Matthew Parris meets the American Ambassador Matthew Barzun whose choice of great life is his wartime predecessor, John Gil Winant - the man widely held to have helped seal the special relationship between Britain and America and to have brought the US into the war effort.Producer: Maggie AyreFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.
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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
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Folge vom 19.05.2015US Ambassador Matthew Barzun on JG Winant
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Folge vom 12.05.2015Antonia Quirke on Marlon BrandoMarlon Brando - greatest actor of the 20th century? Film critic Antonia Quirke definitely thinks he is. But the star of the Godfather, On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire divides opinion in this lively assessment of his life. Presented by Matthew Parris. With contributions from writer Robyn Karney and Joe Queenan in the USA. Producer: Miles Warde First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015.
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Folge vom 05.05.2015Wendy Cope on John Clare"John Clare, I cried last night for you" wrote Wendy Cope in a poem dedicated to the earlier poet, who overcame monumental setbacks such as a poverty-stricken upbringing and a long struggle with mental illness. However, Clare managed to write some of the most sensitive poetry in the English language. At one point he was known as "the English Robert Burns" but then his fame dropped away and many people now remember him solely for his cri de coeur, "I Am." Expert witness is John Clare's biographer, Sir Jonathan Bate. Producer Christine HallFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015
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Folge vom 28.04.2015Dame Helen Ghosh on James Lees-MilneMatthew Parris's guest is Dame Helen Ghosh, Director General of the National Trust, who chooses as her Great Life James Lees-Milne who worked for the Trust between 1936 and 1966. He was responsible for acquiring many of the Trust's most iconic properties and his particular talent was his ability to persuade the aristocratic owners of the houses into handing them over to the Trust for protection. His other talent was in writing, and it is his deliciously indiscreet diaries for which many people know him.Merlin Waterson, who was a friend of Lees-Milne's, is the expert witness.Producer Christine Hall. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.