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"At 18, I didn't know anyone that knew me for longer than a year." Award-winning poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay talks about his experience of growing up in care, what our names mean to us and his new children's book, Don't Ask The Dragon.
By BBC Radio 5 Live4.1
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"At 18, I didn't know anyone that knew me for longer than a year." Award-winning poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay talks about his experience of growing up in care, what our names mean to us and his new children's book, Don't Ask The Dragon.

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