The late great #NeilSedaka 's death seemed to receive very little coverage.
Lovely tribute on #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social earlier today.
Lovely tribute on #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social earlier today.
March 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The late great #NeilSedaka 's death seemed to receive very little coverage.
Lovely tribute on #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social earlier today.
Lovely tribute on #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social earlier today.
Last Word - Special Edition: #TonySlattery - BBC Sounds
This is a lovely listen folks.
#R4LastWord is always essential listening here.
This is an extended version from today’s programme, a chat between @matthewbannister.bsky.social and #StephenFry on the late great @slatterylive.bsky.social
This is a lovely listen folks.
#R4LastWord is always essential listening here.
This is an extended version from today’s programme, a chat between @matthewbannister.bsky.social and #StephenFry on the late great @slatterylive.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Last Word - Special Edition: #TonySlattery - BBC Sounds
This is a lovely listen folks.
#R4LastWord is always essential listening here.
This is an extended version from today’s programme, a chat between @matthewbannister.bsky.social and #StephenFry on the late great @slatterylive.bsky.social
This is a lovely listen folks.
#R4LastWord is always essential listening here.
This is an extended version from today’s programme, a chat between @matthewbannister.bsky.social and #StephenFry on the late great @slatterylive.bsky.social
Afternoon @matthewbannister.bsky.social
I tune into #R4LastWord religiously every week, so wasn't going to miss out on #DoingDeathDifferently today!
Great start to the series!
As a former domiciliary Clinical Nurse Specialist in palliative care, I've always been very comfortable talking about death.
I tune into #R4LastWord religiously every week, so wasn't going to miss out on #DoingDeathDifferently today!
Great start to the series!
As a former domiciliary Clinical Nurse Specialist in palliative care, I've always been very comfortable talking about death.
April 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Afternoon @matthewbannister.bsky.social
I tune into #R4LastWord religiously every week, so wasn't going to miss out on #DoingDeathDifferently today!
Great start to the series!
As a former domiciliary Clinical Nurse Specialist in palliative care, I've always been very comfortable talking about death.
I tune into #R4LastWord religiously every week, so wasn't going to miss out on #DoingDeathDifferently today!
Great start to the series!
As a former domiciliary Clinical Nurse Specialist in palliative care, I've always been very comfortable talking about death.
😬 Apparently David Niven once said Claudia Cardinale 'was the greatest Italian invention after the spaghetti'. #R4LastWord
September 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
😬 Apparently David Niven once said Claudia Cardinale 'was the greatest Italian invention after the spaghetti'. #R4LastWord
Excellent obituary on #R4LastWord yesterday, including an interview with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
#ClaudetteColvin
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#ClaudetteColvin
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Claudette Colvin’s life should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops | Gary Younge
Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear, says professor of sociology Gary Younge
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Excellent obituary on #R4LastWord yesterday, including an interview with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
#ClaudetteColvin
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#ClaudetteColvin
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another excellent episode of #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
4 people featured today. All incredibly successful in their fields, despite fairly humble/ordinary beginnings.
#DollyParton , legend, #DeirdreMcSharry , journo, #PatEasterling , classicist, and #BillyBoston , 🏉 league icon.
4 people featured today. All incredibly successful in their fields, despite fairly humble/ordinary beginnings.
#DollyParton , legend, #DeirdreMcSharry , journo, #PatEasterling , classicist, and #BillyBoston , 🏉 league icon.
August 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Another excellent episode of #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
4 people featured today. All incredibly successful in their fields, despite fairly humble/ordinary beginnings.
#DollyParton , legend, #DeirdreMcSharry , journo, #PatEasterling , classicist, and #BillyBoston , 🏉 league icon.
4 people featured today. All incredibly successful in their fields, despite fairly humble/ordinary beginnings.
#DollyParton , legend, #DeirdreMcSharry , journo, #PatEasterling , classicist, and #BillyBoston , 🏉 league icon.
Another excellent edition of #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
Particularly liked the tribute to Diana Melly.
Saw the great man play once, an open air concert at The Selsdon Park Hotel in the late 80’s/ early 90’s.
A fabulous and utterly filthy event!
Particularly liked the tribute to Diana Melly.
Saw the great man play once, an open air concert at The Selsdon Park Hotel in the late 80’s/ early 90’s.
A fabulous and utterly filthy event!
February 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Another excellent edition of #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
Particularly liked the tribute to Diana Melly.
Saw the great man play once, an open air concert at The Selsdon Park Hotel in the late 80’s/ early 90’s.
A fabulous and utterly filthy event!
Particularly liked the tribute to Diana Melly.
Saw the great man play once, an open air concert at The Selsdon Park Hotel in the late 80’s/ early 90’s.
A fabulous and utterly filthy event!
#R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social is always essential listening gor me.
