Great Lives Podcast
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
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Orlando Murrin on Dinu Lipatti
Tue 20 Dec 2016
Matthew Parris invites Orlando Murrin to discuss the life of Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti
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Sir Ben Kingsley on Elie Wiesel
Tue 13 Dec 2016
Sir Ben Kingsley champions the life of holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel as his great life.
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Cary Grant
Tue 6 Dec 2016
Lucy Porter, the comedian and writer, champions Cary Grant as her Great Life
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Cyrus Todiwala on Dadabhai Naoroji
Tue 27 Sep 2016
Cyrus Todiwala picks Dadabhai Naoroji who in 1892 became Britain's first Asian MP.
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AA Gill on Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Tue 20 Sep 2016
AA Gill nominates Arthur Neville Chamberlain as his great life.
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Eliza Carthy on Caroline Norton
Tue 13 Sep 2016
Eliza Carthy chooses Caroline Norton who campaigned for women in the 19th-century.
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Maureen Lipman on Dame Cicely Saunders
Tue 6 Sep 2016
Maureen Lipman champions the life of hospice campaigner Dame Cicely Saunders.
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Tony Hawks on Marshall Rosenberg
Tue 30 Aug 2016
The life of the creator of nonviolent communication Marshall Rosenber, with Matthew Parris
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Sara Pascoe on Virginia Woolf
Tue 16 Aug 2016
Sara Pascoe champions Virginia Woolf, author of 'Mrs Dalloway' and 'A Room of One's Own'.
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Alex Salmond on Thomas Muir
Tue 9 Aug 2016
Alex Salmond chooses Thomas Muir, whom he describes as the father of Scottish democracy.
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Hilary Devey on Gracie Fields
Tue 2 Aug 2016
The life of Dame Gracie Fields is championed by Hilary Devey. From 2016.
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Frank Turner on Joseph Grimaldi
Tue 31 May 2016
Frank Turner chooses Joseph Grimaldi who changed the face of Clowning forever.
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Charles Moore on Gordon Hamilton-Fairley
Tue 17 May 2016
Cancer pioneer Gordon Hamilton-Fairley, killed by an IRA bomb when he was just 45.
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Richard the Lionheart
Tue 10 May 2016
Timmy Mallett chooses Richard the Lionheart. With Helen Castor and Matthew Parris.
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Graeme Lamb on Christine Granville
Tue 3 May 2016
Lt-Gen Sir Graeme Lamb champions wartime spy Christine Granville. Matthew Parris chairs
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Sudha Bhuchar chooses the life of Zohra Sehgal
Tue 26 Apr 2016
Playwright and actress Sudha Bhuchar nominates the life of actor Zohra Sehgal.
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Ray Peacock chooses the life of Lenny Bruce
Tue 19 Apr 2016
Comedian Ray Peacock nominates the controversial life of Lenny Bruce.
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Nancy Dell'Olio chooses the life of Lucrezia Borgia
Tue 12 Apr 2016
Nancy Dell'Olio champions the much maligned Lucrezia Borgia.
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Eliza Manningham-Buller chooses Abraham Lincoln
Sat 23 Jan 2016
Eliza Manningham-Buller on why she regards Abraham Lincoln as a great life.
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Nitin Sawhney on Jeff Buckley
Tue 19 Jan 2016
Nitin Sawhney champions the life of American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley
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Susan Calman on Molly Weir
Tue 12 Jan 2016
Comedian Susan Calman chooses the life of actress Molly Weir.
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Martin Jennings on Charles Sargeant Jagger
Tue 5 Jan 2016
Martin Jennings nominates the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger.
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Precious Lunga chooses Wangari Maathai
Tue 29 Dec 2015
Matthew Parris explores the remarkable life of Professor Wangari Maathai.
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Alvin Hall chooses James Baldwin
Tue 22 Dec 2015
Matthew Parris meets financial guru Alvin Hall, whose hero is James Baldwin.
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Roger Saul chooses Gertrude Jekyll
Tue 15 Dec 2015
Fashion designer Roger Saul chooses garden designer Gertrude Jekyll
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Dickie Bird on the life of Sir Leonard Hutton
Tue 8 Dec 2015
Dickie Bird champions his hero Sir Leonard Hutton.
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Toyah Willcox on Katharine Hepburn
Tue 29 Sep 2015
Toyah Willcox nominates her hero Katharine Hepburn who she met and worked with.
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