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Dr James Partridge OBE, Sally Jacobs, Angela Buxton, Philip Horniblow OBE

Julian Worricker on stage designer Sally Jacobs, disability campaigner James Partridge, tennis player Angela Buxton and adventurer Philip Horniblow.

Pictured: Dr James Partridge OBE (c) Paul Chambers Photography

Julian Worricker on:

The theatre designer, Sally Jacobs, whose work included a groundbreaking production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, set in a white box on stage….

James Partridge, whose life was transformed by facial burns suffered in a car accident, and who went on to campaign for equal treatment for all, irrespective of appearance….

The tennis player Angela Buxton, who faced discrimination in the sport because of her Jewish heritage, and who formed a winning doubles partnership with Althea Gibson….

And Philip Horniblow, variously described as a mountaineer, soldier, spy and doctor, who spent thirty years of his working life in the Middle East.

Interviewed guest: Anna Furse
Interviewed guest: Phyllida Swift
Interviewed guest: Richard Evans
Interviewed guest: Dawn Robertson
Interviewed guest: Nigel Gifford

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Peter Brook 1970, RSC / MIT Global Shakespeare; The Reunion, Radio 4 08/05/2015; Turandot: Puccini’s Final Opera, Royal Opera House 25/09/2013; ITV News 17/08/2020; About Face, Radio 4 18/07/1993; North West Tonight, ´óÏó´«Ã½ One 02/07/2004; Angela Buxton on Althea Gibson, BET News 2004; Fry v Buxton, Wimbledon Ladies’ Finals, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sound Archive 07/07/1956; Nationwide, ´óÏó´«Ã½ One 15/06/1981.

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28 minutes

Sally Jacobs

Born 5 November 1932; died 1 August 2020, aged 87.

Last Word spoke to her friend and collaborator Anna Furse.

Dr James Partridge OBE

Born 30 October 1952; died 16 August 2020, aged 67.

Last Word spoke to fellow campaigner Phyllida Swift.

Angela Buxton

Born 16 August 1934; died 14 August 2020, aged 85.

Last Word spoke to former ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio tennis commentator Richard Evans.

Philip Horniblow OBE

Born 19 May 1928; died 13 August 2020, aged 92.

Last Word spoke to his publisher Dawn Robertson, and fellow mountaineer Nigel Gifford.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 28 Aug 2020 16:00
  • Sun 30 Aug 2020 20:30

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