The legacy of love

aFter his wife Kim was mown down by a reckless cyclist, leaving their two children without a mother, Matt Briggs vowed: ‘Out of this senseless carnage, I shall try to bring change to the law.’

he wants cycling regulation to protect pedestrians. ‘Perhaps in this way I can honour my wife.’

In the same way, after Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered last year, her husband Brendan — left to bring up two children — was determined that good should come from her death. he set up the Great Get together (a series of street parties throughout Britain) to raise money for charity and honour her belief that there is more that unites than divides us.

two dignified widowers, not consumed by hatred, but keeping the fire of love alive for their wives and children.