Not everyone could have drawn that crowd to Durham Cathedral for a memorial service on a summer's Friday.
But not everyone was Ann Loades.
"Exonerated" (His Honour Judge Nathan Adams, Durham Crown Court, 8 May 2025). Two-time political prisoner. Beaten up in prison, so I fear only God. Activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach".
Yours was one of very few gowns.
ReplyDeleteI was truly shocked.
DeleteA lovely event, though.