Dr Ian Phillips is regularly quoted by journalists and broadcasters in relation to the Summerland Fire Disaster.
BBC News website
Isle of Man ‘shame’ over Summerland fire disaster.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-23449990
Summerland: ‘I no longer feel the need to hide my scars’.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-66377741
Manx fire crews remember ‘horror’ of Summerland disaster.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-66373502
Summerland: Fire response formally recognised 50 years on.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-66356923
Places – Lost in Time: Summerland Centre
The work of Dr Ian Phillips is credited in this short film written and produced by Ruairidh McVeigh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGS6cRbSQ5k
Isle of Man TV
On the 47th anniversary of the Summerland fire, which claimed 50 lives, in 2020 the organiser of the one minute silence event Tina Brennan talks to Paul Moulton about why she still wants to see a memorial on the site.
ITV Granada
Summerland 50th Anniversary: What happened and why does it matter?
Survivor recounts traumatic experience escaping fire.
Why was Summerland built and what impact did it have in the Isle of Man? Dr Ian Phillips is interviewed in this feature.
“She’s been in my heart for 50 years.” Emotional reunion for Summerland survivor.
“They knew it could happen.” The injustice felt around the Summerland fire. Dr Ian Phillips is among the interviewees.
Summerland campaigners ask government for apology after ’50 years of suffering’.
Isle of Man Government sends appeal to survivors ahead of anniversary.
Summerland Fire victims finally receive apology.
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2023-07-18/summerland-fire-victims-finally-receive-apology
Apology over Summerland 50 years ago ‘falls short’ say survivors.
MPs call on Isle of Man government for ‘full enquiry’ into Summerland fire.
Dromore woman who survived Summerland fire recalls rescue 50 years on.
National service of remembrance to be held in the Isle of Man.
Who were the 50 victims?
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2023-07-31/who-were-the-victims-of-the-summerland-disaster
Those who ‘ran toward’ Summerland praised.
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2023-07-31/those-who-ran-toward-summerland-fire-praised
Summerland firefighter: ‘There were heaps of bodies by the doors’.
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2023-08-02/summerland-there-were-heaps-of-bodies-by-the-doors
Summerland survivor recalls horrying night.
Who is responsible for the Summerland disaster?
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2023-08-02/who-is-responsible-for-the-summerland-disaster
What the Stardust verdicts could mean for Summerland – the Isle of Man’s greatest tragedy.
The Fires that Foretold Grenfell
This vivid and moving film for BBC Two collates the memories of survivors, the bereaved, firefighters, safety experts and the politicians linked to five intensely fierce fire disasters that preceded Grenfell, including the Summerland disaster. This telling collection of interviews and archive footage shows the clear warnings that existed and could have predicted a Grenfell-type inferno happening in Britain.
Liverpool Echo
Ruth Mcquillan-Wilson was on holiday with her family when the tragedy struck.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/i-pulled-leisure-park-inferno-27423672
Daily Mail
My escape from the Grenfell Tower of the 1970s: It’s taken me 50 years to be able to describe the hell of surviving the leisure park inferno that killed 50 – including my mum and my best friend.
Sky News
Dr Ian Phillips is quoted in this comprehensive article.
Isle of Man Today
Fifty years on, remembering the Summerland disaster.
https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/fifty-years-on-remembering-the-summerland-disaster-629764
ITV Granada – 2025-26
Westminster MPs back calls for Manx government to overturn Summerland disaster misadventure verdict.
Survivors of the Summerland fire say they are “not giving up”, as they take their fight for justice to Westminster.
A number of MPs met to hear from members of the ‘Justice for Summerland’ campaign, organised by Warrington South MP Sarah Hall.
Stardust families back Summerland campaign to overturn ‘death by misadventure’ verdict.
Families from the Stardust campaign have backed calls to overturn the ‘death by misadventure’ verdict, placed on those who died in the Summerland fire.
An application calling for a new inquest into the Summerland fire has been submitted to the Isle of Man’s Attorney General. Members of the Justice for Summerland campaign described the move as a ‘momentous day’, adding that ‘it is time to do the right thing and grant us this inquest’.
Summerland survivor describes ‘terrifying’ escape from fire for first time in 50 years.
Liverpool MP urges Isle of Man to ‘learn lessons from Hillsborough’ backing calls for new inquest.
The faces behind the campaign for a fresh inquest into Summerland fire.
Two commemorative services held to mark 52 years since Summerland fire.
Summerland families ‘encouraged’ after meeting Andy Burnham in their campaign for a fresh inquest.
‘We want to meet the Attorney General’: UK MPs escalate Summerland campaign for fresh inquests.
The Sun website
The story of the devastating Summerland fire on the Isle of Man in 1973.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/7592744/summerland-fire-leisure-centre-isle-of-man-cause
The Scottish Sun website
The story of the devastating Summerland fire on the Isle of Man in 1973.
The Guardian
When it opened in 1971, the acrylic-clad complex promised balmy conditions year round. But then a blaze ripped through the building in minutes, killing 50. What happened – and why has the disaster been forgotten? Dr Ian Phillips is quoted in this feature in The Guardian written by Sally Williams.
Manx National Heritage
A digital exhibition outlining the events of the Summerland fire disaster has been made available online.
Remembering Summerland tells the story of the venue itself on Douglas Promenade, the devastating events of the evening, and the aftermath.
Manx Radio
Summerland Fire Archive – interviews from the time.