An Accidental Icon
An Accidental Icon 'Compelling' The Daily Mail 'So many gripping moments... Scott subsequently found himself at the centre of a major political scandal and became an unlikely queer icon. a real…
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An Accidental Icon
'Compelling' The Daily Mail 'So many gripping moments... Scott subsequently found himself at the centre of a major political scandal and became an unlikely queer icon. a real cracker' The Evening StandardThe jaw-dropping and inspiring story of accidental queer icon Norman Scott (the hero of TV drama A Very English Scandal) and the part he played in one of the greatest political scandals of the 20th century.In October 1975 an assassin tried to murder Norman Scott on Exmoor but the trigger failed and he only succeeded in shooting Scott's beloved dog, Rinka.
Aged sixteen he began an equestrian career, animals having been the one source of comfort in his childhood. But this was never his intention...He was born in 1940 into a poor, dysfunctional and abusive family. By the age of twenty he had run into debts and had suffered a