BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8578@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240509T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240509T203000 DTSTAMP:20240327T112429Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-danny-morrison-the-dirt y-war/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Danny Morrison: The Dirty War DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nDanny Morrison: The Dirty War\n\n\n\nDanny Morrison retur ns to Writing on the Wall for a one-off exclusive on the Stakeknife affair and how he was lured into a trap by Britain’s biggest spy in the IRA.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu 9 May\, 6.30pm - 8.30pm\n\nThe events of 7 January 1 990 changed Danny’s life. Charged with conspiracy to murder\, kidnapping and IRA membership\, he was eventually sentenced to eight years. In priso n\, Danny wrote several books\, including his highly acclaimed novel\, Th e Wrong Man\, a psychological thriller about an IRA unit which is convince d that it has been infiltrated.\n\n \;\n\nBetween the outing of Freddi e Scappaticci as Stakeknife in 2003 and his death two decades later\, Dann y Morrison’s conviction was overturned at the Court of Appeal - though t he court withheld its reasons after an intervention from the Director of P ublic Prosecutions. Living in England under the protection of MI5 and desp ite his involvement in dozens of what must be seen as state killings\, S cappaticci’s only conviction was for extreme pornography. The Westminste r magistrate said\, “you have not been before the court for 50 years – and that’s good character in my book.”\n\nDanny will be in conversati on with Stuart Borthwick\, chair of Writing on the Wall and author of The Writing on the Wall: A Visual History of Northern Ireland’s Troubles.\n\ nTickets: £8\n\n*These are difficult times. We know some people may stru ggle to afford full price tickets. If you would like to attend this event but can't afford to\, please contact info@writingonthewall.org.uk. All qu eries will be treated in confidence.  \n\nIf you would like to purchas e a gifted ticket for someone who can’t afford it\, please buy directly from the event page and we will offer your ticket out.   \nBook now\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/03/Danny-Morrison.jpg CATEGORIES:Literature & Poetry,Talks LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR