This week Libby Purves is joined by Robert Pleming, Richard Fortey, Nola Rae and Julian Newman.
ROBERT PLEMING Robert Pleming is Director of the Vulcan To The Sky project. He has masterminded bringing the Vulcan aeoroplane, first built in the 1950s and used during the Falklands War, to the air again. The project reached its climax on 18th October last year when it flew for the first time in 14 years.
RICHARD FORTEY
Richard Fortey is a former palaeontologist at London's Natural History Museum. His new book Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum celebrates the pioneering work of the museum and the eccentric personalities who have worked there. Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum is published by Harper Press.
NOLA RAE Nola Rae is one of Britain's most celebrated mime clowns. In a career spanning over thirty years, Nola originally trained with the Royal Ballet and subsequently with Marcel Marceau. In her latest performance she explores the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Mozart Preposteroso! as part of the London International Mime Festival. Mozart Preposteroso! is at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre from the 21st to 23rd January. The London International Mime Festival runs from 12th - 27th January.
JULIAN NEWMAN
Julian Newman is an undercover investigator for the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), the world’s leading organisation dedicated to exposing crimes against wildlife and the environment such as illegal logging, ivory smuggling and tiger skin trading.
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