Love in the Time of Cholera

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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

Love in the Time of Cholera — Book · desert is.land

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3 episodes

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1990s

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Tamara Rojo on first seeing a ballet class as a five-year-old
Castaway · 8 June 2014Kirsty Young
Mary Wesley

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

Mary Wesley on not being able to afford a stamp until pension day

Castaway · 22 April 1990Sue Lawley