PETER HITCHENS: I have recently discovered that the BBC has banned me from Desert Island Discs for life. This is the reason why... and what I'd pick ○
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Desert Island Discs
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28 days ago
Is there a minor celebrity in Britain who has not daydreamed about being on BBC Radio's 'Desert Island Discs'? I certainly have.
32 days ago
Fatboy Slim says he felt paralysed at prospect of DJing sober after rehab ⊕
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Speaking on Desert Island Discs, the Grammy-nominated musician referred to his alcoholism as a parasite
Fatboy Slim has said he felt paralysed and “rigid with fear” at the prospect of DJing sober afte…
60 days ago
BBC in fresh bias row after Desert Island Discs 'bans Nigel Farage' as Reform leader would make woke staff on Radio 4 show 'feel unsafe', biography claims ⊕
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A new biography claims the Reform UK leader will never be invited on to the prestigious Radio 4 show as his presence would make woke Corporation staff feel 'unsafe'.
81 days ago
‘I was in a terrible state’: actor David Morrissey tells how social anxiety led him to alcoholism ⊖⊖
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Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Liverpool-born actor says depression and anxiety followed death of his father when he was 15
The actor David Morrissey has spoken of how “terrible” socia…
3 months ago
Lena Dunham is right that fame is toxic. Unfortunately, we’re all famous now | Emma Beddington ⊖
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Our lives are mediated through social media, which gives us twitchy main-character energy. No wonder we’re not enjoying it
In my teens, I wanted to be famous. I did absolutely nothing to further this …
6 months ago
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.
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…
7 months 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.'
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…