The Ashley Book of Knots

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“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

The Ashley Book of Knots — Book · desert is.land

Book

3 episodes

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2000s

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Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig on conducting an imaginary orchestra before her stand-up gigs
Castaway · 29 November 2015Kirsty Young
Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons on writing to Granada to pitch himself for Brideshead Revisited
Castaway · 5 February 2006Sue Lawley

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

Philippe Petit on tearing a magazine page in a dentist's waiting room

Castaway · 10 April 2005Sue Lawley