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Last Word: Albertina Sisulu, MF Husain, Patrick Leigh Fermor and John Mackenzie

Albertina Sisulu, MF Husain, Patrick Leigh Fermor and John Mackenzie

17/06/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Albertina Sisulu, MF Husain, Patrick Leigh Fermor and John Mackenzie

Jane Little on Albertina Sisulu, MF Husain, Patrick Leigh Fermor and John Mackenzie.

Jane Little on the ANC leader Albertina Sisulu, the superstar of Indian art MF Husain, the renowned travel writer Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor and British film director John Mackenzie.

Jane Little on:

Albertina Sisulu, whose contribution to the end of apartheid in South Africa led to her being called The Mother of the Nation. 

Adventurer, travel writer, and war hero Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor.

TV and film director John MacKenzie, best known for The Long Good Friday.

Carl Gardner, singer and founder of the 1950s hitmakers, The Coasters. 

And the 'Picasso of India', prolific artist MF Husein.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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