Juliet Gilkes Romero: How the playwright’s latest work presents a different discussion around the s
After the abolition of slavery in 1833, the British government took out a huge loan to pay reparations. Surprisingly, they were not intended for the slaves, but for slave owners. The last payment on the loan was made in 2015. Playwright Juliet Gilkes Romero joined Tom Power to discuss how this story inspired her latest work, The Whip.