13/07/2025
Norwich, GB 16 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

FREDDIE SCAPPATICCI, aged 77

A Belfast builder, he was also a brutal leader of the IRA, responsible for many murders. However, he was also a spy and informer for the British forces.

PAT ARROWSMITH, aged 93

FOUNDER MEMBER OF CND Born Margaret Patricia Arrowsmith, into a fundamentalist Protestant family in Leamington Spa, she was always known as ‘Pat’. Her mother, Margaret Kingham, had been brought up in the Plymouth Brethren movement, […]

HUGH CALLAGHAN, aged 93

An Irish labourer living in Birmingham, he was accused of bombing two pubs. After cruel treatment, he spent years in prison until his innocence was proved.

Pat Hume

PAT HUME, aged 83

An unsung hero of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, Pat Hume, wife of SDLP politician John Hume made a largely unrecognised contribution to ending the Troubles in Northern Ireland. She was the consumate politician’s wife, whilst bringing up her family.