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Last Word: Arnold Wesker, Howard Marks, Peggy Fortnum, Merle Haggard and Rachel Johnson

Arnold Wesker, Howard Marks, Peggy Fortnum, Merle Haggard and Rachel Johnson

15/04/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Arnold Wesker, Howard Marks, Peggy Fortnum, Merle Haggard and Rachel Johnson

Matthew Bannister on a playwright, a drug smuggler, an illustrator and a country singer.

Matthew Bannister on playwright Sir Arnold Wesker, drug smuggler Howard Marks, illustrator Peggy Fortnum, country singer Merle Haggard and St Kildan Rachel Johnson.

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The playwright Sir Arnold Wesker whose work celebrated working class life,

Howard Marks, the convicted cannabis smuggler and raconteur who became a folk hero to some.

Peggy Fortnum, the children's book illustrator who brought Paddington Bear to life.

The country singer Merle Haggard whose music was steeped in traditional redneck America.

And Rachel Johnson, last surviving resident of the Scottish island of St Kilda which was evacuated in 1930.

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