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Last Word: Lord Bell, Paule Marshall, David Koch, Richard Booth

30/08/2019

Lord Bell, Paule Marshall, David Koch, Richard Booth

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Lord Bell, Paule Marshall, David Koch, Richard Booth

Matthew Bannister on a PR executive, a writer, a billionaire and a bookseller.

Matthew Bannister on PR executive Lord Bell, writer Paule Marshall, billionaire David Koch and bookseller Richard Booth.

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Lord Bell, the advertising and public relations executive who helped Margaret Thatcher to win three elections.

Paule Marshall, the novelist who wrote about the experiences of black Americans of Caribbean origin.

David Koch, the American billionaire who poured money into right wing political causes.

Richard Booth, the second hand bookseller who was the self-styled King of Hay-on-Wye.

Interviewed guest: David Hopper 
Interviewed guest: Michael Cockerell 
Interviewed guest: Bonnie Greer
Interviewed guest: Lyn Innes
Interviewed guest: Daniel Schulman 
Interviewed guest: Lucia Stuart
Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Tim Bell, Booktalk, BBC Parliament 04/12/2012; Coming Soon, Saatchi & Saatchi, 1979; PM, BBC Radio 4 4/05/1979; Newsnight, BBC Two 04/09/2017. Paule Marshall, A stranger in a strange land, Radio 3, 9/04/1993; Praisesong for the widow, Radio 4, 17/05/1993. Richard Booth, Down the River Wye, Radio 4 16/08/1987; BBC Wales News 27/05/88, Jamie Owen’s Wales, Radio Wales, 06/11/2013.

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