‘Participate in the inquisition as historian William Dalrymple, author of Blood Legacy Alex Renton, and Professor Sir Geoff Palmer explore how Scots helped build the British Empire and discuss atonement for the institution of slavery.’Beyond Borders International Book Festival, Traquair House, nr Peebles. Book here

Time unconfirmed. Book here

Lisa Williams and me on ‘Scotland’s Black Lives Matter’ - chaired by Sally Magnusson and broadcast by BBC Scotland.

In person. Royal College of Art Book here

Emma Dabiri and Alex Renton on Race, Blood Legacy and What Everyone Can Do Next

‘Emma Dabiri, Irish-Nigerian academic and broadcaster, and Alex Renton, British-Canadian investigativeournalist, have established themselves as important voices in the current debates taking place around race, class and identity. And on June 15 they come to Intelligence Squared to discuss how we can move forward on these seemingly intractable issues.’

Register here (free)

In conversation with Lisa Williams, educator in Black history and founder of the Edinburgh Caribbean Association

Online only - book here

Alex Renton & Geoff Palmer

Two personal stories - a descendant of slave owners and a descendant of enslaved people discuss how their actions help us to address Scotland’s colonial and slavery past.

Professor Sir Geoff Palmer OBE, a descendant of slavery in Jamaica, who was aged 15 when he joined his mother who had arrived on the Windrush in 1948, has been appointed to lead the group investigating the street names, monuments and buildings of Edinburgh. Sir Geoff, published author on the history of slavery in the West Indies, Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University and a leading anti-racism campaigner, has been closely involved with the current Black History debate and says: “Don’t take down statues – take down racism. If you remove the statue you remove the deed, and our statues are in the context of our history which must not be forgotten.”

Online. Book here

Discussing the history of slavery abolition, millions in compensation paid to former slave owners + legacy of wealth + power in the UK today told through @axrenton's own family story. With Gloria Daniel of https://tteachplaques.org/.
Online, free. Join here

How Are We to Repair the Historic Damage Done by Transatlantic Slavery?Cleo Lake and Alex Renton

Cleo Lake and Alex Renton explore the inheritance passed to the descendants of slave owners and of the enslaved and how to make reparations for the past.

May 20th Book here (pay what you can)