Quentin somerville bbc biography channel
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Fighting for Life
A hostage and captor meet again in Syria, anger grows amid Assam's floodwaters and young people take to the barricades in Nicaragua. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world.
Quentin Sommerville was wary of interviewing two former members of the so-called Islamic State: he didn't want to give them any kind of platform. But in Syria he did get to talk to them - and witness their reactions when a man whom they'd once held captive got to ask the questions.
As monsoon storms lash the subcontinent and flood waters rise, Nick Beake speaks to farmers and families who feel exhausted and marginalised by an endlessly repeating cycle of disaster and rebuilding in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.
In the past week, Argentina's Senate voted NOT to decriminalise abortion in the first three months of pregnancy - despite a vocal and vigorous campaign, led by women, to change the law. Katy Watson hears from both sides of
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Raqqa In Ruins
It's as if doomsday had arrived early in Raqqa as bats swoop over the remains of the city. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories and analysis from around the world.
In Syria, Quentin Sommerville finds a city which had been occupied and terrorised by the so-called Islamic State and is now being destroyed by a thousand blows from coalition airstrikes.
In Colombia, Katy Watson reports from the border bridge which 25,000 Venezuelans cross each day. Most do so in search of food and medicine, but more and more are deciding to stay.
In South Africa, Milton Nkosi worries that history is repeating itself with the recent spate of political killings in KwaZulu Natal.
In America’s Deep South, Fleur Macdonald joins fellow MacDonalds, Alexanders, Johnsons, MacSweeneys and MacWhannells as they celebrate their Scottish heritage and their allegiance to Clan Donald.
And in Spain, Chris Bockman visits what was Europe's second-biggest train station, but was le
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Friends and friends of family. It helps to ask as many people as possible. There are so many possibilities out there and you can't possibly imagine them all.
Extra Curricular & Work Experience
I worked at Boots the Chemist. It was good experience, I learned to deal with people. And dealing with people is a fairly critical life skill.
Skills I've developed
I learned to write in History class with Mr Selkirk. inom learned to appreciate culture in Latin with Ms Salmond. inom learned about the world, current affairs and shifts in gemenskap with Phil Harding and Margo Biggs in Modern Studies. All of these things were new to me, a whole world was opened to me in those classes, a world of possibilities. inom started public speaking, and was fairly terrible at it. inom found it terrifying but like everything in life, it became easier with practice. Most things do. Crafts, whatever they are, tv reporting, wood whittling, singing, can all be learned.
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