Thomas Allen

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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

Thomas Allen — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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2000s

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Anthony Julius

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

Anthony Julius on telling Princess Diana he had never done a divorce case

Castaway · 13 November 2009Kirsty Young

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How a girl in the street told Allan Ahlberg he was adopted

Castaway · 14 November 2008Kirsty Young