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Helen Duffett

Any treasures in Nick Clegg’s Desert Island Discs?

By Helen Duffett | Sun 24th October 2010 - 6:02 pm

Nick Clegg appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs this morning, and revealed his eight essential tunes, as well as a book and a luxury item with which to be marooned.

You can listen to the whole programme on iPlayer here but for the record, here’s Nick’s list:

  1. Chopin’s Waltz in A Minor (played by Idil Biret)
  2. Sunday Morning Coming Down (Johnny Cash)
  3. The Cross (Prince)
  4. Petit Pays (Cesaria Evora)
  5. Street Spirit (Radiohead)
  6. Life on Mars (David Bowie)
  7. Waka Waka – the theme to the 2010 World Cup (Shakira)
  8. Schubert’s Impromptu No.3 in G Flat Major (played by Alfred Brendel)
  • Book: The Leopard, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
  • Luxury: A stash of cigarettes

    • As guilty pleasures go, it’s a pretty safe list; Desert Island Discs is a chance for famous people to judiciously bury treasure for the listeners to find, and from there to form their impression.

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    Alex Foster

    Another radio update

    By Alex Foster | Mon 19th January 2009 - 7:01 pm

    As highlighted on LDV last week, Lib Dem deputy leader Vince Cable was Kirsty Young’s guest on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, broadcast on Sunday, repeated Friday (9.00 am), and available online during transmission (but not, I’m afraid, via ‘Listen Again’).

    His musical choices are on the Beeb’s website here. His top book and luxury item?

    Book: A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking
    Luxury: An Aston Martin car

    His appearance generated a fair few headlines:

    ‘Two rings’ Cable is Mr Romantic (The Times);
    Cable reveals his speedy ambition (BBC Online);
    Cable tells of being disowned by father …

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