As a schoolboy in the hills of Abbottabad, Iread Marmaduke Pickthall’stranslation of the Holy Quran, and its stirring introduction has stayed with me to this day.Pickthall wrote:“The Qur’an ...

David Pickthall, from Brentwood, Essex, was investigated in relation to offences against 19 people in Brentwood and Upminster, east London, between 1980 and 2021. The 66-year-old was working as a ...

Dr Peter Clark, former diplomat and author, on a hunt to find a missing historical manuscript by noted author Marmaduke Pickthall. Top, e-Paper. Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process.

Ex-teacher and choirmaster David Pickthall, 66, has been setenced to 12 years in prison at Chelmsford Crown Court. He commited sex offences against 19 victims.

Another of Pickthall’s survivors, using the name Edward, said: “In my formative years I struggled to fit in, and music was the thing I was good at. It should have been my safe space.