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How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John cover image

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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The Crueliest Thing That Any Parent Can Do to a Child

I was struck by how you didn't seem to lash out as much as a lot of people would have done in your situation. I do believe that if a family believes in something, then why wouldn't they share it with their children? You can be an OBE and an MBA and a doctor and a chancellor and a poet and a writer and a publisher and a bla - but success is not all of these other things. If those were the important things, then I'd be like chaining people to how to not have a family. It's in relationships that we build, it's in kindness, you know, and I'm on the record, you can Google, let me

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