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Last Word: Nigel Lawson, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ken Buchanan, Mary Rayner

Nigel Lawson, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ken Buchanan, Mary Rayner

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Nigel Lawson, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ken Buchanan, Mary Rayner

Matthew Bannister on a politician, a musician, a boxer and a writer.

Matthew Bannister on politician Nigel Lawson, musician Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, boxer Ken Buchanan, and writer Mary Rayner.

Matthew Bannister on

Nigel Lawson – Baron Lawson of Blaby, the reforming Chancellor of the Exchequer under Margaret Thatcher. He cut income tax, led the campaign of privatisation and paved the way for the Big Bang in the City of London.

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the Ethiopian-born nun acclaimed for her unique musical compositions.

Ken Buchanan, the Scottish boxer who became World Lightweight Champion.

Mary Rayner, the children’s author and illustrator best known for her books about Mr and Mrs Pig and their ten piglets. 

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Interviewee: Jim Black
Interviewee: Ilan Volkov
Interviewee: Kate Molleson
Interviewee: Sarah Rayner

Archive used: 

Nigel Lawson - Chancellor of Exchequer, Budget statement, House of Commons, BBC News, 13/03/1984;  Lord Baker interview, Today, BBC Radio 4, 04/04/2023;  Nigel Lawson, Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 03/12/1989;  Nigel Lawson interview, In The Psychiatrist Chair, BBC Radio 4, 01/09/1998;  Nigel Lawson interview on Government’s White Paper on Public Expenditure, The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4, 01/11/1979; Margaret Thatcher speech to Conservative Party Conference, BBC News, 14/10/1983;   Nigel Lawson comments on his resignation in the House of Commons, BBC News, 31/10/1989; Lord Moore interview, Today, BBC Radio 4, 04/04/2023;   Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou interview, The Honky Tonk Nun documentary, BBC Radio 4, 18/04/2017;  Ken Buchanan interview, Scotland Today, BBC Scotland, 18/09/1971; Ken Buchanan interview, Scottish Sporting Legends, BBC Scotland, 18/10/2002; This Sporting Life – Ken Buchanan, BBC Scotland, 03/04/2023 ; Undisputed: The Life and Times of Ken Buchanan, BBC Scotland, 14/09/2021; Babe, Universal Studios promo, IMDB uploaded 1995.

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