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Last Word: Dame Jocelyn Barrow DBE, Keith Critchlow,  Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, John Prine

Keith Critchlow, Dame Jocelyn Barrow DBE, Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, John Prine

Dame Jocelyn Barrow DBE, Keith Critchlow,  Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, John Prine

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Dame Jocelyn Barrow DBE, Keith Critchlow,  Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, John Prine

Matthew Bannister on an artist and geometrist, a campaigner, a detective, a singer.

Matthew Bannister on artist and geometrist Keith Critchlow, campaigner Dame Jocelyn Barrow, detective Leonard 'Nipper' Read, singer John Prine.

Pictured: Dame Jocelyn Barrow

Matthew Bannister on

The artist, professor of architecture and expert on sacred geometry Keith Critchlow. He was a key figure in the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts and advised on the design of Islamic-influenced buildings all over the world.

Dame Jocelyn Barrow who was an educator and leading campaigner against racial discrimination. She was the first black woman to be a Governor of the BBC.

Leonard 'Nipper' Read, the respected detective who doggedly pursued the Kray twins.

John Prine, the American country singer known for writing songs which offer a wry commentary on the human condition. 

Interviewed guest: Jon Allen
Interviewed guest: Ian Skelly
Interviewed guest: Baroness Valerie Amos
Interviewed guest: Professor Dick Hobbs
Interviewed guest: Bob Harris

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Britain's Best Buildings, BBC Two 16/11/2002; Night Waves, Radio 3 07/12/2004; Analysis, Radio 4 28/10/1976; It’s a Fair Cop: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, Radio 4 07/12/1976; BBC News, BBC One 13/10/1969.

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