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Kurt Barling

Writer, broadcaster, documentary-maker. BBC journalist from 1989 to 2014, now professor at Middlesex University

Barling has been a leading BBC broadcaster for 25 years and won numerous industry awards for his journalism, film-making and writing.

Barling has been a leading BBC broadcaster for 25 years and won numerous industry awards for his journalism, film-making and writing.

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