Geoff Crowther, Isamu Akasaki, June Newton, Les McKeown (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on travel book writer Geoff Crowther, physicist Isamu Akasaki, photographer June Newton, pop star Les McKeown.
Matthew Bannister on:
Geoff Crowther, the global traveller, writer and map maker whose work helped to build the success of the Lonely Planet guide books.
Isamu Akasaki, the Nobel prize winning physicist whose discoveries paved the way for LED lighting.
June Newton, who was a successful portrait photographer using the name Alice Springs to avoid comparisons with her husband and fellow photographer Helmut Newton.
Les McKeown, the front man of the Scottish boy band The Bay City Rollers. At their height the band provoked the same hysteria from fans as the Beatles had done a decade earlier.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Ashley Crowther
Interviewed guest: Tony Wheeler
Interviewed guest: Hiroshi Amano
Interviewed guest: Professor Russell Dupuis
Interviewed guest: Dana Thomas
Interviewed guest: Billy Sloan
Interviewed guest: Nina Myskow
Archive clips used: Newsnight: 麻豆社 One, TX 5.8.1999
Last on
Geoff Crowther
Born 15 March 1944; died 13 April 2021, aged 77.
Last Word spoke to his son, Ashley Crowther and Lonely Planet co-founder, Tony Wheeler.
Isamu Akasaki
Born 30 January 1929; died 1 April 2021, aged 92.
Last Word spoke to his former student and fellow Nobel Prize winner, Hiroshi Amano and to the physicist, Professor Russell Dupuis.
June Newton
Born 3 June 1923; died 9 April 2021, aged 97.
Last Word spoke to Dana Thomas, a contributing editor at British Vogue.
Les McKeown
Born 12 November 1955; died 20 April 2021, aged 65.
Last Word spoke to 麻豆社 Radio Scotland presenter, Billy Sloan and to journalist Nina Myskow who was Editor of Jackie at the time of the Bay City Rollers.
Broadcasts
- Fri 30 Apr 2021 16:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sun 2 May 2021 20:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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Last Word
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