Ridley Road (novel)

{{Short description|2014 novel by Jo Bloom}}

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Ridley Road is a 2014 novel by Jo Bloom, in which the 62 Group and opposition to 1960s British neo-Nazis such as Colin Jordan are a backdrop to the narrative.{{cite book | last=Bloom | first=Jo | title=Ridley Road | publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson | publication-place=London | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-78022-824-2 | oclc=892869290 | page=}}{{Cite news |title=Ridley Road by Jo Bloom, book review: An ambitious, but not wholly successful debut |last=Whiteside |first=Shirley |newspaper=The Independent |date=29 November 2014 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/ridley-road-jo-bloom-book-review-ambitious-not-wholly-successful-debut-9891317.html }} Ridley Road in Dalston in London's East End was well known as a fascist meeting place in the 1960s,{{Cite news |title=Jo Bloom draws on the spirit of '60s anti-facist groups for novel Ridley Road |last=Lazarus|first=Ben |work=Hackney Gazette |date= 14 October 2020|url= https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/things-to-do/jo-bloom-draws-on-the-spirit-of-60s-anti-facist-3485448}} around which battles took place.

It was adapted by Sarah Solemani as Ridley Road, a four-part drama by BBC One, which was premiered on 3 October 2021.{{Cite web |title=Ridley Road: Meet the cast and creators |author= |website=BBC Media Centre |date=28 September 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/ridley-road}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/02/ridley-road-how-britains-heinous-nazi-horrors-inspired-my-tv-thriller|work = The Guardian|title= How Britain's heinous Nazi horrors inspired my TV thriller|author=Solemani, Sarah |author-link = Sarah Solemani|date=2 October 2021}}