Podcast appearances and mentions of alex renton

MiMi Aye, a Burmese chef and cookbook author, has used MSG in her cooking for as long as she can remember. While preparing a meal for Anna and Lucy, she reflects on her processes in the kitchen, and how a misinformed narrative around the ingredient has impacted her personally. Also featuring insight into umami from Dr Kumiko Ninomiya of the Umami Information Center, and reflections on MSG 20 years on from his original Observer Food Monthly article about it from investigative journalist Alex Renton. In To Be Delicious, Dr Anna Sulan Masing explores MSG - and more broadly umami - through the lens of East and South East Asian food heritage and diaspora food culture in the UK. From fritters to instant ramen, fermentation to takeaways, these five episodes open out the conversation around MSG and find a breadth of new ways for us to think about its usage within cooking, and its importance within cultural heritage. Credits: Hosted by @annasulan Produced by @dearlovelucy & @annasulan Original theme music by @midorijaeger Podcast artwork by @npl_illustration Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. The series is completely editorially independent and was made possible, along with Anna's wider research, by support from the European Committee for Umami and Ajinomoto. Anna's book, Chinese and Any Other Asian: Exploring East and South East Asian Identity in Britain is out in February. Pre order now. 

2011 -Lulú, una niña de 6 años, escribe una breve carta nada más y nada menos que … a Dios y le encarga a su padre, el periodista británico Alex Renton, que se asegurara de que llegara al destinatario previsto. Alex es ateo y, realmente, no está seguro de poder cumplir la misión. No era fácil. Fue el arzobispo de Canterbuty, Rowan Williams, quien intentó con mayor éxito responder a la niña.

What is the government doing regarding mandatory sexual reporting? After £200 million spent on IICSA, Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, what has been the outcome?Today's conversation is with two of the leading voices campaigning against child sexual abuse.Lawyer and partner, Dino Nocivelli and author, Alex Renton. What does this new amendment mean? And what can you do? To find out more about Voices Unbound please visit: https://voicesunbound.org.uk/ And Mandate Now: https://mandatenow.org.uk/ For the lastest article from Mandate Now about the new legislation: https://mandatenow.org.uk/the-governments-useless-child-sexual-abuse-reporting-law/ And this is the letter/ press release that you can send to your local MP: https://voicesunbound.org.uk/current-campaigns/ Alex Renton is a writer and journalist whose career has ranged from arts and food writing to politics and the investigation of child abuse. His career as a war reporter and development worker took him to the Middle East, Africa, East Asia and the Balkans. He has worked for The Independent, The Times, Newsweek, and the London Evening Standard and contributed to a host of other newspapers and magazines. He is also the author of the e-book Planet Carnivore: how cheap meat costs the earth (Guardian Shorts, 2015). Dino Nocivelli is a partner in the abuse department at Leigh Day law firm and joined the company in 2022. Dino specialises in actions for child sexual abuse survivors. Dino has appeared in a significant number of media publications providing his expert opinion and commentary, including among others the BBC, ITV and the Guardian. He has also provided evidence to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). Questions for Alex and Dino:What's happening with regards the mandatory reporting, IICSA and the Criminal Justice Bill?The government came out with the latest ruling regarding mandatory reporting last week. What was changed?Alexis Jay, the head of IICSA said that she was deeply disappointment by the new bill. Do you agree. If so why?“The measures are a sham – worse than useless: this legislation will put back the cause of getting good law in place to protect children today in any institution, from schools and care homes to hospitals and sports clubs.” Voices Unbound What can we do to turn this around? Who can we contact or speak to?--- Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community Many blessings, Piers Cross http://piers-cross.com/

