Cliff Temple was a leading UK athletics journalist, author, commentator and coach. For many years he was the athletics correspondent of The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times (UK)

The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper, distributed in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International, which is in turn owned by News Corporation. Times Newspapers also owns The Times, but the two papers were founded...

. He was the son of science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 author William F. Temple

William F. Temple

William Frederick Temple was a British science fiction writer. He was a member of the British Interplanetary Society and involved in science fiction fandom before writing. His best known work might be the novel which formed the basis for the film Four Sided Triangle, a novel which Groff Conklin...

 and brother of Anne Patrizio

Anne Patrizio

Anne Patrizio MBE is a British retired teacher and leading campaigner for LGBT rights in Scotland.As one of the principal organisers of Parents Enquiry Scotland, Patrizio supports parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and has given evidence to the Scottish Parliament in support...

 MBE, a leading campaigner for the rights of LGBT

LGBT

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 people and their parents.
In 1993, Cliff Temple began an investigation into the conflicts of interest in the business affairs of Fatima Whitbread

Fatima Whitbread

Fatima Whitbread MBE is a British former javelin thrower and multiple medal-winner.-Early life:...

, the former world record-holder in the javelin and the then mistress of Andy Norman, the influential promotions officer of the British Athletic Federation (BAF).