES at the Town Hall have begun jockeying again to climb
up the slippery pole.
Camden’s business tycoon John Mills and education chief Nick
Smith are due to step down at a group meeting early next month,
leaving room for a shuffling of the pack.
Ambitious Lucy Anderson has an appetite, I hear, to run the borough’s
schools. Meanwhile, some insiders suggest Anna Stewart, the current
community safety chief, could take hold of the council’s finances.
This would leave the way open for another 30-something Jake Sumner
to finally land a cabinet role on the crime beat. But backbenchers
Peter Brayshaw, Maggie Cosin and Pat Callaghan could be the outside
bets that upset the apple-cart.
But the real battle may be over the future of Brian Woodrow (pictured)
who has chaired the key planning committee since the 1990s. A man
of conviction and conscience he has managed to irritate some colleagues
over his stance on the King’s Cross development scheme. Will
he be ousted at last?
Dylan’s Proud
I AM sure old hippie Bob Dylan (pictured right on his album The
Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – 1963) would approve of the Proud
Gallery’s bohemian surroundings.
Based in the Stables Market, where the gallery tonight (Thursday)
launches a new exhibition of pictures of the great man, I hear some
wonderful old rock and roll fanatics will be in attendance. The
exhibition brings together some of my favourite 1960s American music
photographers, including Don Hunstein, Elliot Landy, Fred W McDarragh,
Edward Grazda, Sig Goode and Douglas R Gilbert.
The exhibition runs until to October 15 at Sony Ericsson Proud Galleries,
Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road.
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