In this profound episode, Alex Renton, an investigative journalist, unravels what he describes as the disturbing truths hidden within Britain's elite boarding school system. Sharing his personal journey and cover-ups he uncovered, Alex sheds light on what he sees as the darker aspects of these prestigious institutions. He discusses the crucial need for early disclosure and intervention to mitigate the lasting scars of abuse.Throughout the conversation, Alex explores how in his view boarding schools not only perpetuate class apartheid and British exceptionalism but also widen the chasm between the elite and the broader society. And how this divide fosters a culture of denial and disconnection from the harsh realities faced by most people. The discussion also critiques the wider failures of the British education system and the urgent need for substantial reforms.Tune in to hear Alex Renton's compelling insights on overcoming the shadows of the past and advocating for a future where education uplifts rather than oppresses.For More Information on Monumental:Monumental - https://monumental.global/Monumental Testimonials - https://monumental.global/testimonials/The Wheel of Life Scorecard - https://insight.monumental.global/whe…Get in Touch: Instagram: @theprivilegedmanInstagram: @pete_hunt_Email: connect@theprivilegedman.com

In the first series of Different Nicky spoke to journalist Alex Renton about the abuse that he saw and experienced at his school, the Edinburgh Academy, in the 1970s. Since the episode, ‘Edgar' was published, many more victims have come forward, and the case against the alleged living abuser continues. After that episode Nicky received many emails, one of which was from the daughter of the man who abused him, Hamish Dawson. Nicky travels to Edinburgh to meet Jenny Pearson to discuss her childhood, and how hearing her father's name on the radio shook her world. She talks about healing, volunteering to speak to her father's victims and thriving despite the legacy her father left behind.WARNING: This episode contains bad language, descriptions of child abuse and violence that some listeners may find upsetting.If you've been affected by the topics discussed, you can find more information and support on the BBC Action Line website: http://bbc.co.uk/actionline Produced by Audio Always Producer: Ailsa Rochester Editor: Jo Meek Sound: Craig Edmondson

 Is it common for people who have been to boarding school to have suicidal ideation? And how many people have actually attempted suicide or taken their own life while at boarding school? Today I share stories from Richard Branson's autobiography Losing My Virginity, Sir Ranulph Fiennes' Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know and Roald Dahl' biography. I also share some quotes from Alex Renton and his book, Stiff Upper Lip and Pete Walker's book, Complex PTSD. If you are feeling suicidal then please do contact Samaritans in the UK: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/ Or in the US: https://afsp.org/im-having-thoughts-of-suicide/ And for my interview with Charles Spencer: https://youtu.be/NJBGrRdgKm8?si=tXZP5K7rhat1THu3 And for episode #91 with a paediatrician who I went to boarding school with: https://youtu.be/Aa8eicN-G0A?si=x4qbGcVmvcJI-wp6 Take care,Piers--- Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community Many blessings, Piers Cross http://piers-cross.com/

 This weekend with my wife and the director of my film, Boarding on Insanity we are going to be attending Gabor Mate's conference/ workshop. To sign up to support our film please visit: https://www.piers-cross.com/boarding-school-film We will also be interviewing Alex Renton and Dr Suzanne Zeedyk while we are there. I am looking forward to it.If you would like me to share what I learned on the conference please let me know in the comments below. Warm regards, Piers --- Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community Many blessings, Piers Cross http://piers-cross.com/

Slavery may have been abolished in 1838, but its legacy lives on in Britain today. A lot of the nation benefited financially from the trade, none more so than the slaveholders who were compensated during abolition. Today, William and Anita are joined by Alex Renton, whose family were such beneficiaries. Listen as he argues that slavery is not ancient history: it's a bit of our past that still haunts the present in real and tangible ways. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/empirepod. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: empirepoduk@gmail.com Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport + Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mervin Canham is an addictions specialist and co-leader at The Mankind Project (MKP). The MKP is an organisation aimed at changing the world one man at a time, allowing men to touch a piece of their shadow by being vulnerable with other men. Questions he answers:I would love for you to share how you got into the work that you now do?Could you please talk about addictions and addiction recovery. What was your recovery journey like and how did you get clean?What was it like as a boy growing up in South Africa? What were you taught? You mentioned in another podcast that you lost your brother to suicide? How was that?Could you talk about men's work and the Mankind Project? What have you learned from your years in the MKP?Other areas to talk about:VulnerabilityCryingMission and purposeConfidentialityI Statements10 Day Silent RetreatMen's circles and sitting in circlesTrauma and addictionsHow do people find out more about your work?#addictionrecovery #mankindproject #mensmentalhealth #tearsConnect with Mervin Canham:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brothershabazz/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mervin.canhamLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mervin-canham-16237722b/--- Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community Many blessings, Piers Cross http://piers-cross.com/

