Blogger Jon Slattery is excited about a film being shown on BBC4 tomorrow about Rose Hacker, who was billed as the ‘oldest columnist in the world’ in her weekly slot in Jon’s local paper.

Rose, who Jon describes as “a remarkable woman”, was a committed socialist and anti-war campaigner who wrote for the Camden New Journal and Islington Tribune until she died last year aged 101.

Jon has previously written about how Rose’s friend Hetty Bower revealed that the centenarian’s last wish was to be arrested for protesting in the restricted area around the Houses of Parliament.

The film, The Time of Their Lives, is about three elderly radical women living in a north London residential home and will be on Monday 20 July at 7.30pm. Worth a watch.

Posted by Rich Simcox

Tags: BBC, Jon Slattery, protest, Rose Hacker