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Last Word: Professor Mike Oliver, Jacques Loussier, Professor Richard Lacey, The Reverend Ruth Scott

15/03/2019

Professor Mike Oliver, Jacques Loussier, Professor Richard Lacey, The Reverend Ruth Scott

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Professor Mike Oliver, Jacques Loussier, Professor Richard Lacey, The Reverend Ruth Scott

Matthew Bannister on a disability rights activist, a pianist, a microbiologist, a vicar.

Matthew Bannister on disability rights activist Mike Oliver, pianist Jacques Loussier, microbiologist Richard Lacey and vicar Ruth Scott.

Pictured: Jacques Loussier

Matthew Bannister on

Mike Oliver, who was paralysed from the neck down after diving into a swimming pool as a teenager. He became the UK's first Professor of Disability Studies and transformed the debate about disabled people's rights.  

Jacques Loussier, the French pianist and composer best known for his jazz arrangements of the works of J.S. Bach. 

Professor Richard Lacey, the microbiologist who warned of the dangers to humans of mad cow disease.

The Reverend Ruth Scott, the Anglican vicar known for her appearances on Radio 2's Pause for Thought and Radio 4's Thought for the Day.

Interviewed guest: Colin Barnes
Interviewed guest: Peter White
Interviewed guest: Alyn Shipton
Interviewed guest: Dr John Heritage
Interviewed guest: The Reverend Chris Scott
Producer: Neil George

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