Tag: Edith Thompson
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23rd December 1922
Letter by Edith to her aunt. (Meant to post this on the day). [Saturday] December 23, 1922 Dear Auntie – It was good of you to send me in the book; it will help to pass a good many weary hours away, when my mind is more settled. At present I can’t think – I can’t even feel.…
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The Holborn
Yesterday (22nd November) was the 4 year anniversary of my fruitless attempt to visit The Holborn Restaurant in London. It was opposite what is now Holborn tube station, and I didn’t even consider that it could have been lost to modernity. It’s now an office block, a supermarket, and a Boots. I’m still sad about…
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Attempts in Adulting
Okay. My original plan was to have a daily blog about writing my dissertation over the summer. But, as you can see, that did not happen. I have now finished my MLitt (I passed!), and am job-hunting (it’s anxiety-inducing). I might do a PhD (again in Creative Writing), in which case I would try to…
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9th January 2025: The Continued Fight for Edith Thompson
I’m almost a month late with this, but it feels important. 9th January. For the third year in a row I travelled to London for a couple of days to attend the annual memorial ceremony for Edith. (Photo taken after the ceremony on 9th January 2023, the 100th anniversary of Edith’s execution). Last year we…
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An Edith Poem
An Edith poem I wrote that doesn’t fit into the book. Peidi was Freddy’s nickname for Edith, I think because it rhymes with Edie, but we’ll never know. The ‘poem about death’ is from Khalil Gibran’s The Phrophet (1923), a minor anachronism But I’m taking poetic liberties. I wrote this after reading a friend’s poetry…
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An Actual Manuscript
An author friend who is going to read the first draft requested a printed out version. Surreal moment. Was going to share a spare page from the printing, but just read it and realised it’s a spoiler, basically the only spoiler in the entire book. Looking forward to a bit of a break while I…
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Memoir Musings: End of the Month Deadline
I gave myself a deadline of the end of March for completing a draft of the book. I fluctuate between thinking I’ve got no chance and thinking I’ll manage it. I wrote about 1000 words today though and made some actual progress. From Bella Donna by Robert Hichens: ‘suddenly he would become aware of the…
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International Women’s Day!!
Happy International Women’s Day to all! Here’s a big post to (I hope) celebrate and champion women. First, here are some of my favourite women (real and fictional). My followers may notice that Edith isn’t on this list. The sole reason for that is that I wanted to champion some different women today. Edith will…
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Writerley Worries: New Year… Same Me
Hey everyone (all approximately 10 of you), Happy 2023! Can’t believe we’re 20 days in already. It is no real surprise that my daily vlogging on my book didn’t last very long. It was going okay and then Christmas, full of people and food, happened. I spent time with several good people and ate a…
The Hopeful Edwardian 