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World Service,08 Jun 2017,49 mins

Living With My Mother's Murder

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Alex Hanscombe explains how he's overcome the trauma of seeing his mum, Rachel Nickell, murdered in front of him in a London park when he was two-years-old. Mandy Harvey is a deaf American jazz singer who's become an internet sensation. She grew up singing and was studying music when she lost her hearing. She explains how she was able to continue with her passion. Emtithal Mahmoud is a Sudanese-American performance poet whose work was inspired by the conflict in Darfur and the family she has living there. Image: Alex Hanscombe with his mother Rachel Nickell. Credit: Alex Hanscombe

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