Gallows humour " Simon Armitage on his comedy about the last man hanged for blasphemy
How does the fate of a student executed in 1697 fuel the freedom of speech debate today? Simon Armitage and Told By An Idiot talk about their new drama exploring the life and death of Thomas AikenheadOn a cold day in January 1697, a young man walked through the streets of Edinburgh on his way to the gallows. On a cold day in January 2016, a poet and some theatre-makers gathered in London to work out how to tell the s…