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Jean 'Binta' Breeze MBE (pictured), Sir Nicholas Goodison, Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Joyce Shrubbs

Matthew bannister on poet Jean 'Binta' Breeze MBE, stockbroker Sir Nicholas Goodison, Muslim teacher Abdalqadir as-Sufi, military observer Joyce Shrubbs.

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The Jamaican-born poet Jean β€˜Binta’ Breeze MBE, who was known for her compelling performances. We have a tribute from Linton Kwesi Johnson.

Sir Nicholas Goodison, chairman of the stock exchange at the time of the Big Bang in the 1980s and also a noted expert on antique clocks.

Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi, the influential Muslim teacher who was born Ian Dallas, worked as an actor and script writer in the 1960s and converted to Islam after a visit to the holy city of Fez in Morocco.

Joyce Shrubbs, who joined the Royal Observer Corps during World War II and rose to become its highest ranking woman officer.

Producer: Laura Northedge

Interviewed guest: Justin Urquhart Stewart
Interviewed guest: Jonathan Betts
Interviewed guest: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Interviewed guest: Dona Croll
Interviewed guest: Shaykh Paul Salahuddin Armstrong
Interviewed guest: Yasin Dutton
Interviewed guest: Michael Marks
Interviewed guest: Edwina Holden

Archive clips used: Pathe News, London stock exchange during Second World War; Cineriz, Federico Fellini's 8 1/2; Cyclops TV, documentary Sentinels of Britain.

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Sun 15 Aug 2021 20:30
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Jean 'Binta' Breeze MBE

Born 11 March 1956; died 4 August 2021 aged 65.

Last Word spoke to Jamaican dub poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson and Jamaican born actress Dona Croll.

Sir Nicholas Goodison

Born 16 May 1934; died 6 July 2021 aged 87.

Last Word spoke to investment manager and business commentator Justin Urquhart Stewart and horological scholar and author Jonathan Betts.Β 

Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi

Born 1930; died 1 August 2021 aged 90-91.

Last Word spoke to Sufi scholar and Muslim Chaplain Shaykh Paul Salahuddin Armstrong and Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Professor Yasin Dutton.

Joyce Shrubbs

Born 6 April 1927; died 9 July 2021 aged 94.

Last Word spoke to the Royal Observer Corps Association’s Edwina Holden and Michael Marks.

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  • Fri 13 Aug 2021 16:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
  • Sun 15 Aug 2021 20:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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