Tom Bower Tom Bower Thomas Michael Bower (born 28 September 1946) is a British writer known for his investigative journalism and for his unauthorized biographies, often of business tycoons and newspaper proprietors. His books include unauthorised biographies of Robert Maxwell, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Conrad Black, and Richard Branson. A book about Richard Desmond remains unpublished. His book, "", won the 2003 William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Bower's parents were Jewish refugees who fled Prague after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 and arrived in London later that same year. After attending the William Ellis School in Hampstead, Bower studied
Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd Sheridan, even though they may have concluded that he had lied in court about "several matters". New Group Newspapers (now part of News UK) lost their appeal against the award of £200,000 damages to Sheridan on 19 August 2016. Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd Sheridan v News Group Newspapers ("Thomas Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd") is a civil court case brought by Tommy Sheridan against the publishers of the "News of the World", which began in the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 July 2006. He alleged that the "News of the World" defamed his character