Underclass Hero with Matt Taylor

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Creative non-fiction essays on growing up in the UK care system, class, belonging, music and writing. Exploring the strange business of becoming someone the statistics said you wouldnโ€™t.

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About Matt Taylor

Care leaver, writer, and award-winning music producer. From childrenโ€™s homes to Uni of Oxford, I write literary nonfiction about the UK care system, class, belonging, music, and the lives weโ€™re expected to lead. Represented by Curtis Brown.

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