Amid mounting claims for reparations for slavery and colonialism, historian Zoe Strimpel asks how far reparative justice should go. Should we limit reparations to the living survivors of state atrocities, such as the Holocaust, or should we re-write the rulebook to include the ancestors of victims who suffered historical injustices centuries ago? Alongside testimony from a Holocaust survivor and interviews with lawyers, historians and reparations advocates, Zoe hears about the long shadow cast by slavery - lumbering Caribbean states and societies with a legacy that they are still struggling with today. Are demands for slavery reparations just another front in the culture war designed to leverage white guilt? Will they inevitably validate countless other claims to rectify historical grievances? Or are they a necessary step for diverse societies to draw in the extremes of a polarised debate so we can write a common history that we can all live with? Presenter: Zoe Strimpel Producer: David Reid Editor: Clare Fordham Contributors Mala Tribich, Holocaust survivor. Michael Newman, Chief Executive, Association of Jewish Refugees. Albrecht Ritschtl, Professor of Economic History, London School of Economics Dr. Opal Palmer Adisa, former director, University of West Indies. Kenneth Feinberg, Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Tomiwa Owolade, journalist and author of "This is not America". Alex Renton, journalist, author and co-founder of Heirs of Slavery. Dr Hardeep Dhillon, historian, University of Pennsylvania. James Koranyi, Associate Professor of modern European History at the University of Durham.

In the first series of Different Nicky spoke to journalist Alex Renton about the abuse that he saw and experienced at his school, the Edinburgh Academy, in the 1970s. Since the episode, ‘Edgar' was published, many more victims have come forward, and the case against the alleged living abuser continues. After that episode Nicky received many emails, one of which was from the daughter of the man who abused him, Hamish Dawson. Nicky travels to Edinburgh to meet Jenny Pearson to discuss her childhood, and how hearing her father's name on the radio shook her world. She talks about healing, volunteering to speak to her father's victims and thriving despite the legacy her father left behind. WARNING: This episode contains bad language, descriptions of child abuse and violence that some listeners may find upsetting. If you've been affected by the topics discussed, you can find more information and support on the BBC Action Line website: http://bbc.co.uk/actionline Produced by Audio Always Producer: Ailsa Rochester Editor: Jo Meek Sound: Craig Edmondson

What did we learn from Prince Harry's round of interviews? Before shoppers queue up to buy his new book, BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond, and culture editor Katy Razzall join Adam to discuss the Duke's relationship with his brother, allegations about the Queen Consort, and his facial hair. Also, 5 Live's Nicky Campbell and Radio 4's Alex Renton discuss their experiences of child abuse. Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and made by Tim Walklate with Verity Wilde, Chris Flynn, Madeline Drury, Danny Wittenberg, and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham. If you have been affected by any of the issues mentioned in this episode, you can find help and support here https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline Prince Harry interview clips courtesy of ITV's ‘Harry: The Interview' and CBS's 60 Minutes.

2011 -Lulú, una niña de 6 años, escribe una breve carta nada más y nada menos que … a Dios y le encarga a su padre, el periodista británico Alex Renton, que se asegurara de que llegara al destinatario previsto. Alex es ateo y, realmente, no está seguro de poder cumplir la misión. No era fácil. Fue el arzobispo de Canterbuty, Rowan Williams, quien intentó con mayor éxito responder a la niña. En la voz, Bárbara Espejo.

After hearing Alex Renton's BBC Radio 4 documentary, In Dark Corners, Nicky Campbell chose to speak out about abuse he witnessed and experienced at Edinburgh Academy. One of those abusers, “Edgar” is alive and living in South Africa, awaiting extradition. In this episode Alex updates Nicky on Edgar's extradition, and they speak to another survivor of Nicky's abuser, who tells them how the abuse he experienced affected his whole life. WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and attempted suicide that some listeners may find upsetting. If you've been affected by the topics discussed, you can find more information and support on the BBC Action Line website: http://bbc.co.uk/actionline Produced by Audio Always Producer: Ailsa Rochester Editor: Jo Meek Sound: Rob Green

