John Williams with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim

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desert is.land

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

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

John Williams with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim — Artist · desert is.land

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How running out of historical novels led Dorothy Dunnett to write her own
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Terry Hands
Terry Hands on applying to RADA as an afterthought
Castaway · 8 August 1981Roy Plomley

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Rita Streich on being held tight by her mother as wolves approached the sledge in Siberia

Castaway · 15 July 1978Roy Plomley