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Last Word: David Shepherd, Nancy Hatch Dupree, Gordon Williams, Pat Albeck, Harry Dean Stanton

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22/09/2017

David Shepherd, Nancy Hatch Dupree, Gordon Williams, Pat Albeck, Harry Dean Stanton

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, David Shepherd, Nancy Hatch Dupree, Gordon Williams, Pat Albeck, Harry Dean Stanton

Matthew Bannister on an artist, an archivist, a writer, a designer, an actor.

Matthew Bannister on artist David Shepherd, archivist Nancy Hatch Dupree, writer Gordon Williams, designer Pat Albeck and actor Harry Dean Stanton.

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David Shepherd, the artist who painted trains, aeroplanes and elephants and worked tirelessly to conserve wild animals. 

Nancy Hatch Dupree, the American born adventurer and writer who devoted her life to creating an archive of Afghan culture and history.

Gordon Williams, the Booker prize shortlisted author whose novel The Siege of Trencher's farm became the controversial film Straw Dogs.

Pat Albeck the designer known as "the queen of the tea towel" who produced popular fabric designs for John Lewis and the National Trust.

Harry Dean Stanton, the gaunt, hollow-eyed actor best known for films like "Paris, Texas" and "Repo Man". 


Image of David Shepherd courtesy of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.

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