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Last Word

Jo Cox MP, Dave Swarbrick, Viktor Korchnoi, Wendy Leigh

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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The MP Jo Cox , who was brutally killed in the street, after meeting local people in the West Yorkshire constituency she represented

The musician Dave Swarbrick, who found fame with the folk group Fairport Convention - and who celebrated the premature publication of his obituary by a newspaper, 17 years before his death.

The chess player Viktor Korchnoi, a grandmaster of the international circuit, who defected from the Soviet Union and whose career became enmeshed in Cold War politics.

And the showbiz writer Wendy Leigh, who produced racy celebrity biographies and steamy novels, and who had a long affair with the publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Kate Proctor
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Nicol
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Carthy
Interviewed Guest:
Nigel Short
Interviewed Guest:
Roy Greenslade
Interviewed Guest:
Lesley-Ann Jones
Producer:
Neil George

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