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Fickling Lecture: We chose you by Kate Adie
Kate Adie, journalist and broadcaster
Date/Time: Thursday 14 March 2024, 5.30pm
Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
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Chaired by Professor Matthew Grenby, Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
Being adopted shaped the speaker’s life and led her to consider what it means for others. Adoption arouses curiosity. It’s a departure from the usual – a legal term, but about the most personal matter: who you are. It follows you through life. Almost a century ago adoption began officially to influence the future of thousands. Attitudes have changed and now the law frames action to deliver care to vulnerable children.
Biography
Kate Adie grew up in Sunderland and joined BBC Radio Durham after leaving Newcastle University where she studied Swedish. As BBC Chief News Correspondent, she covered major stories including both Gulf Wars, the SAS storming of the Iranian Embassy and the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing. She lives in Dorset and presents Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent.
