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Last Word: Shireen Abu Akleh, Robert Gillmor, Leonid Kravchuk (pictured), Carrie White

Shireen Abu Akleh, Robert Gillmor, Leonid Kravchuk, Carrie White

Shireen Abu Akleh, Robert Gillmor, Leonid Kravchuk (pictured), Carrie White

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Shireen Abu Akleh, Robert Gillmor, Leonid Kravchuk (pictured), Carrie White

Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an artist, a president and a hairdresser.

Matthew Bannister on journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, artist Robert Gillmor, Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and hairdresser Carrie White.

Matthew Bannister on

Shireen Abu Akleh, the respected Al Jazeera reporter who was shot dead while covering an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

Robert Gillmor, the wildlife artist best known for his striking paintings of birds.

Leonid Kravchuk who oversaw Ukraine’s transition to independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and became its President.

Carrie White, the hairdresser who styled some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and became addicted to drink and drugs.


Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Dalia Hatuqa
Interviewed guest: Stephen Moss
Interviewed guest: Dr Taras Kuzio
Interviewed guest: Helena de Bertodano
Interviewed guest: Pitita Alcala White

Archive clips used: BBC News 24, Newsday 12/05/2022; BBC News,14/05/2022; Al Jazeera English, 74 years of Nakba 2022; xeno-canto.org, Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta); BBC One, Animal Magic 23/11/1971; YouTube/Behind Nhu, Eurasian collared dove call 17/05/2020; BBC Radio 4, The World Tonight 28/04/1986; BBC News, Ukranian Referendum Results 02/12/1991; AP Archive, Ukraine - Preparations for Presidential Elections 25/06/1994; BBC One, six o'clock news - Ukraine Nuclear Weapons 14/01/1994; Connie Martinson YouTube channel, Upper Cut - Carrie White interview 31/10/2011.

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