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On Midweek this week:-
ROZ SAVAGE
She gave up a career in the city for a life of adventure.
She has recently completed the Atlantic Rowing Race - she was the only woman to attempt to row single-handedly from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean in the race. She suffered sores, storms and sleep deprivation, lost communication and battled with broken oars. However, she crossed the finishing line after 103 days alone at sea having rowed 3,000 miles, and in the process she raised funds for the Princes Trust.
DOMINIC DROMGOOLE
He is the new Artistic Director for the new Shakespeare's Globe which opens on 5 May with Coriolanus.
He has written of his passion for Shakespeare: Will and Me - How Shakespeare Took Over My Life, is published by Penguin, £16.99.
ELIZABETH SPELLER
She is a poet, journalist and writer. The remarkable and complicated story of her family has been distilled into a highly acclaimed memoir: The Sunlight on the Garden: A Family in Love, War and Madness, which is published by Granta, at £14.99.
LESLEY BILINDA
She trained as a nurse and in 1989 she went to Rwanda as a health worker. There she met and married Charles Bilinda, a Tutsi. While on holiday she heard news of the genocide. Among the victims her husband and her best friend. She returned 10 years later to try and find their killers, see justice and forgive them in a process of reconciliation.
A DVD was made of the journey Hunting My Husband's Killers.
She has written her story to coincide with the 12th anniversary of the genocide. With What Remains, A Widow's Quest for Truth in Rwanda, is published by Hodder & Stoughton, at £7.99.
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