Come, Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 — Henry Purcell

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Come, Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 — Henry Purcell — Song · desert is.land

Song

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Archie Norman on creating a standing room to prevent dozing during meetings
Castaway · 1 March 1998Sue Lawley
Penelope Lively

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

Penelope Lively on being told by her publisher she hadn't won the Booker Prize

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Robert Dougall on watching wax models writhe in a fire during the Blitz

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