Norwich charity for ex-offenders comes of age
A Norwich charity which offers supported accommodation to homeless men, many of whom are ex-offenders, has come of age and is marking its 21st anniversary.
Val Dodsworth founded the House of Genesis as a small registered Christian charity based in Thorpe St Andrew and on the east side of Norwich. It offers supported accommodation to homeless adult men, most of whom are ex-offenders. She first became involved in prisoner rehabilitation at Langley House Trust, a charity led by ex-Japanese prisoner of war John Dodd. She then attended Middlesex Polytechnic and gained 20 years’ experience in the Probation Service, beginning in Corby in Northants, then after her marriage in Lowestoft, Ipswich, and Norwich.
Eternel Printemps, premier état, taille originale-variante type C, 1884-94. Bronze with dark brown patina. Sold for $2,770,500 on 4 May 2011 at Christie’s in New York
Claudel, however, met a tragic fate. They parted ways because of Rodin’s refusal to leave his long-time partner, Rose Beuret, and Claudel descended into madness. In 1913 she was committed to an asylum, where she remained until her death in 1943.
‘It is terrible to be so abandoned,’ she wrote in 1915. ‘I can’t help but succumb to the grief that overwhelms me.’ After her death, Claudel and her work slipped into relative obscurity, only emerging from her lover’s shadow in the late 20th century.