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Farah Bashir: The art of childhood

Farah Bashir, author of Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir, shares the challenges for girls growing up in a conflict zone

Farah Bashir, author of Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir, shares the particular challenges for girls growing up in a conflict zone.

Bjorn Andresen, Swedish teenage star of the 1971 film, Death In Venice, talks about how being dubbed β€œthe most beautiful boy in the world”, blighted his childhood. He’s revisiting his early role and its impact on his life in a new documentary called The Most Beautiful Boy in the World.

Japanese-American artist Ei Arakawa on his new artwork, Mega Please Draw Freely, at the Tate Modern gallery in London. It’s breaking down the boundaries between artists and audience – with children and young people featuring strongly on both sides.

And Turner Prize-winning Colombian artist Oscar Murillo and Argentinian political scientist Clara Dublanc on their collaboration with 100,000 international school children for their Frequencies exhibition in Hackney in London.

Presenter - Chi Chi Izundu
Producer - Paul Waters, Olivia Skinner, Kirsty McQuire

(Photo: Farah Bashir. Credit: Shahbaz Khan)

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