This episode hears from one of the US's leading paediatrician's Dr Claudia M Gold. Here she speaks about attachment theory, the power of discord – the importance of having ups and downs in relationships and how that links in to childhood trauma and especially boarding school syndrome.Some of the areas we talk about are containment, the power of being heard, rupture and mismatch and uncertainty as they relate to relationships. We also talk about Prince Harry and how his experiences of boarding school and the death of his mother Princess Diana. ---Claudia M. Gold, MD is a pediatrician and writer who practiced general and behavioral pediatrics for over 20 years and now specializes in early childhood mental health. She is on the faculty of the U-Mass Chan Medical School Early Relational Fellowship, the Brazelton Institute at Boston Children's Hospital, and the Berkshire Psychoanalytic Institute. She is a clinician with Volunteers in Medicine, Berkshires and director of the Hello It's Me Project, a community-based program supporting parent-infant relationships in high-need low resourced communities. Dr. Gold speaks frequently to a variety of audiences including parents and professionals. Some of the questions/ areas for conversation:I would love you to share some of your journey. How did you arrive at where you are now?I would love to hear you speak about the power of being heard & feeling heard.Could you explain what containment is – Winnicott, etc?I would be really interested in hearing you speak about the power of very early interactions.  One of the discussions going on in the boarding school literature over here is whether the ‘attachment break' that has been seen as occurring at the point at which a child is ‘sent away' to boarding school (at 6 or 7 or 8 or 11 years old) is the key ‘break' – or whether we should be looking earlier.  If you are a child born into a family that ‘belongs' to a culture/class that EXPECTS to send you away (and which may well hire a nanny for your early care), what are the impacts of being born into such a parenting culture/class?  How does this change the way they expect (and do) interact with you?  What happens when you layer a schooling ‘attachment break' on top of that, as opposed to the ‘break' coming as a scholarship or other unexpected ‘opportunity'?  Boarding School experiences are full of unrepaired ruptures.  I would love to hear you speak about the impact of those.Leading on from question 4, I would love you to speak to what age it is appropriate for a child to be separated from their parents. And is there a healthy way of doing this? What are the impacts on an adult who has been through this rupture? Are there certain symptoms?Discord P.31 – What happens if there is discord in a relationship but it is never healed? E.g. a child is sent away to board and never has a chance to speak up or heal the rupture?Certainty P.226 – I love what you say about certainty and how it “leads us away from growth and healing.” I know in Buddhism that uncertainty, (annicca – impermance) is a key teaching. Could you speak a little about the power of uncertainty in relationships.If we have been through a rupture like boarding school how do we start to heal this?How do people find out more about you and the work you do?To find out more about Claudia M Gold, please visit her website here: https://www.claudiamgoldmd.com/To buy her books please visit: https://www.claudiamgoldmd.com/#---For more information about Piers Cross and his work with trauma and boarding school syndrome:  https://www.piers-cross.com/

For over 20 years Sheila Dillon has been one of the lead voices of The Food Programme on BBC Radio 4. In the latest Borough Talks podcast, she talks to host Angela Clutton about how the programme's focus has evolved over the years and tells us about the first official book to come from it, 13 Foods That Shape Our World. They are joined by the book's author, Alex Renton, who gives us an insight into how our ever-growing hunger for staples such as spices, oil and soy are changing the planet.

