Ep. 19 Lives cut short

Gary Younge explains how he set out on a year long project to record the number of children and teenagers killed by knife violence. Funerals, heartbreaking interviews and a tenacious hunt for data. This is the story of how a team of journalists produced award-winning and timely stories. Read all about it: https://www.theguardian.com/membership/series/beyond-the-blade https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/05/what-the-life-of-quamari-serunkuma-barnes-tells-us-about-child-knife-deaths-in-britain https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2017/sep/19/the-boy-who-killed-and-the-mother-who-tried-to-stop-him Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Production support: Cheeka Ayers Music: Dice Muse and Trekks. Listen to Letter to Q here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzGiBPDl5d0