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Way With Words: writer Robert Macfarlane, from the Desert Island Discs archive

Around 6 Music's Way With Words, an annual celebration of poetry and lyrical artistry on National Poetry, we hear an archive Desert Island Discs clip from writer Robert Macfarlane.

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Thu 2 Oct 202510:00
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Music Played

  • Amyl and the Sniffers

    U Should Not Be Doin That

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • shame

    Spartak

    • Dead Oceans.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    I'm A Man

    • The Best Of.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Sharp Pins

    I Don't Have The Heart

    • Balloon Balloon Balloon.
    • Perennial / K Records.
    • 2.

  • Hyper Go Go

    High

    • High (Original Mix).
    • Hooj Choons.
    • 1.

  • Daniel Avery

    Greasy Off The Racing Line (feat. Alison Mosshart)

    • Domino.

  • Car Seat Headrest

    Gethsemane

    • Matador.

  • Princess Nokia

    Blue Velvet

    • Artist House.

  • Kate Bush

    The Sensual World

    • THE SENSUAL WORLD.
    • EMI.

  • Dick Gaughan

    Now Westlin Winds

    • Handful Of Earth.
    • Topic.
    • 2.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    I Wanna Be Yours

    • Domino Recording.

  • Rufus Wainwright

    When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes (Sonnet 29) (feat. Florence Welch & Ben de Vries)

    • Take All My Loves - 9 Shakespeare Sonnets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

  • Moby

    Where Is Your Pride? (feat. Benjamin Zephaniah)

  • Barry Can't Swim

    Deadbeat Gospel (CLEAN) (feat. somedeadbeat)

    • When Will We Land?.
    • Ninja Tune.

  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads

    What A Waste

    • The Hit Label.

  • Gorillaz

    The Happy Dictator (feat. Sparks)

    • Kong.

  • Stealing Sheep

    U F33L M3

    • GLO (Girl Life Online).
    • G-IRL.

  • Spell Songs

    The Lost Words Blessing

    • The Lost Words.
    • Quercus Records.
    • 14.

  • They Are Gutting a Body of Water

    the chase

    • ATO Records.

  • Erykah Badu

    Love Of My Life Worldwide (feat. Queen Latifah, Angie Stone & Bahamadia)

    • World Wide Underground.
    • Motown.
    • 9.

  • Sudan Archives

    COME AND FIND YOU

    • Stones Throw.

  • Richie Culver

    North Sea Calls

    • I TRUST PAIN.
    • Fixed Abode.

  • NewDad

    Everything I Wanted

    • Fair Youth.

  • Best Coast

    Boyfriend

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Wichita.
    • 1.

  • Magdalena Bay

    Second Sleep

    • Second Sleep.
    • Mom+Pop.

  • The Last Dinner Party

    The Scythe

    • Island.

  • Kojey Radical

    Expensive (feat. Planet Giza)

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Queens of the Stone Age

    Little Sister

    • Interscope.

  • Frank Zappa

    City Of Tiny Lites

    • Sheik Yerbouti.
    • Frank Zappa Catalog.
    • 14.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Three Little Birds

    • Tuff Gong.

  • Lykke Li

    Little Bit

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Moshi Moshi.

  • Elton John

    Tiny Dancer

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Pulp

    Lipgloss

    • Island.

  • Maruja

    Trenches

    • Music For Nations.

  • Babeheaven

    Picture This

    • Scenic Route.

  • Nia Archives & Clipz

    Maia Maia

    • UP YA ARCHIVES.

  • Echobelly

    King Of The Kerb

    • Global Television.

  • Arthur Russell

    Don't Forget About Me

    • Love Is Overtaking Me.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Oct 202510:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music