Editing Clifford Harper (section)

== Personal life ==
Clifford Harper is a worker, illustrator and militant anarchist. He was born in Chiswick, West London &ndash; at that time within Middlesex &ndash; on 13 July 1949.  His father was a postman and his mother a cook. Expelled from school at 13 and placed on two years probation at 14, he then worked in a series of "menial jobs" before "turning on, tuning in, and dropping out" in 1967.<ref name="LH">{{cite web |title=Clifford Harper - Little Histories Illustrator |url=https://littlehistory.org/contributor/clifford-harper/ |website=Little Histories |access-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617210522/http://littlehistory.org/contributor/clifford-harper/ |archive-date=17 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After living in a [[Intentional community|commune]] in [[Cumberland]], he started a commune on [[Eel Pie Island]] in the River Thames near [[Richmond, Surrey]], in 1969.<ref name="Eelpie">{{cite news |last1=Abrahams |first1=Luke |title=Secret London: Why you should go and explore Eel Pie Island this weekend |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/attractions/secret-london-why-you-should-go-and-explore-eel-pie-island-this-weekend-a3689846.html |access-date=3 April 2020 |work=Evening Standard |date=17 November 2017 |language=en |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116075328/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/attractions/secret-london-why-you-should-go-and-explore-eel-pie-island-this-weekend-a3689846.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1971, he took part in the All London Squatters organization, [[squatting]] in [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]], [[North London]], then [[Stepney Green]], [[East (London sub region)|East London]], and [[Camberwell]] in [[South East (London sub region)|South East London]], while being very active in anarchist circles. In 1974, he settled in [[Camberwell]], where he has lived ever since. Harper has long-term health issues and suffered a heart attack in 2006.<ref name="Last">{{cite web |last1=LH |first1=Edd |title=Clifford Harper |url=http://www.lasthours.org.uk/archive/interviews/clifford-harper/ |website=Last Hours |access-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217164637/http://www.lasthours.org.uk/archive/interviews/clifford-harper/ |archive-date=17 February 2012}}</ref>