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Radio 4,30 Aug 2013,28 mins

An Irish poet, a woman stockbroker, a Roma King and a Welsh rugby player

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Matthew Bannister on: Seamus Heaney - the Nobel prize winning poet who combined critical acclaim with popularity Muriel Siebert - the first woman to buy a seat on the New York stock exchange Florin Cioaba - the Romanian who was self-proclaimed king of the Roma people And Cliff Morgan - the Welsh rugby international turned commentator and broadcaster.

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