Speakers: Jo Bloom, Steve Silver, Dave Rich

50 years after its formation, the story of the anti-fascist 62 Group – the successor to the 43 Group, two veterans of which joined us at Jewish Book Week 2020 – remains relevant, as shown by the huge interest in the BBC1 drama Ridley Road, which took its name from a well-known fascist meeting place and site of several battles.  Jo Bloom, on whose novel the miniseries was based, is joined by Dr Dave Rich, director of policy at the Community Security Trust (CST) and author of The Left’s Jewish Problem, and Steve Silver, former Searchlight editor, a researcher on the book and consultant on the TV show. They will discuss the story on page, screen and real life, as well as looking at modern parallels.