London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by István Kertész

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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

London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by István Kertész — Artist · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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1980s

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Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis on his youthful plan to be a poet, not a novelist
Castaway · 9 November 1986Michael Parkinson
Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff on her first memory of a caged squirrel
Castaway · 1 October 1983Roy 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

How running out of historical novels led Dorothy Dunnett to write her own

Castaway · 24 April 1982Roy Plomley

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John Blashford-Snell on forming a private army at 14 to defend Herefordshire

Castaway · 30 October 1976Roy Plomley