Tag: freddy bywaters

• 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…

  The Hopeful Edwardian

  February 5, 2025

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  1920s, 20th century, Edith Thompson, execution, freddy bywaters, injustice, memorial ceremony, miscarriage of justice, pardon, thompson and bywaters

• 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…

  The Hopeful Edwardian

  March 10, 2023

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  bella donna, biography, book, dickens, Edith Thompson, fenchurch street, freddy bywaters, letters, memoir, our mutual friend, poison, robert hichens, shanklin, st. paul’s churchyard, the fruitful vine, writing