On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Robert Glover OBE, author of ‘As Many As The Stars: A Story of Change for the Children of China’. He discusses how he introduced foster care to China following the implementation of the one-child policy, how foster care had previously not existed in China, the misconceptions many in the West have about Chinese people, how his own experience working with them has proven them to be kind and generous, communism providing a ‘safety net’ for China, his work with the Chinese government in reforming the system to produce better outcomes for children, and much more!
Finally, we speak to Booker Prize-listed author Gabriel Krauze about his new book ‘Who They Was’, which provides an account of life inside the gangs and criminal underworld of the UK. He discusses criticism he has received suggesting the book glorifies gang culture, why many critics don’t understand that those involved in gangs and criminality also have human emotions and regular lives, his own personal experience of being involved in gangs while pursuing a university degree, why the realities of criminal lifestyles can’t be glorified, what the government has got wrong in its bid to address knife crime and gang violence, and much more!
