Victor Lewis-Smith, Maureen Doherty, Pablo MilanΓ©s, Ailsa Irving
Matthew Bannister on columnist and broadcaster Victor Lewis-Smith, designer Maureen Doherty, singer Pablo MilanΓ©s and campaigner Ailsa Irving.
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The columnist, broadcaster, producer, musician and outrageous hoaxer Victor Lewis-Smith (pictured).
Maureen Doherty, the designer who worked with Issey Miyake and founded the influential fashion brand Egg. Edmund de Waal pays tribute.
Pablo MilanΓ©s, the Cuban musician who was one of the founders of the nueva trova singer/songwriter movement.
Ailsa Irving, who started and ran the UK Endometriosis Society after a long battle to get her own symptoms diagnosed.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Graham Pass
Interviewed guest: Edmund de Waal
Interviewed guest: Robin Denselow
Interviewed guest: Rob Irving
Interviewed guest: Emma Cox
Archive clips used: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two, Inside Victor Lewis-Smith 06/12/1993; YouTube, Opera Spoof by Victor Lewis-Smith; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, You and Yours - the revival of Brylcreem 02/12/1985; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Midweek 21/05/1986; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra, Victor Lewis-Smith s1e08, 05/10/2017; Associated Rediffusion Productions Ltd/ Victor Lewis-Smith, Mary Whitehouse Sketch; YouTube, Victor Lewis-Smith - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Reception General Pinochet Prank Call; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Loose Ends - Victor Lewis-Smith 01/01/1987; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1, Victor Lewis-Smith Christmas Message, 26/12/1989; YouTube/ CriticalPast channel, Fidel Castro and his army fight against Batista's forces 12/06/2014; Juan Pil Vila, Pablo MilanΓ©s documentary (2017).
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Victor Lewis-Smith
Last Word spoke to his former business partner Graham Pass.
Maureen Doherty
Last Word spoke to her friend and ceramicist Edmund de Waal.
Pablo MilanΓ©s
Last Word spoke to music journalist Robin Denselow.
Ailsa Irving
Last Word spoke to her brother Rob Irving and to CEO of Endometriosis UK, Emma Cox.
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- Fri 23 Dec 2022 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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