Series 1, Episode 20: Darren ‘Loki’ McGarvey
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Presenter
Our guest this week is Darren McGarvey, better known as ‘Loki’. The Glaswegian rapper is this year’s Orwell Prize winner for his book ‘Poverty Safari’. He talks about his difficult childhood and alcohol problem, how he thinks poverty can be tackled, and why the left needs to reclaim the idea of personal responsibility.
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Our guest this week is Darren McGarvey, better known as ‘Loki’. The Glaswegian rapper is this year’s Orwell Prize winner for his book ‘Poverty Safari’. He talks to me about how he negotiated a difficult childhood and an alcohol problem, how he thinks poverty can be tackled and why the left need to reclaim the idea of personal responsibility.
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