10 things we learned from Margaret Atwood’s Desert Island Discs

The result was a fully staged production about three synthetic fabrics — Orlon, Nylon, and Dacron — and a love interest named ...
Yahoo

The best Desert Island Discs with sports stars, from Jill Scott to Ian Wright

We’ve all felt the effects of a good episode of Desert Island Discs – crying on the commute, laughing to ourselves in public, singing as we potter about the house. There’s something about the format ...

Margaret Atwood appears on Desert Island Discs, and more: Radio and podcasts of the week

From searing investigations to brilliant radio dramas to the finest comedy, here is your weekly guide to the best audio ...
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Desert Island Discs has nothing to fear from Radio 4’s fitfully amusing new spoof

Stephen Mangan’s desert island essentials included the Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare and a piano - Clara Molden/The Telegraph As a long-time devotee of Desert Island Discs, I was tickled by ...
BBC

Eight things we learned from Lorraine Kelly’s Desert Island Discs

Lorraine Kelly and Lauren Laverne in the Desert Island Discs Studios. When Lorraine moved to the Scottish town of East Kilbride at 13, she didn’t know a soul. “It was a massive secondary school, over ...
MacStories

Jony Ive on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs

Jony Ive has often been a mysterious and guarded personality, and any insight into his mind has always been interesting. So Ive’s appearance today on the BBC’s ‘Desert Island Discs’ was sure to be ...
BroadwayWorld

Lin-Manuel Miranda Talks Childhood, Musical Influences, HAMILTON & More On DESERT ISLAND DISCS

Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared today on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs - the UK's long-running interview programme on which celebrity guests choose their favourite music to take to an imaginary desert ...

Broadcaster Kirsty Young awarded honourary degree from St Andrews University

Broadcaster Kirsty Young has been awarded an honorary degree at the University of St Andrews. Young, who was born in East ...
Pratt Institute

Making the Desert Island Discs Dataset: Data Visceralization and How We Don’t Know What We Know

Making the Desert Island Discs Dataset: data visceralizations and how we don’t know what we know is the result of a Pratt Institute School of Information graduate course, INFO 659: Advanced Projects ...