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Welcome back to all the small things with me Venetiala Manor.

I'm really excited to have an interview episode for you today featuring Kirin Yates.

Kirin Yates is a London-based journalist, broadcaster and author.

Her debut book, All the Houses I've Ever Lived In, is part memoir, part social commentary.

It's a love letter to home and community and a vital and timely exposé on the UK's

housing crisis.

By the age of 25, Kirin had lived in 20 different houses across the country, from

Councillor States in London to car showrooms in rural Wales.

Drawing on personal experience, interviews with tenants across the country and the stories

behind our interiors, she explores the unexpected ways we can fight back, highlighting the invaluable

work of community organisers who have led the way to change and improve the housing system,

inviting us to reimagine what the future of housing could look like.

All the houses I've ever lived in is easily my favourite non-fiction read of 2023 so far.

But don't just take my word for it, Candice Carty Williams, who is the author of Queenie

and writer of BBC's Champion Series, says, I believe that Kirin Yates was born to write,

but crucially to write this vital piece of work.

I tore through the pages, a book I'll read over and over again.

In this conversation, I ask Kirin about everything from home ownership, to landlords, to pollution

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