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Matthew Bannister

Last Word: A conductor, a Hillsborough campaigner, an album cover designer, an immunologist and an ethnomusicologist

A conductor, a Hillsborough campaigner, an album cover designer, an immunologist and an ethnomusicologist

19/04/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, A conductor, a Hillsborough campaigner, an album cover designer, an immunologist and an ethnomusicologist

Matthew Bannister on Sir Colin Davis, Anne Williams, Storm Thorgerson and Brigitte Askonas

Matthew Bannister on conductor Sir Colin Davis, Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams, album designer Storm Thorgerson, immunologist Brigitte Askonas and musicologist Olive Lewin.

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The conductor Sir Colin Davis - acclaimed interpreter of Mozart and Berlioz

Anne Williams - whose 15 year old son Kevin died in the Hillsborough tragedy. She was a prominent campaigner on behalf of victims.

The album cover designer Storm Thorgerson, best known for his work with Pink Floyd.

The immunologist Brigitte Askonas whose work led to the development of many new vaccines 

And Olive Lewin the musicologist who devoted her life to re-vitalising the folk music traditions of Jamaica.

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