This week, is all about The Food Programme, the Radio 4's mighty series which has been examining our food, its culture and its politics for 43 years, and its first BBC book by Alex Renton taking us through 13 Foods that Shape our World.Sheila Dillon, presenter of The Food Programme for much of that time has written the foreword. Gilly first met her back in 2017 for the delicious. podcast when the Food Programme was under threat from Radio 4. A mass outpouring of love for the show, new presenters, and now, a book, are just some of the results of that enforced rethink. Before Gilly chats to Alex about his four food moments from the book, Sheila reveals her own existential pondering, and a surprising fragility considering her role as doyenne of food in Britain.And if you've been following Gilly's adventures in cookery @cookingthebookswithgillysmith, you can join in. To get 10% off the Essentials online course, go to leithsonline.com/courses/essential-cooking Click ‘enrol' on course page and apply the code at checkout: GILLY10 If you fancy a free Hollandaise mini-course, sign up for a Workshop app account or login at: app.workshop.ws/profile, click ‘Redeem Coupon' on the sidebar and enter code GILLYSGIFT See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 101 - Was Poe Abused?This episode is a cursory examination of some of the abusive conditions at English boarding schools when the young Poe attended Stoke Newington.While Poe never wrote a great deal about those experiences, much can be learned by examining OTHER similar individuals in similar circumstances.00:01  Introduction00:19 “Orientation” as Mild Torture02:30 Fagging03:15 Sir Richard Branson's perceptions05:33 Dickens and Nicholas Nickelby14:53 E.L. Hartley and boarding school16:12 Gathotne-Hardy and boarding school17:48 Alex Renton and boarding school22:40 Boarding School Syndrome25:01 Conclusion27:19 SourcesWhat is fagging?What did Sir Richard Branson write about boarding school?How was E.L. Hartley affected?What did Poe write about abuse at Stoke Newington?What is Boarding School Syndrome?

https://www.alainguillot.com/alex-renton/ Alex Renton is a British-Canadian journalist and author, His latest book is Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family's Story of Slavery. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3z79ePr

Alex Renton discusses his new book, Blood Legacy, which offers an unflinching account of his ancestors' involvement in the slave trade. He also considers how best to deal with this unwanted inheritance, and how the long-lasting impact of slavery still affects the world today. (Ad) Alex Renton is the author of Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family's Story of Slavery (Canongate, 2021) Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbooks%2Fsearch%2Fterm%2Fblood%2Blegacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How does a person reckon with a disturbing episode in their family's past? For the journalist and historian Alex Renton, this question became acute five years ago when he realised the extent of his family's involvement with slavery. In his book, Blood Legacy, Renton decided to confront this history head-on. As Renton describes in this episode, his approach is unusual in a British society that either avoids the subject of slavery, or prefers to recast the story in the celebratory terms of William Wilberforce and the Abolition Movement. The reality, however, is not so comfortable. Renton takes us back to the 1830s, to the very moment slavery was abolished across the British Empire. He explains that during this time pragmatism was at play as well as principle, and that while very many families lost their slaves, they also became spectacularly rich. Alex Renton is a campaigning journalist working on poverty, development, the environment, food culture and food policy. He has won awards for investigative journalism, war reporting and food writing. Blood Legacy: Reckoning with a Family's Story of Slavery is an account of his own family's involvement in slavery during the 18th and 19th centuries.  More about this episode and the subject matter it engages with will be shortly be available on website tttpodcast.com. Show notes Scene One: August 1st 1838, Falmouth, Jamaica. William Knibb and his congregation meet to bury a coffin containing a whip, chains and an iron punishment collar. An inscription by the burial reads: 'Colonial Slavery died 31st July 1838, aged 276.' Scene Two: August 28th 1839, Ayrshire, Scotland. The Eglinton Tournament begins. Scene Three: 1839, Rochdale. The founders of the Anti-Corn Law League, Richard Cobden and John Bright deliver their first speeches in what would become one of the most successful campaigns of the 19th century. The trade reforms they campaigned for would destroy the sugar island economies and put most of the newly liberated people out of work and into desperate poverty for the next 50 years. People/Social Presenter: Artemis Irvine Guest: Alex Renton Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Colorgraph Follow us on Twitter: @tttpodcast_ Or on Facebook

