Tomás Méndez

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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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Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Tomás Méndez — Composer · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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2010s

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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

Sarah Doukas on spotting a potential model in a Waitrose queue

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Mary Portas on her tearful supermarket encounter with her father's second wife

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