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Stephen Thomas Ward (19 October 1912 – 3 August 1963) was an English osteopath and artist who was one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair, a British political scandal which brought about the resignation of John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, and contributed to the defeat of the Conservative government a year ...
Jan 26, 2020 · Having run away from home as a teenager, Keeler became friends with socialite Stephen Ward when she was a 17-year-old showgirl working at Murray’s Cabaret Club in Beak Street, Soho. Ward took...
Nov 3, 2022 · Profumo met Keeler through Stephen Ward. Ward was a colorful character: by trade, an osteopath, but also a socialite, artist, and—most unfortunate for Profumo—a Soviet ally.
Stephen Ward was one of the key figures in the 1960s Profumo Affair, and his complex role in the scandal is still cause for discussion. Actor James Norton tells Jonathan Wright how he approached playing the society osteopath – and voyeur – in new BBC One drama The Trial Of Christine Keeler...
Dec 2, 2013 · The book - called Stephen Ward Was Innocent, OK - is being lodged today with the Criminal Cases Review Commission as an application to have Ward's conviction overturned.
Sep 8, 2017 · Stephen Ward, the society fixer at the centre of the Profumo affair, will not have his conviction reviewed by the court of appeal. The Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) told Ward’s family...
In an upstairs flat at 17 Wimpole Mews in Marylebone, Stephen Ward is with his latest protégée – 19-year-old Christine Keeler. Ward had ‘discovered’ her two years earlier, working as a showgirl in Murray’s Cabaret Club in Soho.
Stephen Ward was convicted of living off the immoral earnings of prostitutes, but died before he could be sentenced, having taken a drug overdose during his trial.
Dec 20, 2013 · Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical, Stephen Ward, has rekindled interest in the Profumo Affair — but the real shock is not so much the sex and sleaze of Sixties London as the way it resonates today
Oct 10, 2022 · Stephen Ward was convicted of living off the immoral earnings of prostitutes, but died before he could be sentenced, having taken a drug overdose during his trial.
