Four Coventry heroes in the Ghost Town
Four Coventry black British heroes of the late 1970s and early 1980s should be immortalised argues author Tony McMahon
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Neville Staple – new musical venture!
The front man from The Specials has been in touch to tell me about a new musical venture – I’m allowed to publish this press release now, for your edification! And hopefully, you might spare a few pennies for this!FLIPRON release their brand new single The Comet Returns on 10 September. The song is a…
Best five movies of 1981
1981 was a great year for movies and TV historian Tony McMahon picks out the best five and why he thinks you should view them
1981 riot in Coventry
1981 saw a riot in Coventry over racism attended by boxer Errol Christie while The Specials played a gig of unity at The Butts stadium
Neville Staple at a book signing in 2009 for Original Rude Boy
Neville Staple at book signing in 2009 for Original Rude Boy
Neville Staple joins The Specials
Tony McMahon co-wrote the biography of Neville Staple of The Specials titled Original Rude Boy published by Aurum Press in 2009
Neville Staple biography reviewed in the Huffington Post
Original Rude Boy is the biography of Neville Staple front man in The Specials and the book was co-authored with Tony McMahon
Ghost Town – my ska 2tone optioned drama
Ghost Town is a ska 2Tone drama set in Coventry and optioned by author Tony McMahon based on real-life stories from the 1980s
Bands playing Northern Ireland during The Troubles
Bands often avoided Northern Ireland during The Troubles so the province generated its own punk scene as Tony McMahon discovers
Neville Staple – the Original Rude Boy
The biography of Neville Staple – Original Rude Boy – was co-written with Tony McMahon and published by Aurum Press