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Last Word: Vaclav Havel, Kim Jong-il, Chris Athey, Cesaria Evora and Russell Hoban

23/12/2011

Vaclav Havel, Kim Jong-il, Chris Athey, Cesaria Evora and Russell Hoban

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Vaclav Havel, Kim Jong-il, Chris Athey, Cesaria Evora and Russell Hoban

Matthew Bannister on Kim Jong-il, Chris Athey, Russell Hoban, Cesaria Evora, Vaclav Havel.

Matthew Bannister on North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, psychologist Chris Athey, writer Russell Hoban, singer Cesaria Evora and Czech playwright and President Vaclav Havel.

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The mysterious life of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. We hear from the former British Charge D'Affaires in Pyongyang and the film actress who says she was kidnapped by "The Dear Leader". 

Also Chris Athey - the educational psychologist who championed the Teletubbies

Russell Hoban, author of both children's and adult fiction, including his vision of a post apocalyptic world "Riddley Walker"

Cesaria Evora - the singer from Cape Verde known as the Barefoot Diva

and the Czech playwright and President Vaclav Havel remembered by his friend Ivan Klima and Sir John Tusa.

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