Emma Dabiri, Irish-Nigerian academic and broadcaster, and Alex Renton, British-Canadian investigative journalist, have established themselves as important voices in the current debates taking place around race, class and identity. And in this week's episode they come to Intelligence Squared to discuss how we can move forward on these seemingly intractable issues. The episode was hosted by Farah Jassat Head of Podcasts at Intelligence Squared. To buy Dabiri's book click here: https://amzn.to/3hgSuynFor Alex Renton's book click here: https://bit.ly/3qyhSUq Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's podcast I am interviewing Alex Renton who is the author of the book Stiff Upper Lip and producer of the ITV documentary Secret Shame about child abuse at boarding school.Alex is a writer and journalist whose career has ranged from arts and food writing to politics and the investigation of child abuse. His career as a war reporter and development worker took him to the Middle East, Africa, East Asia and the Balkans. He has worked for The Independent, The Times, Newsweek, and the London Evening Standard and contributed to a host of other newspapers and magazines. He is also the author of the e-book Planet Carnivore: how cheap meat costs the earth (Guardian Shorts, 2015).Alex has won many awards for his work in investigative journalism, conflict and development reporting and for food writing, including the One World Award and the Glenfiddich Trophy.Born in Canada, educated in English boarding schools and at Exeter University, Alex now lives in Edinburgh with his wife, son and daughter.Here are some of the questions that I asked him:I would love for you to share your own boarding school journey and how things changed for you in 2013 with the article you read about child abuse at the boarding school you attended?What are some of the insights that you have had from publicly sharing your journey? Have people in the main been critical or supportive of you?I would love to hear what you have found out re boarding school and complex trauma. I am hearing people talk about PTSD and boarding school syndrome. What is your sense of this analysis?What do you see are some of the main issues that we as ex-boarders present? e.g. relationship problems, emotionally shut down etc. My work is in helping people to heal from boarding school wounds. I would love to hear what you have found has helped others in the stories that you have heard? What has worked for you?I love in your book how you talk about initiation (P.41). I would love to speak a little about how boarding school could be seen as an initiation – although not a healthy one. What could we do instead to help initiate boys and girls?What is your vision for the future re boarding schools. Can we change the system? If so how do you feel we can change the system? Can we stop early boarding? What is the future of BS?What are you doing next? How do people get in touch with you or get your book?Alex also shared about the IICSA and said the following: “I think if we are going to get results out of it for children in residential care, in terms of solid safeguarding protocols and hard law to protect them and the whistleblowers, it will be largely because of Tom Perry's tireless work with mandatenow.org.uk.”In order to buy Alex's book (he has offered to sign copies for people if you contact him here) please go to https://stiffupperlipbook.com/contact/ and to buy it https://stiffupperlipbook.com/buy/For the ITV documentary that Alex helped to produce please visit https://youtu.be/uhWOM3iqF7cFor more information about Piers Cross:Piers is a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups and runs a podcast called An Evolving Man. Many blessings, Piers Cross http://piers-cross.com/ 

Adrian Goldberg interviews journalist Alex Renton, author of "Blood Legacy: Reckoning With A Family's Story Of Slavery", which details his ancestors' history of enslaving people from Africa on sugar cane plantations in the Caribbean. We also hear contributions from Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu; Professor Kehinde Andrews, author of The New Age Of Empire; and Sathnam Sanghera who wrote Empireland. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

