
Alex Renton
@axrenton
Writer, broadcaster, FRHistS. Books: #BloodLegacy: slavery & my family. #StiffUpperLip: abuse in Britain's elite schools.
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http://alexrenton.com 13-02-2011 11:17:56
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Massive news. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Britain abused as children that this law would have saved. Including me. Well done @Tom_Perry Mandate Now. I've campaigned on this a bit: for them, a life's work. Now let's get the new law right . theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jā¦

Talking of 'grooming gangs' - our new BBC Radio 4 series on networkss systemic problems in child sexual abuse prevention airs from this morning, 9.30am. And on BBC Sounds. #InDarkCorners #csa Nicky Campbell Mandate Now bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ā¦

A secret list of more than 300 people who belonged to the Paedophile Information Exchange has been handed to the BBC. Journalist Alex Renton, from the BBC Radio 4 podcast In Dark Corners, explains that the Met Police had the list for about two decades from the 1970s. #R4Today



Series 1 and now series 2 of the In Dark Corners from Alex Renton are essential, if harrowing and enraging, listens. Content warning: CSA, grooming and institutional collusion - all taking place in the very heart of the elite establishment. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0ā¦

Nice review from Rachel Cunliffe of series 2, #InDarkCorners Ā 'Itās a bleak, bitter way to kick off the new year. But itās also impossible not to listen.' newstatesman.com/culture/2025/0ā¦









Happy birthday Sir Geoff Palmer, one of the best, kindest and wisest men I know... (Geoff - please come and join us on bsky.app?)