Event

'Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilty' (Faith in Public Life Lecture)

Date
20 Feb 2026
Time
11:00 UK time
Speakers
Professor Nigel Biggar
Where
Pusey House
Series
Pusey House Lectures and Events
Audience
Public
Booking
Not required
'Guilt as a response to personal wrongdoing is healthy. But false guilt is not. ... Today we are again succumbing to a fresh and more general bout of false guilt about our colonial past, which is misshaping the policies of our governments and cultural institutions and weakening our international standing.' — Lord Biggar, Reparations: The Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt.

Lord Biggar will speak about his latest book, why he chose to write it, what its argument is, how it builds on his previous book, Colonial: A Moral Reckoning, and what impact he hopes it will have.