Lyra: 'She is a liar, she has many flaws, but she is also brave'
Some characters in fiction have the power to influence a generation. Lyra from His Dark Materials is one such character. 362 children born last year were named Lyra by their parents, but what is it that makes her so inspirational?
Lyra lives in the alternate Oxford imagined by the author Phillip Pullman, where people鈥檚 souls appear as animal 鈥榙忙mons鈥�, and children are being mysteriously snatched from the streets. She is tough, curious, and able to lie with impunity 鈥� this helps her on a journey to the arctic to save her friend.
On Woman's Hour, script executive for the 麻豆社 series His Dark Materials, Xandria Horton, and children鈥檚 author, Katherine Rundell, tell Jane Garvey what Lyra means to them.
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