Christy Moore — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Christy Moore — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Christy Moore

5 episodes

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5

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2000s

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Christy Moore
David Linley
Jackie Charlton
Marian Keyes
Professor Phil Scraton

Professor Phil Scraton
Phil Scraton on watching a poor boy punished in assembly and knowing it was wrong
Castaway · 5 November 2017Kirsty Young
Marian Keyes
Marian Keyes on the barbecue where her crippling depression started
Castaway · 12 March 2017Kirsty Young

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Most requested
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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Christy Moore on his father's death after a routine toenail operation

Castaway · 17 June 2007Kirsty Young

10°39′S 171°09′W

David Linley

David Linley on running his hands along the underside of furniture to check the finish

Castaway · 3 February 2002Sue Lawley

Jackie Charlton

12°27′S 057°49′W

Jackie Charlton

Jackie Charlton on fighting for the warmest spot in his childhood bed

Castaway · 20 October 1996Sue Lawley