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| TJ (centre front) and the Coleg Harlech Council | TLJ at The Observer |
His daughter — my aunt Eirene, Baroness White of Rhymney — was a Labour peer and had a distinguished political career: for details see her obituary in The Guardian and The Telegraph. [The Times obituary is now only available as a paid service.] Gregynog Press have produced a 30 page tribute to her; Cardiff University also had a tribute; and the National Library of Wales has a photo of when she was first elected.
Her brother — my father, Tristan Jones — was Manager & Director of The Observer. He was also a prolific collector of antiques and curios; his collection of commemorative ceramics (sold in 1991) was apparently the world's largest.
| My aunt, Marlene Yeo, has had a distinguished career as an anti-nuclear campaigner. Click on the image at left to get the full picture (262K), or here for the Leicester Mercury's own abbreviated text version. She also wrote a children's adventure book, "Amina and the Moshi Makers" (pub. Longmans Arusha/Kampala/Nairobi, 1966). |
| My mother, Anneli Jones, has also had a distinguished career as a Green Party candidate and peace campaigner. Click on the image to see a recent (2007) article about her in the local press. On the right is a photograph from a few years before, showing her on her way to the "2 million people" demonstration in London against the Iraq war. The 'funeral-style' placard she is holding bears a pun on the most famous phrase in Hagakure, the Japanese book of the Samurai. The Samurai were also known as "Bushi", and while the original says "The Way of Bushi is the Way of Death" (often phrased as "the way of the warrior is the way of death"), this version says "The Way of Bush is the Way of Death". (For those who can read Japanese, the original is: 武士道は死ぬことと見つけたり while the new version is ブッシュ道は死ぬことと見つけたり). The first volume of her memoirs, detailing her peaceful upbringing in East Prussia followed by a harrowing flight from the Red Army, is now available from Ozaru Books as Reflections in an Oval Mirror. | ![The Way of Bush[i] is the Way of Death](bush-doh.jpg)
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