Adrian Goldberg interviews journalist Alex Renton, author of "Blood Legacy: Reckoning With A Family's Story Of Slavery", which details his ancestors' history of enslaving people from Africa on sugar cane plantations in the Caribbean.We also hear contributions from Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu; Professor Kehinde Andrews, author of The New Age Of Empire; and Sathnam Sanghera who wrote Empireland.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over the years we have heard many accounts of children being abused in the Education sector. By now, it would be hoped that lessons had been learnt and sufficient safeguarding procedures would have been put in place to prevent history repeating itself. It must be pointed out that abuse in a school environment could include any staff member, teacher or even a pupil.  Abuse takes place in all types of schools including public, state, faith and special schools. Abuse can include physical, emotional or sexual and can be committed by both male and female perpetrators. Public boarding schools take the focus of this blog. Here, many children are away from home from potentially a very young age, placed in the trusted hands of the school for long periods of time, monitored by adults who are deemed safe and responsible to look after them. In November 2020, former teacher Matthew Mowbray from Eton College hit the headlines when he was charged with sexually assaulting three boys. Eton is a prestigious public school with formal pupils such as Prince William and Prince Harry, Hugh Laurie and David Cameron, to name just a few. Mowbray was dismissed from Eton after his arrest in May 2019. He appeared at Slough Magistrates' Court in November 2020 charged with offences including sexual assault, voyeurism and taking indecent photographs. The abuse period is understood to stem over 10 years. Mowbray would visit the students late at night when they were in bed. The abuse only came to light when another pupil told a housemaster what he had seen. Mowbray pleaded guilty to eight offences of the eighteen brought against him. In December 2020, Mowbray was found guilty of eight charges and was sentenced to five years imprisonment. At the time of writing this blog, Clifton College in Bristol also issued a public apology after a former teacher was jailed for taking indecent images of pupils in 2015. Sadly, yet again this is another school to add to the list where sexual abuse has been disclosed. In 2018, ITV broadcast documentary ‘Boarding Schools: The Secret Shame’ which revealed the true extent of abuse in UK’s boarding schools. Journalist and presenter, Alex Renton, was sexually abused as a young boy by his teacher, Mr Keane, at one of the country’s top boarding schools, Ashdown House in East Sussex. The broadcast investigated some of the private schools where paedophiles groomed and assaulted young boarders repeatedly, sometimes over decades. Schools which featured in the broadcast included; Sherborne Preparatory School where headteacher Robin Lindsay abused pupils over three decades between 1970s -1990s Loughton School Herefordshire where headmaster David Panter abused pupils St Aubyns East Sussex where teacher George Pilgram abused pupils In preparation for the documentary, ITV’s Exposure made Freedom of Information requests to every police force in the UK and 24 responded. The results from 2018 showed: Since 2012, 425 people have been accused of carrying out sexual attacks at UK boarding schools At the time there were at least 31 ongoing investigations. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) are finalising a report into the exploitation of children in residential schools. A public hearing on the second phase of the investigation took place in November 2020. The investigation is to explore how children and other agencies respond to allegations of sexual abuse by school staff and address broader questions of school culture governance, leadership, training and recruitment. IICSA has an Inquiry Information Line you can contact on 0800 917 1000. In December 2020, drama ‘A Teacher’ was released on BBC iPlayer. The drama played out the sexual relationship of a female teacher and male pupil. The 10-part series explored the significant impact on the pupil in later life and how it impacted his studies, relationships, and friendships. Importantly it focused on how the pupil did not realise he had been abused until years later. It is important to see such documentaries in the media to highlight that females in a position of power can abuse too. All schools are expected to have sufficient safeguarding procedures to prevent abuse. If a school employee has committed abuse, it is possible to make a civil claim against the individual’s employer under vicarious liability if it can be established the abuse occurred during the course of employment or in a relationship akin to employment. Schools and local authorities are insured against claims for childhood sexual abuse and therefore are more likely to be a viable Defendant in comparison to the individual abuser who may face multiple claims and have limited assets. The Defendant will depend on whether the school is a state or private school. The Local Authority is responsible for state schools and in a private school setting, responsibility lies with the owner or the governors of the school.   The following organisations are available to contact for support: Victim Support Line: Offering emotional and practical support for anyone who has been a victim of crime. Telephone: 0808 1689 111 victimsupport.org.uk Rape Crisis: Services for women and girls who have been raped or have experienced sexual violence - 0808 802 9999 https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ Survivors UK: Offers support for men and boys - 0203 598 3898 https://www.survivorsuk.org/ NSPCC: help@nspcc.org.uk 0808 800 5000 Child Line: www.childline.org.uk/0800 1111 NAPAC: Offers support to adult survivors of all types of childhood abuse. www.napac.org.uk  We encourage anyone who has concerns about sexual abuse to get in touch. You can contact Alan Collins or Danielle Vincent.

