[News] The man who kicked the hornet's nest

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle

NSC Patron

Oct 8, 2003

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Faversham

• Nov 4, 2024

• #1

Mrs T alerted me to this. What an interesting bloke.

And of course his books are amazing.

The boy who kicked the hornets’ nest: Stieg Larsson’s double life as an anti-far right activist

His Millennium trilogy was a worldwide hit. But to the Swedish author, it was only ever a sideshow to his true life’s work: fighting fascism, racism and rightwing extremism

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Ooh it’s a corner

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Aug 28, 2016

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Nr. Coventry

• Nov 4, 2024

• #2

Agreed!

Re Millennium, I get that the TV version was slow in getting going but once it did it was outstanding - and Lisbeth Salander’s character just wow!