Sir Mike Jackson, Lily Ledbetter, Safeya Binzagr, Steve Piotrowski
Matthew Bannister on General Sir Mike Jackson, campaigner Lily Ledbetter, artist Safeya Binzagr and ornithologist Steve Piotrowski.
Matthew Bannister on
General Sir Mike Jackson, the Chief of the General Staff at the time of the Iraq War.
Lily Ledbetter, whose campaign for equal pay led to an Act of Congress.
Safeya Binzagr, the pioneering Saudi Arabian artist whose career flourished despite the cultural restrictions on women in her society
Steve Piotrowski, the ornithologist who ringed 100,000 birds and helped to increase the barn owl population of Suffolk.
Interviewee: Lord Richards
Interviewee: Noreen Farrell
Interviewee: Melissa Gronlund
Interviewee: Kathy Piotrowski
Producer: Ed Prendeville
Archive used:
Gen Mike Jackson interview, Six O鈥機lock News, 91热爆 News, 14/06/1999; Gen Mike Jackson, 91热爆 News, 07/03/2003; Lilly Ledbetter speech and interview, NPR, Uploaded 14/10/2024; Steve Piotrowski interview, 91热爆 Radio Suffolk 19/10/2015; Spectrum: Out of Town , 91热爆 One East, 16/04/1985; Wrens singing, 91热爆 Sfx, May 1981; Atmospheres: Countryside (Barn Owl), 91热爆 Sfx, June 1981; Birds: Robins, 91热爆 Sfx, March 1986; 91热爆 Radio Suffolk 19/10/15; Wood Pigeon, Tweet of the Day, 14/12/2023; Collared Dove, Tweet of the Day, 07/01/2024; Great Tits, A Guide to Garden Birds : Series 1 : Episode 2, 26/08/2008 ; Nightingale, 91热爆 Sfx, May 1983; Swift Screaming Party, RSPB England, Facebook, 29/06/2024
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General Sir Mike Jackson
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Chief of the General Staff at the time of the Iraq War.
Last Word spoke to the former Chief of the Defence Staff, Lord
Richards, who served under Mike Jackson earlier in his career.
Born 21 March 1944, died 15 October 2024, aged 80.
Lily Ledbetter
In 1998 Lily found out that she was being paid less than her male
colleagues for the same work. Her campaign for equal pay led to an Act of Congress.
Last Word spoke to Noreen
Farrell, the Executive Director of Equal Rights Advocates.
Born 14 April 1938, died 12 October 2024, aged 86.
Safeya Binzagr
The pioneering Saudi Arabian artist whose career flourished despite the cultural restrictions on women in her society
Last Word spoke to the author Melissa Gronlund who is a former arts correspondent for The National magazine in Abu Dhabi.
Died aged 84.
Steve Piotrowski
The ornithologist who ringed 100,000 birds and helped to increase the barn owl population of Suffolk.聽
Last Word spoke to his wife Kathy Piotrowski.
Born 22 December 1957, died 5 October 2024, aged 72.
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