Jeffrey Boakye, Stewart Lansley & Jack Monroe: Where Do We Go From Here?

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Star of BBC’s Daily Kitchen Live and activist Jack Monroe teaches us the true meaning of self-care in Good Food for Bad Days. In I Heard What You Said, Jeffrey Boakye examines the structural racism behind prejudiced statements he’s encountered. And in The Richer, The Poorer, Stewart Lansley shows how Britain enriched its elites at the expense of its poorest. Three writers unafraid to call out major injustices ask how we can effect change in a conversation chaired by Heather Parry.

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