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Con Artist (@Con_Artistes) presents:
A Q&A / Book Launch Evening with Sid Lowe - ‘Fear & Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona vs Real Madrid’ with host Ken Early of Second Captains & The Irish Times.
The Sugar Club. 19.00. Wednesday December 4th.
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Author & Journalist Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) lives in Madrid and writes a weekly column for guardian.co.uk. He also writes regularly for the Guardian, World Soccer, FourFourTwo, and the Telegraph. He works as a commentator and panelist for Spanish, Asian and US television and has acted as translator for David Beckham, Michael Owen, and Thomas Gravesen. Together with his dog, he is a regular contributor to the Guardian Football Weekly Podcast.
His recent book ‘Fear & Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona vs Real Madrid’ was nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the year 2013 & lifts the lid on sport's greatest rivalry. By exploring the history, politics, culture, economics and language, while never forgetting the drama on the pitch, Lowe demonstrates the symbiotic nature of the relationship between these two football giants. In doing so he reveals the human story behind this explosive rivalry.
Sid’s unique insight into this rivaly is given further depth on foot of his PhD, titled “The Juventud de Acción Popular in Spain, 1932-1937”. This was subsequently published as a book called “Catholicism, War and the Foundation of Francoism” which expanded on his thesis and deals with the political history of the Catholic youth movement during the Spanish Second Republic and Spanish Civil War.
For this evening, Sid will be talking about all things La Liga discussing the main themes of the book while taking Q’s and offering up A’s from the audience. Hosting this event for the evening will be Ken Early (@kenearlys) of Second Captains (@secondcaptains) Podcast & RTE TV show and The Irish Times columnist.
Fear & Loathing in La Liga review…
It's Messi vs Ronaldo, it's Catalonia vs Castilla. It's the nation against the state, freedom fighters vs Franco's fascists. It's majestic goals and mesmerising skills, red cards and bench brawls. It's the best two teams on the planet going face to face and toe to toe. It's more than a game. It's a war. It's Barcelona vs Real Madrid.
...Only, it's not that simple. From the wounds left by the civil war to the teams' recent global domination, historian and expert on Spanish football, Sid Lowe lifts the lid on sport's greatest rivalry. Lowe has spoken to the biggest names and the forgotten heroes who defined their clubs. Men like Alfredo Di Stéfano and Johan Cruyff as well as the only survivor of the most politically charged game in history, the Barcelona striker who knocked Madrid out of the European Cup for the first time ever, and the president who celebrated his club's defining moment by taking a midnight dip in the Thames.
By exploring the history, politics, culture, economics and language, while never forgetting the drama on the pitch, Lowe demonstrates the symbiotic nature of the relationship between these two football giants. In doing so he reveals the human story behind this explosive rivalry.
