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Radio 4,24 Apr 2015,28 mins
Margaret Rule, Lord Mason, Dell Williams, Buddy Elias, Brian Couzens
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Matthew Bannister on The archaeologist Margaret Rule who directed the raising of Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose from the sea bed. Lord Mason - who as Labour MP Roy Mason was a tough Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Dell Williams who founded America's first sex boutique for women Buddy Elias, Anne Frank's cousin and the president of the trust which managed her literary legacy. And Brian Couzens who started the Chandos classical music record label and championed British composers.
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