All talks by Lemn Sissay

2012(1)

• A child of the state

  atTEDxHousesOfParliament 2012Jun 2012London, United Kingdom🇬🇧

  Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. So why do many parentless children feel compelled to hide their pasts? Poet and playwright Lemn Sissay tells his own moving story.

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