Despite the Associated Press announcing Joe Biden’s victory, we’re still not done with the election. In the end, however, the rapid progression of the cancer meant his body was unable to match the power of his indomitable mind, and he passed away peacefully surrounded by love. Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Throughout this time, Stephen showed a characteristic determination to live. He fought hard to beat the odds after being diagnosed just a month earlier, but, ultimately, spent his last few weeks at home, as was his wish, receiving end of life care. Brought to you by Less Than Face Productions. His family said: Stephen passed away on Thursday 26 th May after a short battle with cancer. Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, with Joe Craven and Jim Kerwin perform 'Sitting Here In Limbo' at the Warfield in San Francisco, CA. He lectured in Creative Writing at Winchester University, Birkbeck College and the University of Edinburgh, and taught screenwriting at Central Film School in London. Thompson had written for The Observer, The Voice, Wasafiri, Five Dials and Arena Magazine amongst others, and was the editor and publisher of the online literary journal The Colverstone Review. The Independent called it “…a gripping, upsetting and tenderly told dramatic memoir of one man’s ordeal during the Windrush scandal. The film was broadcast on BBC1 in June 2020, directed by Stella Corradi and starring Patrick Robinson, and won the BAFTA for Best Single Drama. remember first reading the script and crying my way through. Stephen wrote the powerful feature-length drama Sitting In Limbo in response to his brother Anthony Bryan’s fight against deportation amidst the Windrush scandal. Sitting in Limbo is a powerful and moving human drama about the real-life trauma of Anthony Bryan (played here by former Casualty star, Patrick Robinson). Thompson, writer of BAFTA-winning single drama Sitting In Limbo, has died at the age of 56.Ī highly acclaimed novelist of Jamaican descent, Thompson’s first novel Toy Soldiers was published in 2000 and he went on to write three further novels, including Missing Joe in 2012 and No More Heroes in 2016. BBC One - Sitting in Limbo Watch now A shocking drama inspired by the Windrush scandal.
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