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Dec 2021
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A Life Well Lived: Remembering those we ...

THE TIMES
About this episode

The Times has an august history of recording the lives of significant people and has been doing so since the 19th century in the obituaries pages. Here we remember some of the people who may not be household names but are no less fascinating.

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Guests: 

- Tim Bullamore, Obituaries writer, The Times

- Martin Fletcher, Obituaries writer, The Times

- Tove McArthur

- Sharon Weston Broome, Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

- Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Professor of African American Studies, Loyola University, Maryland.

- Francesco Redi, Tiramisu World Cup

- Elif Shafak, author

- Dame Maureen Lipman, actress, writer & comedian

Hosts: 

- Anna Temkin, Deputy Obituaries Editor, The Times

- Mariella Frostrup, Times Radio 

Remembering the lives of:

- Dr Evelyn McNicol, obstetrician and explorer. 

- Martha White, civil rights activist

- Ado Campeol, restrateur

- Nawal El Saadawi, writer and activist

- Perry Pontac, playwright

- Helen McCrory, actress

Clips: 

Sleepless In Seattle, TriStar Pictures, written and directed by Nora Ephron.

Fatal Loins, BBC Radio 4, written by Perry Pontac.


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