Minette Batters on Henry Plumb
"I was born an Englishman but I'll die a European." Those are the words of Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, a farmer who was President of the National Farmers Union in the 1970s and who became the first Brit...
3 Tammi 202327min
Bob Harris on Sir Matt Busby, Manchester United manager
The voice behind The Old Grey Whistle Test and Radio 2’s country music show, Bob Harris, tells us why Manchester United Football Club manager Sir Matt Busby is his Great Life. Bob and Matthew hear how...
27 Joulu 202227min
Noddy Holder on Chuck Berry
*** Influential rock 'n' roll pioneer, Chuck Berry joins 4 Extra's 100 Club. Born 18th October 1926, he died in 2017 aged 90***Slade frontman Noddy Holder chooses rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry. Ch...
20 Joulu 202227min
Olivia Laing on Christopher Lloyd, Gardener and Writer
Known to his friends as Christo, Lloyd spent his whole life, from childhood until his death aged 85, at work in the same garden: Great Dixter in East Sussex. He wrote a weekly column for Country Life ...
13 Joulu 202227min
Olia Hercules on Alla Horska, Ukrainian painter
"Cooking is like therapy to us. I grew up where my big extended family would come together in summer under the walnut tree. The adults would drink and we’d eat, stories would be told and we'd break in...
9 Joulu 202227min
Bonnie Greer on the Women of the Morant Bay Rebellion
Bonnie Greer OBE, playwright and critic, joins Matthew Parris to make a case for seven women from Jamaica who were hung or shot in 1865 after the Morant Bay Rebellion. Bonnie makes a case that this pe...
28 Syys 202227min
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood nominated by Lesley Garrett
As Grandson of George V, George Lascelles was a first cousin to Queen Elizabeth II and with his distinguished beard and Nero style jackets, he was the very image of aristocracy, moving in the highest ...
13 Syys 202227min
Romy Gill on poet Amrita Pritam
Chef Romy Gill remembers her Mother reading Amrita Pritam's poems to her when she was growing up. Romy was drawn to Amrita's fierce independent spirit and began to learn about her importance as a Panj...
6 Syys 202227min
