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In 2017, the Guardian documented the knife deaths of children and teenagers in Britain. The project continues with a creative response to that investigation, seeking to get behind sensationalist headlines and challenge misconceptions about knife crime in the UK.

Instead of us, as journalists, going in and asking questions about the problems as we see them - we listened to their stories, their experiences, and importantly, their solutions.  We visited groups of parents, key support workers, and young people in Birmingham, Bristol and London. This is a snapshot of some of the most pressing issues, as seen by those who have been affected by knife crime.

​The Start is a podcast about artistic beginnings, as told by great artists of our time. Focussing on one piece; they share how these early moments of creativity shaped them, the influence it had on their subsequent work, and what the piece now means to them in retrospect.