Title | Interview with Harvey Thomas, Jo Berry and Patrick Magee by Andy Andrews for Building Bridges for Peace |
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Description | Video interview with Harvey Thomas (former Press and Public Relations Officer for Margaret Thatcher), Jo Berry (daughter of victim of the Brighton bombing) and Patrick Magee (Brighton bomber) by Andy Andrews for Building Bridges for Peace. On 12 October 1984 the Provisional IRA detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, in advance of the Conservative Party conference, with the intention of assassinating Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Five people were killed and thirty-one injured in the explosion but Thatcher survived the blast uninjured. In this interview Thomas, Berry and Magee discuss their experience of the Brighton bombing and their later journey towards reconciliation. Building Bridges for Peace is a charitable organisation established by Jo Berry and Patrick Magee to promote peace and conflict resolution around the world. |
Date of Release/Broadcast | 15 February 2009 |
Name of First Interviewee | Harvey Thomas |
Name of Second Interviewee | Jo Berry |
Name of Third Interviewee | Patrick Magee |
Role at time of Interview | Harvey Thomas (former Press and Public Relations Officer for Margaret Thatcher), Jo Berry (daughter of victim of the Brighton bombing) and Patrick Magee (Brighton bomber) |
Interviewer | Andy Andrews |
Purpose | Research |
Media | Audiovisual |
Copyright | International Network for Peace © 2013 |
Link | Click here |
Programme/Book/Article | International Network for Peace |
Time Period covered | 1984-2009 |
Key Individuals | Harvey Thomas, Jo Berry, Patrick Magee |
Key Words | Brighton bombing, IRA, British government, religion, Sinn Fein |
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