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.Click on anything in capitals for a link to whatever I’m on about!This week my guest is LOUISE GRAY, and environmental and food writer whose incredible book THE ETHICAL CARNIVORE gave me a fundamental gear shift in the ways I was thinking about meat eating and the environment and the whole big picture. It was an honour to talk to somebody both so well-informed and articulate. We have a truly brilliant conversation (hence this episode being so long) about the ethics of eating, outing our disordered eating, working through it and finding both stress but also great joy in eating. Ooo and she cooked me a wild Scottish rabbit. Mind and mouth: blown. Honourable MentionsHERE is the brilliant Observer article about being a food writer and bulimic which first made me aware of Louise.BUY LOUISE’S BOOK HERE - THE ETHICAL CARNIVORE - packed with information and inspiration whilst being unputdownable to boot. My favourite non-fiction book for years. THESE ARE GREEN GUERRILLA the lovely boys with all the veggie cakes in Durham market Her local Edinburgh butcher was GEORGE BOWERIt’s pricy but here’s THE PIG ON THE BEACH I mentioned down in Dorset near my hometownHERE is Peter Singer’s wiki page, he’s the powerfully persuasive philosopher and animal rights activist. HERE is Alex Renton writing candidly about boys’ boarding schools. There is a whole website dedicated to the late, great M F K FISCHERAnd then on the hunt for ethical fish there is for restaurants FISH 2 FORK, and go to MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY for their red-green guide on how bad to good fish is to eat if you put all the details in, whilst out shopping. And STAMP TO LOOK FOR ON FISH IS THIS ONE FROM THE MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCILAnd in a tiny bit that didn’t make the edit Louise mentioned that the honey on our beautiful, colourful carrots was from her boyfriends’ Dad’s BEE FARM - Wainwright’s in Aber. OH, AndIf you have got a any spare dosh to give a month I’m on this great site called Patreon where I exchange for rewards including exclusive content for your hard earned cash which means I can keep doing and improving the podcast. Click on the word

In this episode we are going to talk about boarding schools with author and journalist Alex Renton. Check out his site: alexrenton.comSupport the podcast.Music featured in this episode:Christopher Tinwww.christophertin.com

Sheila Dillon and guests discuss the year's food and cookery books - focussing on debut food books. Joining Sheila in the studio is cook, gardener and writer Jojo Tulloh, journalist and food writer Alex Renton, and the Features Editor at the trade magazine The Bookseller, Tom Tivnan. There's also tales of cider, science and rogueishness with drinks writer Henry Jeffreys. Also offering up her 2016 choices - is food loving BBC 6 Music DJ, Cerys Matthews. Presenter: Sheila Dillon Producer: Rich Ward.

Sheila Dillon and guests reflect on a year of cookery and food books. Sheila is joined in the studio by Bee Wilson, historian and food writer who's about to publish First Bite: How We Learn to Eat, journalist and food writer Alex Renton, and Features Editor at trade magazine The Bookseller, Tom Tivnan. Tim Hayward meets chef Magnus Nilsson - who has just completed a nearly 800-page work called The Nordic Cook Book, the result of an almost Herculean effort to tell the food stories of a vast region. Sharing some of their standout books of the year are Xanthe Clay, Joanna Blythman, Gillian Carter and Diana Henry. Presenter: Sheila Dillon Producer: Rich Ward.

The word 'vegan' has for the nearly seventy years of its existence - represented a diet and a way of eating that has not captured hearts - or stomachs - beyond a small, dedicated group of people calling themselves vegan.In this edition of The Food Programme, Sheila Dillon hears from two influential and meat-loving food writers, Mark Bittman and Alex Renton, who have found themselves looking again at a vegan plant-based diet. Sheila Dillon joins in at a Vegan Potluck and discovers a new chain of German vegan supermarkets and asks if there is a wider shift in attitudes towards veganism underway.Presenter: Sheila Dillon Producer: Rich Ward.

The end of the world is nigh! Well, it is according to one estimate. But Chris Bockman who's in the French Pyrenees says there's a village there where you might just be safe. Much joy's being reported in South Sudan. Peter Martell's in this region which has experienced generations of civil war but is now getting ready to usher in independence. Could the mighty US be about to default on its debts? Lesley Curwen says the government in Washington's been given a deadline by which time it must pay up. But before that can be achieved, Republicans and Democrats must sort out their differences. Alex Renton's been learning that these are tough times in Armenia but still there's pride in the country's fine brandy which was, so they say, a favourite of Winston Churchill's. And Emily Lethbridge has been finding out that a good place to research the mediaeval sagas of Iceland is a petrol station, not far from the capital Reykjavik.

We're back from the Easter/Mother's Day hiatus. Mormons show some leg Is Bin Laden in hell? Gay Marriage and the Navy The study of not believing in anything And yes, Virginia, there is a God

We're back from the Easter/Mother's Day hiatus. Mormons show some leg Is Bin Laden in hell? Gay Marriage and the Navy The study of not believing in anything And yes, Virginia, there is a God