Topic: RAWK Reviews: And The Sun Shines Now by Adrian Tempany

[the 92A]

My mates dropped unsubtle hints he's buying it for my birthday so having to wait a few weeks to read it

[24/7]

My mates dropped unsubtle hints he's buying it for my birthday so having to wait a few weeks to read it

In the end, he wins AND he gets the girl!

[Alan_X]

Ade, there was a letter in yesterday's Guardian from one of the legal team about Patnick in response to some of the reporting/reviewing of your book. I can't find it online but you should contact the letters page for a copy. Basically clarified that Patnick wasn't MP for Hillsborough as reported, that he wasn't involved on behalf of his constituents and his only interest was in spreading the lies about Liverpool fans.

I left the paper on the train so don't have it with me. 

[That Kennedy moment]

Yeah, it was a letter from Mark George QC.

He's right - the reviewer had referred to Patnick as being the MP for Hillsborough, when I had made clear he was in fact MP for Sheffield Hallam. Mark made the point that the suggestion by the reviewer that he was MP for Hillsborough might imply his presence at the Niagara sports club on 15 April - when the police began cooking up their lies for The Sun - was understandable, as 'the local MP'. In fact, as Mark points out, he was not the local MP, and appears to have gone there to aid and abet the police in getting their story out.

[vivabobbygraham]

Yeah, it was a letter from Mark George QC.

He's right - the reviewer had referred to Patnick as being the MP for Hillsborough, when I had made clear he was in fact MP for Sheffield Hallam. Mark made the point that the suggestion by the reviewer that he was MP for Hillsborough might imply his presence at the Niagara sports club on 15 April - when the police began cooking up their lies for The Sun - was understandable, as 'the local MP'. In fact, as Mark points out, he was not the local MP, and appears to have gone there to aid and abet the police in getting their story out.

Thanks for this. Never occurred to me he was anything other than the local MP and I was a witness to the unlawful killing of our fans so have been involved in the case from inception.

Having read the reviews and Michael A's pearler in particular (which I commented on earlier) and having foolishly acquiesced to receiving the book as a Father's Day prezzie, believing distribution was a way off,  I am now drumming fingers on table, impatiently 

[Bluelagos]

That's the thing, Tim. The scoreline might read 14-0 but that's a very flattering scoreline when you know how hard the training regime was and how tight the tactical planning needed to be. The nation should be outraged over the continued smearing that threatened to inflict the greatest ever miscarriage on families and survivors. It was a close run thing and it's good that people now have the chance to understand exactly what happened. Thanks to books and articles like Ade's - and a notable mention to Nick's excellent recent blog entries that also tells the story of the behind-the-scenes anxieties and how to face up to establishment-driven adversity.

Cheers for the comment about my blog - first post (of 6) below.     

http://ahillsboroughsurvivor.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/survivors-with-attitude.html

Was certainly not an easy or straight forward victory.

[John C]

I'm half way through Ade's book, this really is a must read which explores football & society beyond Hillsborough. Meanwhile ......

http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2016/06/citytalk-and-the-sun-shines-now/

[gatcliffe]

Quality review Michael thanks for that.

[That Kennedy moment]

Hope it's Ok to put this here (no button to start New Topic in Hillsborough forum...?)

I took part with Damian Kavanagh (Kav on here) in a debate on The Anfield Wrap City Talk last week - on Hillsborough, the inquests, and the vilification of Liverpool fans.

http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2016/06/citytalk-and-the-sun-shines-now/

[Iska]

I thought it was great, thanks.  Gave me a boost when I needed it.  I'm enjoying the book too.

[John C]

It was great mate, in the TAW thread I asked everyone to share it on their individual FB pages.

[John C]

I finally finished this wonderful book the other day. It was fantastic and a must for anyone packing a book for their summer hols.

The depth of research and detail in to football is amazing, thanks Ade.

[MichaelA]

A quick bump for your summer reading lists; Ade won the New Writer award at the Sports Book Awards last night.


Richly deserved, congratulations Ade! 

[MichaelA]

He's also on the long list for the Orwell Prize - a prestigious award for political writing. This book is political.

This review went online a year and a day ago, and I have thought about it a lot over the past twelve months. Back then I wrote that "it's a book about Hillsborough, and it's a book about football. It's a book about how Britain got fucked up", and whilst I'm delighted that Ade has won these accolades, I'm relieved that my slightly one eyed view of the book - knowing Ade and knowing his contribution to RAWK - has been backed up by two judging panels!

If you haven't read it already I would urge you to do so. 

[MichaelA]

He's also on the long list for the Orwell Prize - a prestigious award for political writing. This book is political.

This review went online a year and a day ago, and I have thought about it a lot over the past twelve months. Back then I wrote that "it's a book about Hillsborough, and it's a book about football. It's a book about how Britain got fucked up", and whilst I'm delighted that Ade has won these accolades, I'm relieved that my slightly one eyed view of the book - knowing Ade and knowing his contribution to RAWK - has been backed up by two judging panels!

If you haven't read it already I would urge you to do so. 

I've been thinking about this again this week. First, Ade made the shortlist and the winner is announced this evening. Second, it looks like the tragic events at the Grenfell Tower have a resonance with other examples of dreadful, preventable disasters that Ade examines in the book - Hillsborough, Bradford Fire, Herald Of Free Enterprise, Kings Cross Fire - when public safety is left to the mercy of private oversight.

[Ziltoid]

I've been thinking about this again this week. First, Ade made the shortlist and the winner is announced this evening. Second, it looks like the tragic events at the Grenfell Tower have a resonance with other examples of dreadful, preventable disasters that Ade examines in the book - Hillsborough, Bradford Fire, Herald Of Free Enterprise, Kings Cross Fire - when public safety is left to the mercy of private oversight.

Incredible and brilliant he made the shortlist; shame he missed out.  really is a superb book and as you say, all the more relevant given what's happened in the last few days.