5 Live follows the stories of people talking about their struggle to read and write
In the second part of 5 Live’s ‘Word Matters’ series you’ll hear personal stories from those affected by poor literacy and how being given access to learning is benefitting their lives, including thos...
11 Okt 202156min
Children of 9/11: Remembering my brave fire fighter dad
On Tuesday 11 September 2001 suicide attackers seized US passenger jets and crashed them into two New York skyscrapers, killing thousands of people.The attack remains one of the most traumatic events ...
10 Sep 202123min
Voices of Afghanistan: Fatima’s story
Fatima travelled from London to Kabul on a family emergency just before the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Now she is trapped with her elderly mother and disabled brother, hiding in a friends house in...
8 Sep 202117min
Voices of Afghanistan: Obaidullah’s story
Obaidullah, who lives in Afghanistan, thinks his country must engage with the Taliban and will not leave his home. Obaidullah Baheer is a lecturer at a University in Afghanistan. He believes the onl...
7 Sep 202119min
Voices of Afghanistan: Arefa’s story
Arefa and her sister escaped Afghanistan from Kabul airport before American forces withdrew from the country. Although she and her sister were “physically” safe in the UK, mentally she was “not in a g...
6 Sep 202124min
Voices of Afghanistan: Peymana’s story
Peymana Assad came to Britain as a child refugee and went on to become the first person of Afghan origin to be elected to UK office. She had spent the month visiting family and friends in Kabul when n...
5 Sep 202122min
Voices of Afghanistan: Siyar’s story
Siyar Sirat is an Afghan journalist based in Kabul at TOLO news. After an “unimaginable” five days of waiting, Siyar and his family had just made it through the gates and into Kabul airport when he sp...
3 Sep 202120min
LGBT+ later in life: Your experiences
They were born into a world where homosexuality was a criminal offence. They lived through the AIDs pandemic and saw friends and lovers die. So how does it feel to now grow old in the LGBT+ community?...
22 Juni 202154min
