Terence Stamp, Stephanie Shirley, Kay Dunbar, Eric Midwinter
John Wilson on an actor, tech pioneer, literacy festival founder, a polymath
Last Word · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
John Wilson on:
Actor Terence Stamp, the Oscar nominated 60s screen icon who went onto play many villains in his later film career
Baroness Stephanie Shirley, the pioneering computer scientist and founder of her own software company
Kay Dunbar who founded the Ways with Words literary festival which ran in Devon for 30 years
Eric Midwinter was one of the three co-founders of u3a to encourage continued learning in retirement
Producer: Ed Prendeville
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