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Helena Kennedy QC

Sue Lawley's castaway is human rights lawyer Helena Kennedy QC.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the QC Helena Kennedy. In 1992 she published a book which drew attention to the way English law discriminates against women. She called it Eve was Framed. It began a debate into how we view defendants and victims and how our judges are trained. Born into a working-class family living on the south side of Glasgow, she recently entered the House of Lords. She says her father, a newspaper packer and an active trade unionist, would have been 'amused but proud'.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Cello Suite No 1 in G Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Aeneid by Virgil
Luxury: Goose down duvet

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Fri 30 Jan 1998 09:05
成人快手 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Judy Collins

    My Father

    • Colours Of The Day.
    • Elektra.

  • The Fureys & Davey Arthur

    The Green Fields Of France

    • The Fureys' Finest.
    • Castle Communications.

  • Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin

    Missa Luba Sanctus

    • Missa Luba.
    • Philips.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Boh猫me)

    • Grandi Voci.
    • Decca.

  • Ben E. King

    Stand By Me

    • Love Songs.
    • Radioplay.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere

    Performer: Roy Goodman. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • The World of King鈥檚.
    • Decca.

  • Thuli Dumakude

    Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika

    • Cry Freedom.
    • M.C.A..

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G major

      • J.S. Bach, The Three Cello Suites.
      • EMI.

  • Book Choice

    • Aeneid - Virgil

  • Luxury Choice

    • Goose down duvet

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Helena Kennedy QC

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Jan 1998 12:15
    成人快手 Radio 4
  • Fri 30 Jan 1998 09:05
    成人快手 Radio 4

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