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

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