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Nemone Lethbridge, lawyer and writer

Nemone Lethbridge, barrister, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Nemone Lethbridge is a barrister who was called to the bar in 1956. One of very few female barristers working at the time, she encountered misogyny and was one of the trailblazers for women working in the legal profession who followed behind her.
At her first Chambers, she wasn鈥檛 allowed to share a toilet with her male colleagues and had to use the facilities in a nearby caf茅. It was hard for her to find work and for some time she represented the Kray twins.
After her marriage to a writer, and former convicted criminal was revealed, she was forced to leave the legal profession and they moved to Greece for a number of years where both of them had careers as writers having their work filmed for the 91热爆.
Nemone returned to the Bar in 1981 and continues to do pro bono work at 92 years old.
She lives in London.

DISC ONE: Go Down, Moses - Paul Robeson
DISC TWO: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - The Choir of King鈥檚 College Cambridge
DISC THREE: Scarborough Fair 鈥� Simon & Garfunkel
DISC FOUR: I Wanna Go Back to Dixie - Tom Lehrer
DISC FIVE: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 3: "Sull鈥檃ria ... Che soave zeffiretto"
Performed by Edith Mathis (soprano), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin and conducted by Karl B枚hm
DISC SIX: Strose to Stroma sou 鈥� Mikis Theodorakis
DISC SEVEN: September Song - Gracie Fields
DISC EIGHT: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale. Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Arr. for Piano) (Jesu, Joy of Man鈥檚 Desiring) Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and performed by Lang Lang

BOOK CHOICE: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
LUXURY ITEM: A doll
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 3: "Sull鈥檃ria ... Che soave zeffiretto". Performed by Edith Mathis (soprano), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin and conducted by Karl B枚hm

Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Sarah Taylor

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Music Played

  • Paul Robeson

    Go Down, Moses

    • Paul Robeson - Spirituals (2023 Remastered Version).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge

    O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

    • Christmas At Downton Abbey.
    • Warner Music TV.
    • 38.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Scarborough Fair

    • Essential - Easy Listening.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 9.

  • Tom Lehrer

    I Wanna Go Back to Dixie

    • Songs By Tom Lehrer.
    • Cayo Records.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 3: "Sull'aria ... Che soave zeffiretto"

    Conductor: Karl B枚hm. Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Singer: Edith Mathis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin.
    • Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Highlights.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • Mikis Theodorakis

    Strosse to stroma sou

    • Mikis Theodorakis.
    • AERAKIS.
    • 1.

  • Gracie Fields

    September Song

    • The Gracie Fields Collection.
    • Radio Tower Records.
    • 23.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale. Jesus bleibet meine Freude

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Romance.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Feb 2025 10:00
    91热爆 Radio 4
  • Fri 7 Feb 2025 09:00
    91热爆 Radio 4

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