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Proms Plus: Childhood, innocence and experience

A discussion taking its cue from Mahler's 4th Symphony about a child's view of death and heaven in front of an audience at Imperial College London,

The award-winning author of young adult novels, Patrice Lawrence and historian Emma Butcher - who specialises in 19th century child soldiers - discuss the construction of childhood past and present with New Generation Thinker and literary scholar, Lisa Mullen.
New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run annually by the 成人快手 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to turn early career academics into broadcasters.

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