Terry Anderson, Trina Robbins, Lord Field, Ann Trevenen Jenkin
Matthew Bannister on journalist Terry Anderson, politician Lord Field, cartoonist Trina Robbins and bard Ann Trevenen Jenkin.
Matthew Bannister on
The American journalist Terry Anderson who was held captive in Lebanon for almost seven years. In an emotional interview, his daughter Sulome tells us how she followed in his footsteps as she tried to connect with a father she met for the first time when she was seven years old.
Lord Field who, the Labour MP Frank Field who campaigned tirelessly for welfare reform.
Trina Robbins the feminist cartoonist and writer who was the first woman to illustrate the Wonder Woman comics.
Ann Trevenen Jenkin the first woman Grand Bard of Cornwall and a founding member of the Cornish nationalist party Mebyon Kernow.
Interviewee: Sulome Anderson
Interviewee: Ellin Stein
Interviewee: Liam Halligan
Interviewee: Loveday Jenkin
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Archive Used:
Sulome Anderson writes a letter to her father on his birthday, ´óÏó´«Ã½ News, 07/10/1991; Terry Anderson release, Live press conference, ´óÏó´«Ã½ News, 04/12/1991; Terry Anderson interview, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1, 01/01/2000; Terry Anderson on What It’s Like to Live as a Hezbollah Hostage, Slate. YouTube Channel uploaded, 17/11/2014; Trina Robbins, Meet Trina Robbins, the first woman to draw Wonder Woman for D.C. Comics, KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco, YouTube uploaded 30/03/2023; Frank Field MP interview, Straight Talk, ´óÏó´«Ã½ News, 19/06/2010; Frank Field, Profile, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, 13/12/2014; Frank Field, Lent Talks, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, 01/04/2009; Ann Trevenen Jenkin interviewed by Carmen Talbot for Dreadnought South West’s Rebellious Sounds Archive, 2019; Ann Trevenen Jenkin interview, Cornish March, ´óÏó´«Ã½ News, 21/06/1997;
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Ann Trevenan Jenkin
The first woman
Grand Bard of Cornwall and a founding member of the Cornish nationalist party
Mebyon Kernow.
Last Word spoke to her daughter
Loveday Jenkin. Â Â Â
Born on 14 April 1930, died 8 April 2024, aged 93.
Lord Field
The former Labour MP – Frank Field - who campaigned
tirelessly for welfare reform.
Last Word spoke to his friend and
the columnist Liam Halligan.
Born 16th July 1942, died 23rd April 2024, aged 81. Â
Trina Robbins
The cartoonist and writer who was the first woman to illustrate the Wonder Woman comics.
Last Word spoke to the writer Ellin Stein.
Born 17 August 1938 died 10 April 2024, aged 85.
Terry Anderson
The American journalist who was held captive in Lebanon for almost seven years.
Last Word spoke to from his daughter Sulome Anderson
Born 27 October 1947, died 21 April 2024, aged 76.
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