A Dictionary of Modern English Usage

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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

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage — Book · desert is.land

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3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

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Decade seen

Castaways who chose this

Robert Powell
Robert Powell on keeping his eyes open without blinking
Castaway · 6 January 1979Roy Plomley
Merle Park
How coffee and cakes helped Merle Park afford her fare to Britain
Castaway · 26 February 1977Roy Plomley
Henry Cecil

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 bottle of aspirin would be Henry Cecil's means of escape

Castaway · 8 July 1972Roy Plomley