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:10612@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T210000 DTSTAMP:20250503T145830Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/toxteth-library-spycops-spies-ou t-of-lives/ SUMMARY:Toxteth TV: Toxteth Library: Spycops: Spies Out Of Lives DESCRIPTION:For more than four decades\, police forces ran a covert operat ion spying on thousands of citizens\, infiltrating political groups wor king for peace\, animal rights\, social and environmental justice. Officer s were deployed deep undercover\, creating fake identities and deceivin g women into long-term\, intimate relationships\, some resulting in childr en. Thanks to the determination and investigative work of a number of the women involved an Undercover Policing inquiry was secured\, via which the full scope of these intrusive\, undercover operations is being revealed.\n \nJoin us to hear first-hand testimony from Alison and Belinda\, core part icipants in the inquiry\, members of Police Spies Out of Lives and co-au thors of The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed alongside  Lucy Wilcox\, director of the subsequent ITV documentary as they discuss how this state-sanctioned abuse of their human rights was allowed to happ en and how institutionalised misogyny and sexism still exists in the polic e to this day.\nPlease note: The identities of these women are still prote cted so photography and posting imagery to social media will be prohibited at the event.\nAlison (a pseudonym) and Belinda Harvey are two of the eight women who first took legal action against the Metropolitan police ov er the conduct of undercover officers.\n\nIn the 1980s\, Belinda was decei ved into a two year relationship with undercover Bob Lambert who spied on animal rights activists. A decade later\, Alison was deceived into a five year relationship with undercover officer Mark Jenner who spied on anti-ra cist\, anti-fascist groups and trade unions.\n\nBoth Alison and Belinda ar e core participants in the judge led public inquiry into undercover polici ng and was one of seven women who brought a claim against the UK governmen t to the United Nations Campaign for the Elimination of Discrimination Aga inst Women.\n\nThey are part of Police Spies Out of Lives\, a campaign and support group for women affected by deceitful\, intimate relationships wi th undercover police\, and they are co-authors of The Undercover Police S candal: Love and Lies Exposed and contributors to the ITV documentary bas ed on the book.\nLucy Wilcox is responsible for directing some of the hig hest ratings documentaries of the last few years. She has a love of observ ational filming and creating honest stories and directing stories  that a re talked about by millions. Her programs and have been nominated for and won multiple awards. She’s very experienced at building strong\, ethical relationships with people Lucy makes domestic and important subjects acce ssible to large audiences\, bringing surprise\, humour and warmth to all p rojects. Her projects are often about families of all shapes and sizes\, i t’s the subject that interests her the most.\nWeb: policespiesoutoflive s.org.uk\nX: @out_of_lives | @alisonspycops | @Belinda11352092\nFacebook:  @policespiesoutoflives\n\nWe encourage people to use public transport to travel to events where possible.\n\nPublic Transport\n\nBus: 204\, 26\, 500\, 75\, 82\n\nNearest bus stop: Windsor Street (Approx. 5 min walk)\n\ nNearest train station(s): Liverpool Central (Approx. 24 min walk)\, Live rpool Lime Street (Approx. 27 min walk)\n\n \;\n\n*These are difficult times. We know some people may struggle 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 queries will be treated in confidence.    \n\nBOOKING &\; INFO ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/05/WOWFEST-25-WebHead.jpeg CATEGORIES:Events,Talks LOCATION:Toxteth TV\, 37-45 Windsor St\, Liverpool \, L8 1XE\, United Kingd om GEO:53.394028;-2.969774 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=37-45 Windsor St\, Liverpoo l \, L8 1XE\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Toxteth TV:geo:53. 394028,-2.969774 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR