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Datshiane Navanayagam speaks to Val McDermid

Unexpected stories of education: Journalist Datshiane Navanayagam speaks to crime writer Val McDermid about an unusual educational experiment she was part of in the 1960s.

Unexpected stories of education: The journalist Datshiane Navanayagam speaks to the crime writer, Val McDermid, about an unusual educational experiment she was part of in the 1960s.

Datshiane Navanayagam had a difficult childhood punctuated by periods of homelessness, but she was always expected to achieve educationally and won a bursary to a private school which led her onto Cambridge University. As a result she's fascinated by the transformative role of education and for three editions of One to One is speaking to people who went on an unexpected educational journey.

Today she meets the crime writer, Val McDermid, who was part of an educational experiment in the 1960s which separated her from her peers and pushed her forward by a year.

Producer: Karen Gregor.

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Tue 28 Aug 2018 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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