BBC Radio 4: Great Lives - Marjorie Wallace chooses composer Edward Elgar
Marjorie Wallace is a journalist, author, playwright, campaigner, and broadcaster. She was born in Kenya and spent her childhood in Africa. She studied music with the aim of becoming a pianist. she gave up on that ambition and went on to read Psychology and Philosophy at University College, London.
“Single-minded and fearless, reaching for almost impossible targets, she gets results. She has a fierce mission which gleams impressively in her eye.”
– Polly Toynbee, The Independent on Sunday