Congratulations from MJR to the makers of ‘Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners’ for winning the Specialist Factual award at this year’s BAFTAs. This 2-part series, shown last summer on BBC 2, was based on research by University College Londonon the records of compensation payments made to slave owners by the British Government in 1834, out of a then-record pot of £20million. The slaves got nothing.
Expect a repeat of the programmes soon – well worth watching for an insight into a legacy issue still visible all around us in what that money bought (and watch out for an announcement soon from MJR of an event linked to BFSO
The Detective In The Dock
A reflection on Detective Miriam Virgo’s extraordinary scrutiny experiences by Alton P Bell Following the tragic deaths of Chief Fire Officer Wayne Brown in
