Eind jaren tachtig zat Gareth op een jongensschool in Londen. Hij was veertien en had weinig vrienden. Toen de nieuwe scheikundeleraar interesse in hem toonde, ontaardde dat al snel in een seksuele relatie. Hoe die verhouding zijn leven heeft getekend, hoor je in Lucky Boy.
Een goeie titel, want dat is was Gareth dacht na die eerste keer: I’m a lucky boy. Die scheikundeleraar was namelijk geen vieze oude man, maar een mooie jonge vrouw. Alle jongens fantaseerden over miss Bowen. In deze uitstekende Britse podcast probeert Chloe Hadjimatheou getuigen te vinden die Gareths verhaal willen bevestigen.
Introducing…Lucky Boy
Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom and thought he was the luckiest boy in the world. But when she walked out of his life everything started to unravel.
Lucky Boy is a new four-part series in which Chloe Hadjimatheou asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.
Episodes 1 and 2 are available to listen now.
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Introducing…The Wargame
A bunker. A scenario. A group of former senior ministers, military chiefs and other experts. Russia knows our weaknesses – but do you?
Sky News’ security and defence editor Deborah Haynes presents The Wargame. From Sky News and Tortoise, it imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out… and how military chiefs and politicians might try to defend the country.
Episodes will be released weekly – search for The Wargame wherever you listen to your podcasts.
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