'Let me write the songs of the people and I care not who makes their laws.' 
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
(a favourite quotation of David Maxwell Fyfe) 

Official Film Trailer for 'The Human's in the Telling' Featuring 'The Soldier' from part VIII of Sue Casson's Dreams of Peace & Freedom ABOUT THE FILM The Human's in the Telling follows David Maxwell Fyfe's journey from Nuremberg, where he was a leading British prosecutor at the War Crimes Trials, to Strasbourg, where he was a driving force behind the European Convention on Human Rights. Set in a Sussex forest, a new generation of Maxwell Fyfe's family explores the significance of the ECHR under the shadow of pandemic restrictions. Through the landscapes of his life, the present is filtered through the prism of the past, as they tell the story of its creation, and how the protection of our rights and freedoms were forged after WWII. Follow our story on social media Twitter https://twitter.com/OfficialTHINT Instagram https://www.instagram.com/officialthint/ WordPress https://thehumansinthetelling.wordpress.com/ https://www.thehumansinthetelling.org

Members of the family of David Maxwell Fyfe perform Dreams of Peace and Freedom in Manchester, setting for the Conservative Party Conference 2023 in support of the ECHR he helped to create and in protest against legislation that by removing the universal rights of some on our land threaten the freedom of us all. Grateful thanks to Liz O'Neill and everyone at the Friends' Meeting House for making this possible. Watch our vigil so far - https://youtu.be/OROqGXmLtnM?si=cSfRAdzt9W_Bm19S Discover more about our vigil - https://thehumansinthetelling.wordpress.com/2023/09/24/waking-us-from-sleeping/ MUSIC Part IX Safety from Dreams of Peace & Freedom Listen to the song cycle in full - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ6Qwrit6koUQIbfm0DgOxiI7-xjG3LdQ&si=iIyuaQK-UcCOm4eT Follow our vigil Twitter @OfficialTHINT Instagram @officialthint YouTube @thehumansinthetelling

Members of the family of David Maxwell Fyfe have been on the road during the darkest months of the year to shine the light of the past on our fractured present. As the government prepares to declare their stance on ‘’illegal migration”.the family have been singing their beautiful protest at the proposed withdrawal from the ECHR as one possible solution. This would undermine the rights and freedoms not just of migrants but every one of us. Their song cycle, Dreams of Peace & Freedom tells the story of the birth of modern human rights through the eyes of David Maxwell Fyfe and they have been retracing his steps on his journey towards the creation of the ECHR after World War 2. Listen here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ6Qwrit6koUQIbfm0DgOxiI7-xjG3LdQ Their travels have taken them from Dornoch in the Scottish Highlands down to London via Edinburgh, Liverpool and Oxford. Each place offered different inspiration on his journey towards human rights protection. Twitter @OfficialTHINT Instagram @officialthint Website https://www.thehumansinthetelling.org/ Watch our protest as it happened : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ6Qwrit6koX6JKg2wMF_clNLZFxxXdkh

As members of the family of David Maxwell Fyfe, Nuremberg prosecutor and British drafter of ECHR we have resumed our vigil for justice, humanity and human rights with performances of Dreams of Peace & Freedom to shine the light of the past on our fractured present. Discover more about our vigil - https://thehumansinthetelling.wordpress.com/2023/09/24/waking-us-from-sleeping/ Follow our vigil Twitter @OfficialTHINT Instagram @officialthint YouTube @thehumansinthetelling

Excerpt from Dreams of Peace & Freedom Filmed on stage at C cubed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival Listen to the song cycle in full : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ6Qwrit6koUQIbfm0DgOxiI7-xjG3LdQ&si=n2ujhDWYfmYZxmP_ Featuring Dreams of Peace & Freedom Part VII Non Semper Imbres reprise Words taken from David Maxwell Fyfe's closing at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials August 1946 Music from her setting of James Logie Robertson by Sue Casson Twitter @OfficialTHINT Instagram @officialthint YouTube channel @thehumansinthetelling

The Human's in the Telling 2 - ‘I have always been haunted by my grandfather’ Who was David Maxwell Fyfe – "I have always been a romantic" – Albion – He was forged in the past – Uncle Hugh’s Report – Hush, Hush – How his family history shaped him VOICES Narrated by Sue Casson David Maxwell Fyfe : Robert Blackmore Commentary by Tom Blackmore WORDS The Napier Commission in Sutherland 1883 (Hugh Campbell’s report) A Political Adventure (David Maxwell Fyfe’s autobiography) published in 1964 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson MUSIC Albion Words and music by Sue Casson Sung by Lily and Sue Casson Hush, Hush (Smile in your sleep) traditional Words by Jim McLean Arranged for piano and played by Sue Casson Sung by Lily and Sue Casson Recorded at Lana Banana Studios Engineered by Henry Willard Follow us Twitter | https://twitter.com/OfficialTHINT Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/officialthint/ Soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/the-humans-in-the-telling Music https://on.soundcloud.com/vfbVg