Skarpi, who is, I gather, in hospital at the moment, began this thread with reference to the film "Some Mother's Son". I would also draw attention to "H3"(2001), a low budget film on the same subject. I'm not necessarily recommending it - the only review I could find at mrqe.com is scathing - I'm only pointing out its existence. "H3" was the name of the block where Bobby Sands was imprisoned.

Den earlier mentions David Beresford's book "Ten Men Dead". Beresford, a Guardian journalist, comes from South Africa and probably carries less baggage than the rest of us and, in my subjective point of view, is fairly objective.

Another book (after all, Iceland has a reputation for being incredibly literate) "Nor Meekly Serve My Time" is written by the prisoners themselves. No, it doesn't pretend to be objective.

Best wishes to Skarpi in hospital.