Kemi Badenoch reveals her surprise inspiration from Thackeray's 1848 novel Vanity Fair ⊕⊕
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The 46-year-old confesses an unexpected fondness for Thackeray's 1848 novel and his 'aspirational' heroine in today's episode of Desert Island Discs.
I joined the Tories for the partying, says Kemi Badenoch ⊕
The Tory leader opens up about her life and career - and chooses her favourite music - on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
48 days ago
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong says he struggles with impostor syndrome ⊕
Award-winning screenwriter tells Desert Island Discs that success has not silenced self-doubt
The award-winning screenwriter Jesse Armstrong has said a writers’ room can feel like “walking on the moon…
63 days ago
JoJo Moyes: I was about to quit - then wrote a novel that's sold 14million copies and inspired a film starring Emilia Clarke ○
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In an interview with Sunday's Desert Island Discs, the author said: 'I was broke at the time and I was feeling quite depressed because I thought my writing career was coming to an end.'
83 days ago
Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale has become ‘more and more plausible’ ○
Canadian author discusses US under Donald Trump and says setting of dystopian novel has ‘become much closer’
Margaret Atwood has said the plot of her book The Handmaid’s Tale, which depicts a story o…
4 months ago
Rolling Stones’s Ronnie Wood says he is working on new songs with Rod Stewart ○
Speaking on Desert Island Discs, guitarist says pair, who were in the Faces in 1960s, have ‘good body of songs going’
Ronnie Wood and Sir Rod Stewart are again working on songs together before a poten…
12 months ago
iPhone designer still asks: ‘I wonder what Steve Jobs would do?’ – despite being told not to ○
Jony Ive, the man behind the look of Apple’s iconic brands says the firm’s co-founder specifically asked him not to consider ‘what Steve would do’
Sir Jony Ive, the innovative designer of Apple’s iMac…
Pictured: Incredible Wiltshire home actor Stephen Mangan bought with his sisters to help cope with the early deaths of both their parents ○
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Stephen, 56, who has appeared in numerous hit films and TV shows, revealed the house's existence when he appeared on Desert Island Discs this week.
The Krays' former lawyer says the gangsters were 'very polite' but 'undoubtedly guilty' - as she tells of sexism of bosses in the '50s and the shocking reason why she quit the bar ○
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Nemone Lethbridge, who was one of Britain's first female barristers, opened up about her dealings with the gangsters on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
13 months ago
Nick Cave reveals he was 'repelled' by work after the death of his son and how his family are now the 'driving force' behind his work in emotional Desert Island Discs ○
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In a candid and wide-ranging interview, the Australian musician opened up about his battles with grief and heroin addiction on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
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