EditorsThe Fitzrovia Chapel will display this month a special new quilt dedicated to the life and legacy of Terry Higgins, one of the first people in the UK to die of an Aids-related illness.
Commissioned by the Terrence Higgins Trust to mark its 40th anniversary year, it has been made with the help of The Quilters’ Guild, and consists of eight individual panels, each devoted to a different element of Terry’s life.
The Terry Higgins Memorial Quilt is part of a rich tradition of memorialisation and “radical quilting” associated with Aids activism which first occurred in the 1980s in America.
Produced by skilled quilters and based on stories and tributes from those who knew and loved Terry, the panels trace his story from a childhood in Wales to the Heaven nightclub where he met his partner and eventual co-founder of Terrence Higgins Trust, Rupert Whitaker OBE.
The Fitzrovia Chapel was previously part of the Middlesex Hospital, which housed the UK’s first dedicated Aids wards.
In this healing and contemplative setting, visitors are encouraged to remember those lost to the virus and to reflect on the progress made by Terrence Higgins Trust, who are striving to end new HIV cases in the UK by 2030.
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