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THE whirring noise inside the lair of nail bomber David Copeland grew louder, unsettling the Flying Squad detectives who had just collared him.Less th
Customers at the Admiral Duncan applaud the 2019 Trans Pride parade. (Getty) The undercover informant who identified the Admiral Duncan bomber has said another far-right terrorist attack is inevitable due to the rise of the internet. On 30 April, 1999, the Admiral Duncan – a popular LGBT+ pub – was targeted in a devastating nail bomb attack, which killed three people and left 79 more injured. David Copeland was later identified as the attacker after a mole, codenamed Arthur, identified him after seeing his picture on the front page of the Evening Standard. Arthur – an anti-fascist act...
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. Advertisement Three people were killed and 140 wounded – some suffering life-changing injuries – in the three attacks. After the third bomb exploded on Friday 30th ...
The Admiral Duncan continues to be a place for the LGBT+ community to come together and remember those they've lost. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images) The Admiral Duncan, a popular LGBT+ pub in Soho, London, will never forget the awful day a nail bomb attack claimed the lives of three people and injured dozens more. Friday April 30, 1999 was supposed to be the start of a glorious bank holiday weekend. The sun was shining, workers had clocked off in their masses and, as is their wont, headed straight for the pub to meet with friends. There was a certain weight in the air, as in the weeks prior, two n...
“I’ve been getting book recommendations from TikTok.” My childhood best friend said this to me during one of our check-ins, proving once and for all, that as much as you try to resist it, TikTok will eventually consume us all. Come and claim me Gen-Z, I will give the middle part a shot. My new reading recs friend and I don’t keep in touch as much as both of us would like nowadays. A global pandemic, and her being an emergency room nurse while I am just a lazy texter complicate the matter. One thing we never fail to do when we check in, though, is to ask what new books or authors the o...