Last Word

Lord Tebbit, Daphne Boden, James Leprino, Sir Francis Graham-Smith

Published: July 11, 2025

Duration: 27:53

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Lord Tebbit, who as Norman Tebbit was a member of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet, introducing trade union reform and privatisation.

Daphne Boden, the harpist who played for the Queen and taught for more than fifty years at the Royal College of Music.

James Leprino who built a multi-billion-dollar business by supplying cheese to pizza chains.

And the former Astronomer Royal, Sir Francis Graham-Smith, who helped to transform our understanding of the origins of the universe.

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