The Mighty Sparrow

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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

The Mighty Sparrow — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

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Peter Doig
Peter Doig on a forged painting signed 'Pete Doigie'
Castaway · 9 July 2023Lauren Laverne
Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald on crying to Beethoven after witnessing apartheid
Castaway · 24 April 1994Sue Lawley
Derek Walcott

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 a letter from Robert Graves moved Derek Walcott to tears

Castaway · 9 June 1991Sue Lawley