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Dame Paula Rego (pictured), Bruce Kent, Hilary Devey CBE

Matthew Bannister on artist Dame Paula Rego, campaigner Bruce Kent and entrepreneur Hilary Devey CBE.

Matthew Bannister on

Dame Paula Rego, the acclaimed Portuguese-born artist who later made her home in the UK and was renowned for making vivid and disturbing work focussing on the subjugation of women. We talk to her son Nick Willing.

Bruce Kent, the Catholic priest who became a leader of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Hilary Devey CBE, who founded a multi-million pound freight distribution business and was one of the Dragons on the TV show Dragons Den.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Nick Willing
Interviewed guest: Jacky Klein
Interviewed guest: Kate Hudson

Archive clips used: 大象传媒 Radio 4, Desert Island Discs - Dame Paula Rego 07/12/1997; Kismet Film Company/ 大象传媒, Paula Rego - Secrets and Stories 25/03/2017; Eric Minh Swenson Art Films, Samella Lewis - Pioneering Visual Artist and Educator 19/12/2016; 大象传媒 Radio Ulster, Bruce Kent documentary 13/03/1988; British Movietone, Aldermaston March - Natural Sound 12/04/1963; British Movietone, The March to Aldermaston in Trafalgar Square 10/04/1958; 大象传媒 Radio 4, PM - Cardinal Basil Hume interview 27/04/1983; 大象传媒 News, Troops Erect Fence Around RAF Molesworth Base 06/02/1985; CND - YouTube Channel, Bruce Kent - Why I joined CND 18/02/2018; 大象传媒 Radio 4, Desert Island Discs - Hilary Devey 02/11/2012; 大象传媒 Radio 4, Woman's Hour - Hilary Devey interview 24/05/2012; 大象传媒 One, Dragons' Den (Season 10) 2012; ITV Studios - YouTube Channel, Loose Women - Hilary Devey interview 03/06/2015.

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28 minutes

Dame Paula Rego

Born 26 January 1935; died 8 June 2022 aged 87.

Last Word spoke to her son Nick Willing and to art historian Jacky Klein.

Bruce Kent

Born 22 June 1929; died 8 June 2022 aged 92.

Last Word spoke to general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Kate Hudson.

Hilary Devey CBE

Born 10 March 1957; died 12 June 2022 aged 65.

In her own words.聽

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  • Fri 17 Jun 2022 16:00
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