After hearing the recent obituary for Scots cook Catherine Brown, with whom I was unfamiliar, I tracked down this book. All the way across the pond!
Some lovely recipes, which I'm looking forward to trying out!
After hearing the recent obituary for Scots cook Catherine Brown, with whom I was unfamiliar, I tracked down this book. All the way across the pond!
Some lovely recipes, which I'm looking forward to trying out!
February 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social is always essential listening gor me.
After hearing the recent obituary for Scots cook Catherine Brown, with whom I was unfamiliar, I tracked down this book. All the way across the pond!
Some lovely recipes, which I'm looking forward to trying out!
After hearing the recent obituary for Scots cook Catherine Brown, with whom I was unfamiliar, I tracked down this book. All the way across the pond!
Some lovely recipes, which I'm looking forward to trying out!
Goodness. The account on #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social of Renee Goddard
being treated like a criminal having fled Germany really resonates.
A neighbour at our 1st house was a German emigre and came to UK as a schoolgirl. She was also treated in same way and banished to Isle of Man.
being treated like a criminal having fled Germany really resonates.
A neighbour at our 1st house was a German emigre and came to UK as a schoolgirl. She was also treated in same way and banished to Isle of Man.
March 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Goodness. The account on #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social of Renee Goddard
being treated like a criminal having fled Germany really resonates.
A neighbour at our 1st house was a German emigre and came to UK as a schoolgirl. She was also treated in same way and banished to Isle of Man.
being treated like a criminal having fled Germany really resonates.
A neighbour at our 1st house was a German emigre and came to UK as a schoolgirl. She was also treated in same way and banished to Isle of Man.
Another fascinating episode of #R4LastWord earlier from @matthewbannister.bsky.social
Had to google the late #RobinWeiss after hearing his obituary.
Stumbled across this article.
How wonderful is this?
microbiologysociety.org/resource/if-...
Had to google the late #RobinWeiss after hearing his obituary.
Stumbled across this article.
How wonderful is this?
microbiologysociety.org/resource/if-...
If microbes avoid racial and gender bias, so should microbiologists
<a href="https://www.unesco.org/en/days/tolerance" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">UNESCO’s International Day for Tolerance</a> takes place annually on 16 November and <a href="https:/...
microbiologysociety.org
March 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Another fascinating episode of #R4LastWord earlier from @matthewbannister.bsky.social
Had to google the late #RobinWeiss after hearing his obituary.
Stumbled across this article.
How wonderful is this?
microbiologysociety.org/resource/if-...
Had to google the late #RobinWeiss after hearing his obituary.
Stumbled across this article.
How wonderful is this?
microbiologysociety.org/resource/if-...
September 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Another excellent episode of #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
A particularly fine tribute to #WilliamOrbit
A particularly fine tribute to #WilliamOrbit
August 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Another excellent episode of #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
A particularly fine tribute to #WilliamOrbit
A particularly fine tribute to #WilliamOrbit
Mea culpa! I most certainly did.
*Hangs head in shame!*
Out of interest, is #R4LastWord the correct #?!
(As you may have guessed I love #R4Profile too!)
*Hangs head in shame!*
Out of interest, is #R4LastWord the correct #?!
(As you may have guessed I love #R4Profile too!)
June 14, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Mea culpa! I most certainly did.
*Hangs head in shame!*
Out of interest, is #R4LastWord the correct #?!
(As you may have guessed I love #R4Profile too!)
*Hangs head in shame!*
Out of interest, is #R4LastWord the correct #?!
(As you may have guessed I love #R4Profile too!)
I saw #MollyParkin once, late at night in the now sadly gone, 24 hour beigel bake shop in Brick Lane, in the early 80's!
#R4LastWord
#R4LastWord
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I saw #MollyParkin once, late at night in the now sadly gone, 24 hour beigel bake shop in Brick Lane, in the early 80's!
#R4LastWord
#R4LastWord
Another excellent edition of #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
Interestingly the obit of #JamesWatson , although acknowledging the fact that the missing part of the jigsaw in search for #DNA was after seeing #RosalindFranklin ‘s photo 51, was in fact taken by her student Ray Gosling.
Interestingly the obit of #JamesWatson , although acknowledging the fact that the missing part of the jigsaw in search for #DNA was after seeing #RosalindFranklin ‘s photo 51, was in fact taken by her student Ray Gosling.
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Another excellent edition of #R4LastWord with @matthewbannister.bsky.social
Interestingly the obit of #JamesWatson , although acknowledging the fact that the missing part of the jigsaw in search for #DNA was after seeing #RosalindFranklin ‘s photo 51, was in fact taken by her student Ray Gosling.
Interestingly the obit of #JamesWatson , although acknowledging the fact that the missing part of the jigsaw in search for #DNA was after seeing #RosalindFranklin ‘s photo 51, was in fact taken by her student Ray Gosling.