Spencer Silver, Kevin Jackson, Patricia Brown, Asfaw Yemiru - a podcast by BBC Radio 4
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Dr. Spencer Silver, the American chemist who invented the adhesive used in Post It Notes.
Kevin Jackson, the writer, broadcaster and critic described as a “21st century man of letters”.
Patricia Brown, who played a leading role in cracking German codes at Bletchley Park during the second world war.
Asfaw Yemiru, the former street boy from Ethiopia who founded a school for orphans in Addis Ababa which has given free education to thousands of students.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Linda Spencer
Interviewed guest: Art Fry
Interviewed guest: Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed guest: Iona Brown
Interviewed guest: Dr Tessa Dunlop
Interviewed guest: Beneberu Demissie Kassa
Interviewed guest: Revd Canon Tim Kinahan
Archive clips used: Twenty Minutes_Dutch Icons_Vermeer: Radio 3, TX 8.10.2002; Saturday Review: Radio 4, TX 9.11.2019
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