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Since her association with Leon Trotsky’s assassin, Ramón Mercader, Sylvia Ageloff has been demonised and vilified, pushed to the margins of history or simply ignored. What has been all too frequently lacking is any sense of respect, sympathy or understanding of her as a human being, a political activist and someone thrust into a situation not of her making. This short essay attempts to set the record straight.
Since her association with Leon Trotsky’s assassin, Ramón Mercader, Sylvia Ageloff has been demonised and vilified, pushed to the margins of history or simply ignored. What has been all too frequently lacking is any sense of respect, sympathy or understanding of her as a human being, a political activist and someone thrust into a situation not of her making. This short essay attempts to set the record straight.
ALISON BOSHOFF: It can be revealed that James Norton (left) is being sought to play another 'serial killer' Yorkshireman - in a dark new portrait of the poet laureate Ted Hughes (right)
Having featured Sylvia Ormiston last week, we managed to grab a chat with her husband, Dochy Ormiston MVO, this week and his love and passion for…