Sir Harold Evans, Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Alan Minter, Helen Taylor-Thompson
Julian Worricker on campaigning editor Sir Harold Evans, US judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, charity worker Helen Taylor-Thompson, boxer Alan Minter.
Julian Worricker on:
The campaigning journalist and editor, Sir Harold Evans, voted the greatest of all time by his peers....
Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, US Supreme Court Justice, who served in that role for 27 years and became something of a judicial celebrity....
The charity worker Helen Taylor-Thompson, who co-founded Europe's first AIDS hospice at a time of great hostility towards those with the disease....
And the boxer, Alan Minter, who became the undisputed middleweight champion of the world.
Presenter: Julian Worricker
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Jessica Levinson
Interviewed guest: Brenda Feigen
Interviewed guest: Roy Greenslade
Interviewed guest: Dr. Veronica Moss
Interviewed guest: John McDonald
Archive clips from: Archive on 4 - Harold Evans at 90, Radio 4 23/06/2018; Desert Island Discs, Radio 4, 07/04/2000; John Dunn Show, Radio 2, 04/09/1980
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Sir Harold Evans
Last Word spoke to Emeritus Professor of Journalism at City University London, and media commentator; Roy Greenslade
Ruth Bader-Ginsburg
Last Word spoke to Jessica Levinson, Professor of Law  at Loyola University, Los Angeles, and Brenda Feigen, a friend and former colleague at the American Civil Liberties Union
Helen Taylor-Thompson
Last Word spoke to Dr. Veronica Moss, chief executive and chief medical officer of the Mildmay Hospital
Alan Minter
Last Word spoke to boxing MC, John McDonald
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