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Last Word: Lord Carrington, Karen Finch, Claude Lanzmann, Harlan Ellison

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13/07/2018

Lord Carrington, Karen Finch, Claude Lanzmann, Harlan Ellison

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Lord Carrington, Karen Finch, Claude Lanzmann, Harlan Ellison

Matthew Bannister on a politician, a textile conservator, a film maker and a writer.

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on Tory politician Lord Carrington, textile conservator Karen Finch, film maker Claude Lanzmann, writer Harlan Ellison.

Photo: Lord Carrington

Matthew Bannister on

Lord Carrington, the Conservative Foreign Secretary who resigned after the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands.

Karen Finch, the textile conservator who restored the garments of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Marlene Dietrich among many others. 

Claude Lanzmann, the French film maker best known for Shoah, the nine and a half hour documentary about the holocaust.

Harlan Ellison, the outspoken American science fiction writer who published 70 books, more than 400 short stories and countless essays. 

Producer: Neil George.

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