Podcast: My Life With Amazing Strangers

When a child goes into hospital, how important is it that a mum or dad can stay? The answer may feel obvious to us, but in the 1950s, this was a controversial question. In this episode of Fierce Curiosity, we meet Pete Kinnear, who was a child coping with hospital at that time. He’s in…

Emily Laranja is the Nurture Teacher at Lynburn Primary in Fife, Scotland. Frankie Larkin was a child in Scottish schools from the mid-1960s. He felt regularly humiliated by teachers in Primary School and was belted regularly during Secondary. As a consequence of feeling stupid and scared, he did not learn to read until he was…

David Wilson-Wynne is Senior Dementia Care Consultant at the internationally recognised Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) based at the University of Stirling. David has worked within the field of dementia care for over 17 years, in a variety of clinical and non-clinical roles. David is the founder of Total Recall Memories Choir (a choir for…