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Peggy Seeger on her husband Ewan MacColl BBC Radio 4
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Peggy Seeger on her husband Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl sang "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" to Peggy Seeger down the phone. When they...

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Josiah Wedgwood, master potter BBC Radio 4
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Josiah Wedgwood, master potter

When Josiah Wedgwood had part of an injured leg amputed, he encouraged his workers to celebrate...

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Frantz Fanon BBC Radio 4
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Frantz Fanon

Born and raised in Martinique, Frantz Fanon fought for the Free French Forces against the Nazis,...

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Althea Gibson BBC Radio 4
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Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson made sporting history in 1957 - the first black tennis player to win a Wimbledon...

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Yehudi Menuhin BBC Radio 4
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Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin was the original child prodigy. He was born in America in 1916, and was soon...

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Hans Christian Andersen BBC Radio 4
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Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was 'a very strange orchid,' says Michael Booth. He was born in 1806 in...

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The surprise lives BBC Radio 4
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The surprise lives

"Step one: invite notable guest. Step two: get them to talk about someone else." After nearly...

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Rosie Millard on Edward III BBC Radio 4
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Rosie Millard on Edward III

Edward III should be much better known, Rosie tells Matthew Parris. He not only won great...

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Ben Miller on William Hazlitt BBC Radio 4
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Ben Miller on William Hazlitt

Actor, comedian and Author Ben Miller discusses the colourful, complicated and uncompromising...

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Arlo Parks on Elliott Smith BBC Radio 4
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Arlo Parks on Elliott Smith

Singer-songwriter Arlo Parks has been nominated for three Brit Awards at just 20 years old. Her...

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Jonathan Dimbleby on Harry Hopkins. BBC Radio 4
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Jonathan Dimbleby on Harry Hopkins.

On May 10 1940, the Germans invaded the Low Countries, Winston Churchill became prime minister,...

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KT Tunstall on Ivor Cutler BBC Radio 4
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KT Tunstall on Ivor Cutler

Ivor Cutler is hard to categorise. Whimsical and uncompromising, depressive yet joyful, childlike...

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Black and British pioneer Kenny Lynch BBC Radio 4
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Black and British pioneer Kenny Lynch

Kenny Lynch was born in Stepney, East London in 1938. He toured with the Beatles, wrote...

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Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist BBC Radio 4
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Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown picks Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart....

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The Talented Mr Ripley author, Patricia Highsmith BBC Radio 4
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The Talented Mr Ripley author, Patricia Highsmith

Director Jonathan Kent was friends with Patricia Highsmith. He\'d been playing Tom Ripley for a...

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Rights activist Cesar Chavez nominated by Cori Crider BBC Radio 4
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Rights activist Cesar Chavez nominated by Cori Crider

In 1960s California, Mexican-American Civil Rights Leader, Cesar Chavez led the United...

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Caroline Catz on Delia Derbyshire BBC Radio 4
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Caroline Catz on Delia Derbyshire

The actor Caroline Catz chooses Delia Derbyshire, the musician and composer who is best known for...

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David Jonsson on Jean Michel Basquiat BBC Radio 4
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David Jonsson on Jean Michel Basquiat

Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat rose to fame in the 1980's Lower East Side New York arts scene....

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Rob Rinder on Jessica Mitford. BBC Radio 4
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Rob Rinder on Jessica Mitford.

Jessica Mitford was the fifth born of the notorious Mitford Sisters. Born into the aristocracy,...

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Diane Morgan on Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding BBC Radio 4
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Diane Morgan on Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding

Comedian and actor Diane Morgan chooses the life of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding. Air Chief...

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