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Jane Gardam’s dispatches from the past

New Statesman 07 May 2025
... resonant as the human dilemmas of love and loss depicted by Chekhov or Tolstoy (when she appeared on Desert Island Discs in 2017, Gardam said she would take War and Peace as her book of choice).
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Zoe Ball pays tribute to her late partner Billy Yates eight years after his death ...

The Daily Mail 05 May 2025
In an emotional interview on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in February 2020, Zoe spoke of Billy's death and the grief she endured after he took his own life ... Speaking candidly to Discs host Lauren ...
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Billion-dollar nepo babies! Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe and Sir Paul McCartney's grandson Arthur make rare ...

The Daily Mail 05 May 2025
When asked about what song he would use to describe his relationship with the late Steve Jobs - the founder of Apple, Microsoft's main competitor - on the BBC's Desert Island Discs show, Bill used a ...
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'I can't even stand unassisted, let alone walk, but I'm looking forward to my new ...

The Daily Mail 03 May 2025
‘I can’t!’ I bleat to the physio ... It’s scary ... I answer his questions frankly for an hour and at the end I say sweetly, ‘If you need more, I can be heard talking about my deepest feelings on Desert Island Discs from 2013, available on BBC Sounds.’ ... .
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason: ‘I had to place Black and classical next to each other in a way that made perfect sense’

The Observer 02 May 2025
I appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs in January 2024 ... My truthful and understated remark on Desert Island Discs, that the song made many of us “uncomfortable” was greeted with an ...
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‘Music is never fixed in me’ … cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason on surviving a ‘volcano of racism’

The Observer 02 May 2025
I saw Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s cello case before I saw him – strapped to his back, making him taller ... But when he appeared on Desert Island Discs last year, he was asked if he thought Rule, Britannia! ought to be part of the festival finale ... “No.” ... Share ... .
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How Is Emily Blunt Related to Stanley Tucci? Relationship Explained

Coming Soon 29 Apr 2025
Tucci mentioned during an interview for BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that he at one point considered breaking things off with Felicity due to their 21-year age difference, but acknowledged ...
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Cate Blanchett, 55, stuns in a green three-piece suit as she leads stars at National Theatre ...

The Daily Mail 29 Apr 2025
'It's because I'm giving up [acting] ... 'That special space was where my 16-year-old encountered Desert Island Discs and now he's completely obsessed with it, and, because the school run is quite long, it's where I listen to long-form radio drama.' ... .
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David Beckham's honest take on fatherhood amid ongoing family drama

The News International 22 Apr 2025
David Beckham reflects on life after his daughter Harper ...Never again.” ... I think she’s the best.” ... During his conversation with Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 in 2017, David dedicated Michael Jackson’s The Girl Is Mine to his daughter ... .
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Cate Blanchett's co-star Richard Roxburgh reveals how she made 'a complete idiot of herself' on ...

The Daily Mail 22 Apr 2025
'Cate is incredibly brave ... I am serious.' ... 'That special space was where my 16-year-old encountered Desert Island Discs and now he's completely obsessed with it, and, because the school run is quite long, it's where I listen to long-form radio drama.'.
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