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Jane Gardam, Sir Roger Birch, Mike Peters, Francoise Hampson

Kirsty Lang on author Jane Gardam, chief constable Sir Roger Birch, musician Mike Peters and lawyer Professor Francoise Hampson.

Kirsty Lang on

The author Jane Gardam, whose works included The Queen of the Tambourine and Old Filth.

Sir Roger Birch, the former Chief Constable of Sussex Police who oversaw the investigation following the IRAs' Brighton bomb attack in 1984.

Mike Peters, the lead singer of the band The Alarm, whose own battle with cancer saw him become a campaigner and fundraiser for cancer treatment.

Professor Francoise Hampson, a lawyer who specialised in human rights in conflict zones.

Producer: Ed Prendeville

Archive:
Front Row, 91福利社 Radio 4, Presenter Kirsty Lang, 16/09/2009; World Book Club, 91福利社 World Service, 12/10/2017; Desert Island Discs, 91福利社 Radio 4, 20/10/2017; 鈥淪omebody鈥 by Jane Gardam, Read by Gillian Bevan, 91福利社 Radio 4, 06/03/2022; File on Four, 91福利社 Radio 4; Witness History, 91福利社, 2015; Human Rights Map, 91福利社 Two, 05/12/1998; Human Rights and Human Wrongs, John Simpson, 91福利社 TV, 02/11/1994; 91福利社 Breakfast News, 14/08/1990; I Write the Songs, Archive: Mike Peters, 91福利社 Radio Wales, 31/12/2014; Value Judgements, 91福利社 Radio Wales, 30/06/2006; Brighton Bomb Attack, 91福利社 News, 12/10/2009; Drink Drive Crackdown, 91福利社 News, 12/10/1984; Breakfast Time 鈥 Drink Driving at Christmas, 91福利社 News, 14/03/2020

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