Arthur Schwartz

Tuning in…

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

Arthur Schwartz — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

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Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

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Willie Rushton

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

Willie Rushton on writing 'vile' in a biology exam

Castaway · 18 August 1984Roy Plomley

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George Chisholm on playing piano for silent films in Glasgow aged 14

Castaway · 13 March 1982Roy Plomley