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To my distant cousin Justin Welby: our family’s slavery history is truly awful. Let’s be open about it

The archbishop has admitted his connections, but must go further. Backing the campaign for reparations would be a start, says author Alex Renton

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024

Archbishop of Canterbury reveals ancestral links to slavery

Justin Welby says ancestor owned enslaved people in Jamaica and was paid compensation upon abolition

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024

‘I don’t think I developed emotionally’: Earl Spencer on the pain of boarding-school abuse

The brother of Diana, princess of Wales, talks about his difficult decision to write about being physically and sexually abused and the resistance he faced from members of his own class

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

Nicky Campbell ‘haunted’ by abuse at Edinburgh Academy, inquiry hears

Broadcaster tells Scottish child abuse inquiry of ‘horrendous’ effects of assaults at private school

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023

Descendants of UK slave owners call on government to apologise

Heirs of Slavery body wants restorative justice to tackle ‘ongoing consequences of this crime against humanity’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023

My ancestors profited from slavery. Here’s how I am starting to atone for that

Families like mine have listened to the descendants of enslaved people. Today we launch a lobbying group, Heirs of Slavery, says author and campaigner Alex Renton

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023

We whose ancestors owned slaves want to make amends – but nations must also pay their due

My family owned plantations, but how my generation atones can only ever be a start, says author and campaigner Alex Renton

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2023

The week in audio: Partygate: The Inside Story; In Dark Corners; I’m Not a Monster; The Goop Pursuit

Yet more revelations from inside Boris Johnson’s No 10; the great Prince Harry debate; an update on Alex Renton’s investigation of abuse at public schools; and Shamima Begum’s story in her own words

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2023

Child abuse inquiry 'must examine Edinburgh Academy cases after Nicky Campbell revelations'

There are fears there will be hundreds of children who were victims at the Scottish private school.

Daily Record · Aug 8, 2022

Alex Renton: the abuse survivor still shining light on ‘vicious’ elite schools

BBC Radio 4’s In Dark Corners gives platform to those who suffered abuse in British private schools

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2022