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Dame Hilary Mantel, John McVicar, Joyce Reynolds, Paul Sartin

Matthew Bannister on author Dame Hilary Mantel, ex-offender John McVicar, classicist Joyce Reynolds and musician Paul Sartin.

Matthew Bannister on

Dame Hilary Mantel (pictured), the Booker prize winning novelist best known for the Wolf Hall trilogy.

John McVicar, the former armed robber who studied sociology in prison and became a writer and broadcaster.

Joyce Reynolds, the eminent Cambridge classicist who specialised in the study of epigraphs and taught Dame Mary Beard who joins us to remember her.

The multi-instrumentalist and singer Paul Sartin, a key figure on the English folk scene and member of the band Bellowhead. His band mate Sam Sweeney pays tribute.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Laurie Taylor
Interviewed guest: Dame Mary Beard
Interviewed guest: Sam Sweeney
Interviewed guest: Jon Wilks

Archive clips used: Company Pictures/ Playground Entertainment/ ´óÏó´«Ã½, Wolf Hall – E01 Three Card Trick 21/01/2015; ´óÏó´«Ã½ News, interview with Hilary Mantel 03/05/2020; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, Front Row – extended interview with Hilary Mantel 05/06/2012; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, The Reith Lectures – Hilary Mantel 13/06/2017; Polytel/ The Who Films, McVicar (1980) UK TV Trailer; ´óÏó´«Ã½ One, Straight Talk – John McVicar interview 09/05/1980; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, Six Men – John McVicar interview 20/04/1986; Loftsingers Andover, Andover Museum Loft Singers Promo 13/10/2018.

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28 minutes

Dame Hilary Mantel

Born 6 July 1952; died 22 September 2022 aged 70.

In her own words.

John McVicar

Born 21 March 1940; died 6 September 2022 aged 82.

Last Word spoke to broadcaster, author and professor of sociology Laurie Taylor.

Joyce Reynolds

Born 18 December 1918; died 11 September 2022 aged 103.

Last Word spoke to historian Dame Mary Beard.

Paul Sartin

Born 20 February 1971; died 14 September 2022 aged 51.

Last Word spoke to folk musicians Jon Wilks and Sam Sweeney.

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  • Fri 30 Sep 2022 16:00
  • Sun 2 Oct 2022 20:30

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