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Last Word

Hugh Masekela, Ursula K Le Guin, Mary Lee Berners-Lee, John Barton, Mark E Smith

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Photo: Hugh Masekela

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Hugh Masekela the South African jazz trumpeter and anti apartheid activist.

Ursula K. Le Guin whose science fiction and fantasy books sold millions of copies.

Mary Lee Berners-Lee, the computer pioneer and mother of the world wide web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

John Barton the director and writer who taught a generation of actors how to speak Shakespearian verse.

Mark E. Smith, the controversial front man of the post punk band The Fall. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Robin Denselow
Interviewed Guest:
Judith Adams
Interviewed Guest:
Thomas Lean
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Allen
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Chalmers

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