Great Lives

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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

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Labi Siffre

Maggie Ayre

Great Lives: Labi Siffre on Arthur Ransome

Labi Siffre on Arthur Ransome

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Matthew Parris invites singer songwriter Labi Siffre to nominate his choice of life.

Singer-songwriter Labi Siffre nominates the author of  Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome. With Matthew Parris. From 2014.

Singer-songwriter Labi Siffre discusses the life and work of Arthur Ransome. 

Siffre says that the Swallows and Amazons books taught him responsibility for his own actions and also a morality that has influenced and shaped him throughout his life.

Series in which Matthew Parris invites his guests to nominate the person who they feel is a great life. 
 
Producer: Maggie Ayre

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.

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