An important, eye-opening piece of work we should all read * Sunday Post * Short, snappy ... Human Resources whizzes from topic to topic, making its case succinctly and arguing that until we deal honestly and directly with the realities of the past , however painful they might be, it will continue to hamper our ability to tackle systematic inequalities today * Irish Times * An eye-opening, necessary and endlessly engaging account -- Waterstones Blog I wish everyone in the UK would read this book. It's good politics, good history, good writing. Renay Richardson and Arisa Loomba reveal the quite astonishing extent to which our daily lives and systems are steeped in slavery's bloody legacy. From indigo to accountancy, gynaecology to gravity, these 39 pithy, well-researched cases are the ultimate rejoinder to anyone who claims this history doesn't matter -- Oskar Jensen, author * Vagabonds * A brilliantly researched exploration of how the transatlantic slave trade has shaped our lives and continues to do so. I highly recommend this accessible and informative account -- Stephen Bourne, author * Black Poppies * A refreshingly perceptive and important addition to British historiography -- Ron Ramdin, author * The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain * Praise for the Human Resources podcast: '[ An] illuminating series that provides an important corrective to what we have been told about our history ... shows why this history remains so vital nearly 200 years after abolition -- Fiona Sturges * FT * An unexplored trip down memory lane, presenting fascinating insights -- Danielle Stephens * Guardian * If you want to make sense of the ongoing push to decolonise areas of public life and reckon with Britain's role in the slave trade ... then this is an engaging, typically thoughtful way of doing it * Esquire *
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