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Mike Lynch, Nell McCafferty, Ruth Colvin, Sven-Göran Eriksson

Matthew Bannister on entrepreneur Mike Lynch, journalist Nell McCafferty, literacy campaigner Ruth Colvin and football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson.

Matthew Bannister on Mike Lynch, who was one of the UK’s most successful tech entrepreneurs.

Nell McCafferty, the Irish journalist and feminist campaigner who took part in the “contraceptive train” protest in 1971.

Ruth Colvin, who founded the American “Literacy Volunteers” organisation to help adults who couldn’t read or write

Sven-Göran Eriksson, the Swedish born football manager who became the first non-British coach of the England football team.

Interviewee: Suranga Chandratillake
Interviewee: David Davis
Interviewee: Susan McKay
Interviewee: Judy Cheatham
Interviewee: Henry Winter

Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ed Prendeville

Archive:
Contraceptives From Belfast, RTE, 1971; Witness, 鶹ƵAV News, 03/12/2016; Ruth Colvin, All things considered, NPR, 10/12/2006; Ruth Colvin, Onondaga Historical Association, YouTube Upload, 07/07/2020; Ruth Colvin, Onondaga Historical Association, YouTube Upload, 01/12/2016; The Real Sven-Goran Eriksson, 鶹ƵAV Radio 5Live; Kammy & Ben's Proper Football Podcast, 鶹ƵAV, 18/11/2022; 鶹ƵAV News at Ten; 20/11/2012; PM, 鶹ƵAV Radio 4, 01/08/24; The Report, 鶹ƵAV Radio 4, 27/12/12

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