The Harrogate Informer reports on Guy Tweedy’s campaign for justice for thalidomide survivors
Leading Thalidomide campaigner Guy Tweedy was recently interviewed by the Harrogate Informer along with the owner of the first independent bookshop to stock The Thalidomide Catastrophe, a comprehensive guide to how the catastrophe happened, who was responsible and why the search for justice continues after more than six decades.
The Informer reported:
“For nearly 20 years, businessman Mr Tweedy, who lives in the town, has worked tirelessly to win compensation and concessions for the hundreds of remaining UK survivors of the ‘wonder drug’, from both the British and German governments.”
The book is now on sale at a larger number of high street stores and can also be purchased from Amazon or the book’s publishers, Onwards and Upwards.
Academic news site reflects on the issues raised by Thalidomide Bestseller
Popular current affairs website ‘The Conversation’ offered an interesting article on ‘The Thalidomide Catastrophe’ by Martin Johnson.
Glasgow University to host book event for Bestseller
Author of book on The Thalidomide Catastrophe will attend book launch at University of Glasgow in March.
GOD TV shares powerful story behind bestseller ‘The Thalidomide Catastrophe ‘
A recent blog post by Don Botham on the God TV website shares the inspiration behind Martin Johnson’s recent book Martin Johnson.
The Evening Standard reviews The Thalidomide Catastrophe
So stated the Evening Standard in their excellent review of The Thalidomide Catastrophe by Martin Johnson, Raymond G. Stokes and Tobias Arndt. Journalist Geoff Adams-Spink writes: “Piece by piece the authors have put together a grim jigsaw that the family...
Paul Hammond interviews Martin Johnson on UCB Radio
Martin Johnson, co-author of The Thalidomide Catastrophe, was invited by UCB Radio to speak about his book and the thalidomide survivors' campaign for justice. He was interviewed on Wednesday 23rd March by Paul Hammond on his current affairs show, Talking...
The Thalidomide Catastrophe
Available formats: Paperback ebook (ePub edition) ebook (Kindle edition) ebook PDF “This momentous book is the first comprehensive history of thalidomide… It demonstrates how many thousands of victims could have been spared very late in the day if Chemie Grunenthal...
Simon Hoare MP asks Prime Minister whether thalidomide survivors will “finally get … justice”
Simon Hoare MP asked the Prime Minister whether she would "augment the work of the foreign office to make the case for UK thalidomide survivors to the Germany government to finally get the justice that they for too long have been denied". In Prime...
The Sunday Times reports on the thalidomide survivor’s quest for justice
On 29th April, 2018, THE SUNDAY TIMES featured an article on the history of drug thalidomide, the survivors' continued fight for justice after more than 60 years and the new book 'The Thalidomide Catastrophe' which also uncovers possible Nazi links to the...
