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Anthony Howard

Sue Lawley's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Anthony Howard.

Sue Lawley's guest this week is the journalist Anthony Howard. He's worked on The New Statesman, The Observer and The Sunday Times, where as Obituaries Editor, he turned a previously dead-end job into a highly competitive art form. A regular television commentator, he probably inherited his gift for oratory from his father, a parson who gave stirring sermons.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: The Toasting Song (from La Traviata - Act One) by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Dictionary of National Biography
Luxury: Camp bed

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Fri 4 Jun 199909:00
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C minor - 1st movement

    • The Works of Sir Henry J Wood.
    • Dutton Laboratories.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest

    • Coronation Of H.M Queen Elizabeth II.
    • EMI.

  • Nye Bevan

    Archive recording of Nye Bevan speaking at the Anti-Suez rally at Trafalgar Square

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Gee, Officer Krupke (from West Side Story)

    • Sondheim Songbook.
    • Sony.

  • Tom Lehrer

    When You Are Old And Grey

    • Revisited.
    • Reprise.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi) (from La traviata)

      • La Traviata.
      • Decca.

  • Joan Baez

    We Shall Overcome

    • In Concert.
    • Vanguard.

  • Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral

    The Day Thou Gavest

    • Praise to the Lord.
    • Helios.

  • Book Choice

    • Dictionary of National Biography

  • Luxury Choice

    • Camp bed

Credits

PresenterSue Lawley
Interviewed GuestAnthony Howard

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 May 199911:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 4 Jun 199909:00
    BBC Radio 4

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