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S3 Lemn Sissay: ‘I only knew the importance of family by not having it’

How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John

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What Am I Being Punished For?

As an adult, how has that left your relationship with authority? I mean, I have a healthy disdain for authority. Most times it's actually not necessary and people will organise themselves. As artists we constantly push against authority while at the same time we need it to write things. The more people have the opportunity to either listen to or take part in the better it gets. In many ways, we stopped doing documentaries. We started to take the microphone away from the presenter as brilliant as the presenter was and give it to the people and see what they say. That listening project changed the idea of the documentary on Radio 4.

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