Madeleine Albright (pictured), Peter Padfield, Christina Smith, Sheila Paine
Matthew Bannister on US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, naval historian Peter Padfield, entrepreneur Christina Smith, textile expert Sheila Paine
Matthew Bannister on
The first female US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who was a leading advocate of the NATO bombing campaign aimed at stopping ethnic cleansing in the Balkans.
Peter Padfield, the naval historian who as a young man took part in the reconstruction of the voyage of the Mayflower from the UK to the USA.
Christina Smith, the colourful entrepreneur known as βthe queen of Covent Gardenβ for her property and business development in that area of London.
Sheila Paine, who travelled to remote areas of the world to build up a renowned collection of textiles.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Jim Naughtie
Interviewed guest: Tom Lippman
Interviewed guest: Fiona Padfield
Interviewed guest: Andrew Lambert
Interviewed guest: Dame Rosemary Anne Squire DBE
Interviewed guest: Nick Fielding
Archive used: One to One: Madeleine Albright, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two, TX 12.9.2005; A Woman Called Smith, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two, TX 30.4.1997
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Madeleine Albright
Born 15 May 1937; died 23 March 2022, aged 84.
Last Word spoke to the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ and Guardian journalist Jim Naughtie and to Tom Lippman, who wrote Madeleine Albright and the New American Diplomacy.
Peter Padfield
Born 3 April 1932; died 14 March 2022, aged 89.
Last Word spoke to his daughter, Fiona Padfield and to the military historian, Andrew Lambert.
Christina Smith
Born 27 March 1934; died 11 March 2022, aged 87.
Last Word spoke to Dame Rosemary Anne Squire DBE, a British commercial theatre owner and entrepreneur.
Sheila Paine
Born 29 September 1929; died March 2022, aged 92.
Last Word spoke to her son-in-law, the journalist and textiles expert, Nick Fielding.
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- Fri 1 Apr 2022 16:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 3 Apr 2022 20:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
