Jo Berry: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
[[Category:English people of Scottish descent]] |
[[Category:English people of Scottish descent]] |
||
[[Category:English people of American descent]] |
[[Category:English people of American descent]] |
||
[[Category:Twin people from England]] |
|||
[[Category:British anti-war activists]] |
[[Category:British anti-war activists]] |
||
Revision as of 00:16, 2 January 2012
Joanna Cynthia Berry (born 2 August, 1957) is the daughter of Anthony Berry and Hon. Mary Burke Roche (née Mary Cynthia Roche), first cousin of Diana, Princess of Wales and First cousins-once removed of Prince William, the heir to the throne. Anthony Berry was killed by the IRA in the Brighton hotel bombing on 12 October 1984. The bomb was planted by Patrick Magee whom Jo publicly met in November 2000, in an effort at achieving reconciliation as envisioned in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement.[1]
Jo lives in Cheshire.
Reconciliation
After her father died, she committed her life to peaceful resolution and mediation of conflict. After the release of Patrick Magee in 1999 she went on to meet him several times. These meetings over ten months formed the basis of a BBC documentary first broadcast on 13 December 2001.[2]
In July 2003 Jo spoke at the St Ethelberga's center for reconciliation and peace itself rebuilt after being destroyed by the IRA in the 1993 Bishopsgate bombing.
Recent work
Jo founded the charity Building bridges for peace on the 18th October 2009.[3]
On Monday 21 March 2011 Jo spoke at the Peace one day conference in London and on Wednesday 12 May 2011 she spoke on a panel with Pat Magee, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mary Kayitesi Blewitt, who lost over 50 members of her family in the Rwandan genocide.
Jo is an established speaker in her own right, and has also appeared together with Pat Magee on over 90 occasions most recently at a peace conference on 8 September 2011.
Family life
on 2 January 1990 She married Peter Tufnell, they have three children:
- Ava Tara Tufnell (b. 25 August 1990)
- Iona Alcyone Tufnell (b. 27 February 1993)
- Helena Joy Tufnell (b. 19 December 1995)
References
- ^ "Brighton bomb: Filming forgiveness". BBC News. 13 December 2001. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Looking the Brighton Bomber in the Eye". BBC News. 13 December 2001. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Bombing daughter launches charity". BBC News. 18 October 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help)