London peace rally

Title

London peace rally

Genre

Interview; Speech; Music

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1976

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:06:08

Description

Jane Ewart-Biggs speaks in an interview about her late husband’s (UK ambassador to Ireland killed by IRA landmine) hopes for peace in Ireland, and how she hopes she can turn the waste of his death into something constructive; she then addresses the London peace rally along similar lines. This is followed by singer-songwriter Joan Baez addressing the rally, and singing, We Shall Overcome. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Jane Ewart-Biggs; Joan Baez

Keywords

Deaths; Peace; London; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; IRA; Demonstrations; Women; Singers; Songwriters; Folk music; Peacebuilding; Diplomats; Vocal music; Women for Peace; Christopher Ewart-Biggs; Peace People

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.