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Alexander James Torr Renton FRHistS is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is the author of several historical and investigative books, including Stiff Upper Lip: Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class (2017) and Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family's Story of Slavery (2021).
Alex Renton is a campaigning journalist who has won awards for his work on poverty, slavery and child abuse. His latest book, Blood Legacy, explores his family's history of slavery and its impact on society.
Alex Renton is a writer and journalist who exposes the abuse and hypocrisy of Britain's elite boarding schools. His book Stiff Upper Lip reveals the dark history and culture of a ruling class that tolerates child suffering and collusion.
In his new book, ‘Stiff Upper Lip’, the journalist, Alex Renton describes his torment at being sent away to board at the age of just eight.
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The first book for BBC Radio Four’s legendary The Food Programme, Alex Renton draws on the series’ archive and his own career investigating food and food culture across the world for a vital, entertaining look at our most important staples and the joys and risks they hold for the 21st century.
Alex Renton, a journalist and author, reveals his ancestors' involvement in transatlantic slavery and its impact on his life and Britain's history. He explores how to reckon with the past and repair the damage done by slavery in his book Blood Legacy.
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Jul 21, 2021 · For the journalist and historian Alex Renton, this question became acute five years ago when he realised the extent of his family’s profound involvement with slavery. In his book, Blood Legacy,...
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