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Sathnam Sanghera to host talk in Birmingham

Wolverhampton writer Sathnam Sanghera is set to host a talk in Birmingham later this year.

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The journalist and author will present Creative Conversations at the Hippodrome.

Former Wolverhampton Grammar School student Sathnam began his career at the Express & Star, as well as dressing up as the news bunny for L!VE TV.

Between 1998 and 2006 he was a reporter and feature writer for the Financial Times, before joining The Times as a columnist and feature writer in 2007.

Sathnam wrote his memoir The Boy With The Topknot in 2009, which was adapted into a TV show last year starring Sacha Dawan and Oldbury schoolboy Himmut Singh Dhatt.

Creative Conversations will explore the role the creative industries in urban place-making, regeneration, education and employment.

The event will take place on September 17.

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