Michael Mansfield
Barrister Michael Mansfield joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the barrister Michael Mansfield.
He is one of Britain's leading QCs - the Birmingham six, the Marchioness disaster, the Stephen Lawrence trial and the death of Jean Charles de Menezes are only a handful of the high profile cases he's been involved in.
He describes himself as a 'radical lawyer' and says he's been educated by the cases he's taken on. He has become, he says, increasingly angry and radical over the years. "I do feel that reputation, standing up for principle, is one of the few ways in which a difference can be made."
Record: The Goons - What's the Time, Eccles?
Book: The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine as his Bible: and
The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
Luxury: A drum kit.
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Pink Floyd
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
Composer: Waters
- Pink Floyd: A Collection of Great Dance Songs.
- EMI.
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Edward Elgar
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36: Variation IX "Nimrod"
Artist: The Massed Bands conducted by Lt Colonel Graham Jones, Senior Director of Music Guards Division.
- From Radio 4’s coverage of the Ceremony of Remembrance from the Cenotaph on 9 November 2008..
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Artist: Jean-Bernard Pommier - with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster
- Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos: Jean-Bernard Pommier.
- Virgin Classic.
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Benjamin Zephaniah
The Death of Joy Gardner
Composer: Benjamin Zephaniah
- Reggae Head.
- 57 Productions.
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The Goons
What's The Time, Eccles?
Composer: Milligan
- The Last Goon Show of All.
- Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
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Iona Rowan (on vocals & guitar) & Freddy Vanson
Won't Wait for Hope
Composer: Poetry by Freddy Vanson
- The World Citizens Sessions 2010, Vol.1.
- Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔgrownsounds.
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Herbert Howells
The opening of the Requiem
Artist: St John’s College, Cambridge choir led by Christopher Robinson
- Howells: Choral Works.
- Naxos.
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Antonio Forcione
Touch Wood
Composer: Forcione
- Touch Wood.
- NAIMCD 069.
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Book Choice
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The Cairo Trilogy - Naguib Mahfouz
Luxury Choice
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A drum kit
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Michael Mansfield |
Broadcasts
- Sun 17 Oct 2010 11:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 22 Oct 2010 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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