Colin Grant is an author, historian and BBC radio producer; he has also worked as a script editor and produced several radio drama-documentaries. His talk discusses how he attempted to bridge the void between him and his father, through writing a memoir, failed; but taught him more about the vast experiential and cultural gaps between immigrants and their native children.

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