This month’s Diversity is Identity podcast is a very special one. Host Paul Anderson-Walsh interviews Paolo Hewitt about his life in care. It may surprise you that it is a very uplifting, joyous half hour but it didn’t surprise me.
I am lucky enough to call these two close friends – in fact they are two of my favourite people in the world – and this conversation is just what it’s like when we meet up, (when we’re not moaning about our other mutual love, Spurs,) for an evening in an Italian in Notting Hill, every few weeks.
Honestly, do yourself a huge favour and take 30 minutes out of your day to watch it. You won’t regret it.
Shall give that a watch/listen.
“…in an Italian…”
Does he or she not mind, @niallb?
Enjoyed that, thanks for sharing. As you say, surprisingly uplifting despite one desperately heartbreaking little anecdote. I think I need to get the book actually.
It’s a terrific book.
That’s great, niall, thank you so much for posting. I’ve worked with quite a few therapy clients who’ve been brought up in care, and one of the things Paulo said that really resonated was that sense of belonging (in Burbank), regardless of class background. (Anecdotally) that doesn’t seem to have been the case with people who struggled in the upper middle class version of being in care, ie Boarding schools.
grand stuff….,,,what a story