I am very appreciative of Gurminder K. Bhambra’s, Andrew Smith’s and Sarah Bufkin’s reviews of Lucky Valley: Its particularly valuable for an historian to be able to reflect on the comments of two sociologists and a political scientist. We share a concern with questions of race/racisms, colonialism and capitalism across past and present from our different disciplinary perspectives. Both Bhambra and Bufkin raise vital questions about repair and reparation.