The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 4, Episode 2. Jo Berry and Pat Magee: Beyond the Brighton bomb

This is a live recording of a conversation held at an event in June 2025

called Borderlands. This is a monthly event run by Jonny Clark from

Corrymeela and a small cluster of friends and partners. Last June it was a

profound privilege to host Jo Berry CBE and Pat Magee at the Black Box for

our event that came days before the annual Day of Reflection. Their story

is one of the most challenging and inspiring examples of reconciliation we

have encountered. Jo and Pat were brought together through tragedy: the

Brighton bomb that killed Jo’s father, Sir Anthony Berry. Years later, Jo

made the extraordinary choice to seek out the man responsible for his

death. What followed was not a moment of closure, but the beginning of a

long, evolving journey of dialogue.