Susan Boyle

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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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Transmission

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

Susan Boyle — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2010s

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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

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Mary Berry on contracting polio and being isolated in a glass-sided room

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Jackie Mason on ignoring Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas

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