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Last Word: William Turnbull, Albano Harguindeguy, Martin Fay, Kenneth Cragg, Sir Philip Ledger

William Turnbull, Albano Harguindeguy, Martin Fay, Kenneth Cragg, Sir Philip Ledger

23/11/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, William Turnbull, Albano Harguindeguy, Martin Fay, Kenneth Cragg, Sir Philip Ledger

Matthew Bannister on William Turnbull, Albano Harguindeguy, Martin Fay and Kenneth Cragg.

Matthew Bannister on sculptor William Turnbull, Argentine General Albano Harguindeguy, Irish fiddle player Martin Fay, Anglican Bishop Kenneth Cragg, and kayaker Derek Hutchinson.

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The sculptor and painter William Turnbull. He was friends with Giacometti, Paolozzi and Rothko but always went his own way. 

The Argentine General Albano Harguindeguy. As Interior Minister in the country's military regime, he was known as the brains behind the government's "dirty war".

Martin Fay, who was the original fiddle player with the Irish traditional band the Chieftains,

Bishop Kenneth Cragg, who devoted his life to the study of relations between Islam and Christianity

And Derek Hutchinson - the first and only man to kayak across the North Sea.

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