Steven Isserlis

Tuning in…

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

Steven Isserlis — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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2000s

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Sir Kyffin Williams

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

Kyffin Williams on cutting holes in his own paintings with a Stanley knife

Castaway · 10 June 2001Sue Lawley