Ulysses

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Ulysses — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Bono
Dame Prue Leith
David Lodge
Derek Walcott
Edna O'Brien
Ian McEwan
Jimmy McGovern
Michael Pollan
Peter Blake
Peter Maxwell Davies
Professor Baruch Blumberg
Professor Monica Grady
Seamus Heaney

Michael Pollan
Castaway · 22 January 2023Lauren Laverne
Bono
Castaway · 26 June 2022Lauren Laverne
Dame Prue Leith

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Castaway · 19 December 2021

·Lauren Laverne

Professor Monica Grady

14°56′S 157°28′W

Professor Monica Grady

Castaway · 26 July 2015Kirsty Young

Edna O'Brien

17°29′S 088°29′W

Edna O'Brien

Castaway · 14 January 2007Kirsty Young

Professor Baruch Blumberg

06°21′S 140°46′W

Professor Baruch Blumberg

Castaway · 19 January 2003Sue Lawley

Ian McEwan

12°05′S 169°43′W

Ian McEwan

Castaway · 16 January 2000Sue Lawley

Jimmy McGovern

19°38′S 043°06′W

Jimmy McGovern

Castaway · 14 January 1996Sue Lawley

Derek Walcott

02°58′S 082°18′W

Derek Walcott

Castaway · 9 June 1991Sue Lawley

Seamus Heaney

02°16′S 057°22′W

Seamus Heaney

Castaway · 19 November 1989Sue Lawley

David Lodge

10°13′S 075°57′W

David Lodge

Castaway · 21 April 1984Roy Plomley

Peter Maxwell Davies

15°46′S 017°29′W

Peter Maxwell Davies

Castaway · 25 June 1983Roy Plomley

Peter Blake

00°25′S 177°48′W

Peter Blake

Castaway · 12 May 1979Roy Plomley