Drawing on their expertise in the fields of literature, cultural theory, media studies and visual art, the authors have produced a thoroughly interdisciplinary approach towards the many representations that claim, with varying degrees of confidence, to tell the story of 'what really happened' on the streets of the Bogside on the afternoon of 30th January 1972.

In the course of six thematically-organized chapters, the authors analyze productions ranging from high-profile 'popular' forms of entertainment -- such as Paul Greengrass's feature film Bloody Sunday and Jimmy McGovern's made-for-television film, Sunday -- through to lesser-known treatments in poetry (Thomas Kinsella's Butcher's Dozen), drama (Frank McGuinness's Carthaginians and Brian Friel's The Freedom of the City) and visual art (The Bogside Artists and Willie Doherty). They place special emphasis on the commemoration events held each year in Derry in which the families of the victims have -- over many years -- remembered their dead and injured, while at the same time building a highly-effective campaign that resulted, finally, in the new Inquiry.

Tom Herron is Lecturer in English in the School of Cultural Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He has published work on contemporary Irish poetry, drama and fiction. John Lynch is Lecturer in Media & Visual Culture in the Department of Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has published work on photography, art history and visual culture.