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The first trailer for
Nail Bomber: Manhunt, the Netflix documentary about the string of nail bombings in London 20 years ago, has dropped.
On 30 April 1999, a crudely made but deadly nail bomb ripped through the Admiral Duncan, a historic queer bar in Soho. Killing three people and wounding at least 70.
For a city already on edge following two prior nail bombings in Brixton and Brick Lane, the atrocity left some of London’s most vulnerable communities shaken.
Now more than 21 years on since the attacks carried out by far-right extremist David Copeland, filmmakers from Expectation Media are diving deep into how a 22-year-old engineer sought to start a race war.
What happened to Nail Bomber David Copeland? Where he is now Netflix documentary Nail Bomber: Manhunt details the three London nail bomb attacks in 1999, carried out by David Copeland.
Thursday, 13th May 2021 at 1:59 pm
Netflix’s documentary, Nail Bomber: Manhunt goes back to the spring of 1999, when three homemade nail bombs were detonated in London, targeting the capital’s Black, Bangladeshi and LGBTQ+ communities.
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Three people were killed and 140 wounded – some suffering life-changing injuries – in the three attacks. After the third bomb exploded on Friday 30th
April 1999 at the Admiral Duncan pub in Old Compton Street in London’s Soho, a man named David Copeland was arrested and charged with the attacks.
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What is Nail Bomber: Manhunt about?
Netflix documentary Nail Bomber: Manhunt tells the story of the 1999 bombings that shocked London, the race to catch the man who committed the horrendous crimes, and the communities that came together in the aftermath of the bombings.
The first bombing took place on Saturday 17th April 1999. A blue sports bag containing the device was left outside an Iceland superstore in Brixton market where it exploded, injuring more than 40 people including a 23-month old baby boy.
Members clubs in the age of Covid, from Groucho to Boisdale
The Groucho Club (Getty Images)
Are you clubbable? Some people are, fiercely, while others disdain the whole idea. It is thought men are more clubbable than women, though that may not be supported by facts. In any event, if you are what PG Wodehouse would have called a clubman, you will be eagerly awaiting Monday 17 May and the reopening of indoor hospitality. On that day, too, most members’ clubs will finally reopen their doors.
Why do we join clubs? One could point to any number of factors facilities, services, convenience, interests but in truth it’s about exclusivity. We join partly to associate with people with whom we have something in common. It could be profession, political leaning, hobby or simply