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Francisco Garcia, writer and journalist talks to us about the death of his mother, his father's disappearance and the crisis of missing people in the UK
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Episode 4 – Francisco Garcia
Title: Francisco Garcia on navigating grief and loss at a young age and how these events and a connection with Forest Hill have shaped him.
Francisco Garcia is a writer and journalist. His book ‘If you were there’ will be published by Harper Collins in 2021
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast and in the first series we will be talking to people who live or work in Forest Hill, South-East London
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hill,_London.
If you are a new listener to Portrait of a Londoner, we would love to hear from you!
Contact details below
In this episode, we discuss:
His childhood and how a great teacher supported the family through the loss of his mother (1.24)
The missing persons crisis in the UK (11.21) https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/yw8eey/inside-britains-escalating-missing-persons-problem
His relationship with the area that he grew up in Forest Hill and the famous ‘ship’ at Dawson’s Heights (25.14)
How his grandmother’ s love of books and her favourite poem
If you would like to find out more about Francisco he is represented by www.curtisbrown.co.uk
Twitter @ffansiscodgf
Join the Conversation by
Visiting our Instagram @portrait_of_a_londoner
Facebook @Portrait of a Londoner
Twitter @portraitpodcast or email us portraitofalondoner@gmail.com
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34411265
Please rate review and subscribe to our podcast!
Production: Guavabanana.com
33 episodes
Manage episode 261070951 series 2663586
Episode 4 – Francisco Garcia
Title: Francisco Garcia on navigating grief and loss at a young age and how these events and a connection with Forest Hill have shaped him.
Francisco Garcia is a writer and journalist. His book ‘If you were there’ will be published by Harper Collins in 2021
Portrait of a Londoner is a South-East London based podcast and in the first series we will be talking to people who live or work in Forest Hill, South-East London
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hill,_London.
If you are a new listener to Portrait of a Londoner, we would love to hear from you!
Contact details below
In this episode, we discuss:
His childhood and how a great teacher supported the family through the loss of his mother (1.24)
The missing persons crisis in the UK (11.21) https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/yw8eey/inside-britains-escalating-missing-persons-problem
His relationship with the area that he grew up in Forest Hill and the famous ‘ship’ at Dawson’s Heights (25.14)
How his grandmother’ s love of books and her favourite poem
If you would like to find out more about Francisco he is represented by www.curtisbrown.co.uk
Twitter @ffansiscodgf
Join the Conversation by
Visiting our Instagram @portrait_of_a_londoner
Facebook @Portrait of a Londoner
Twitter @portraitpodcast or email us portraitofalondoner@gmail.com
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34411265
Please rate review and subscribe to our podcast!
Production: Guavabanana.com
33 episodes
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