The Archbishop of York looked as though he was going to try a mass baptism on the quad outside the Music School. On Saturday September 22nd Sally Arnup's fine statue of William Wilberforce was unveiled by Archbishop John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York. He blessed the statue with water and then sprinkled a large section of pupils and guests. School brass players kept us singing, including the hymn by the converted slave trader John Newton: "Glorious things of thee are spoken". In his speech, he linked Wilberforce's commitment to justice arising out of his faith in God to his own hardship as a judge in Idi Amin's Uganda. The challenge is still with us to work for justice. I have been discovering this in Birmingham, where we had a huge event to mark the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition Bill in Parliament and have also been learning about the black Abolitionists like Olaudah Equiano, and the modern forms of slvery. Next month we will have an event in Birmingham Cathedral challenging us to action about sex trafficking. He quoted Michelangelo staring at a block of marble convinced an angel was in there waiting for him to release him. Just so, the purpose of education is to release what is in each of us for that is God-given. We must be flexible, ready to manoevre, so that we can see problems as possibilities and go for them. I was pleased to be there because 1) I was once head of Wilberforce House and felt I grew up with him in a way, and 2) I wanted to report in to John Sentamu who appointed me to my new post in Birmingham and then promptly left for York. Thanks to Nicholas Clements for the invitation.