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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Desert island discs - What They Never Told You

Nick Cave: I’ll retire when I can’t do knee drops anymore

Cave was speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

Evening Standard

Royal Ballet star Marianela Nunez says she learned English by watching Friends

The 42-year-old was speaking on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.

Evening Standard

The life of Lauren Laverne: from Sunderland punk band beginnings to Desert Island Discs

From Sunderland to Broadcasting House, here’s a look back at Lauren Laverne’s journey to becoming a BBC legend

Evening Standard

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Desert Island Discs presenter Lauren Laverne reveals she has cancer

Broadcaster, 46, says disease has been diagnosed early and she is expected to make a full recovery

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Lauren Laverne has ruined Desert Island Discs: bring back Kirsty Young

It seems like the same programme. The dreamy opening theme with its soaring strings, the cosy tête-à-tête between host and guest, the interspersed tracks ranging from classical to pop to world music. But there is something wrong with Desert Island Discs, whose guest today is Delia Smith. Like other fans…

Evening Standard

Nina Simone is first black person to be Desert Island Discs’ most selected artist of year

Exclusive: Analysis shows change in guests and tastes help jazz musician keep classical music off top spot

The Guardian - UK

Desert Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young 'lost her sense of self' due to chronic pain

Former Desert Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young departed as host of the show in 2018 because of her fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis and has since returned

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‘You lose your sense of self’: Kirsty Young says chronic pain condition caused her to question her own identity

BBC presenter appeared in a special Christmas Day episode of ‘Desert Island Discs’ with Lauren Laverne, where she spoke about her struggles with fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis

The Independent UK

Spielberg tells of guilt over harm hit film Jaws may have done to sharks

Director tells BBC’s Desert Island Discs he regrets the ‘frenzy of sport fishing’ that followed 1975 thriller’s release

The Guardian - UK

Cate Blanchett, Steven Spielberg and Kirsty Young to star on Desert Island Discs

Broadcaster Young used to present the radio show and recently covered the state funeral of the Queen for the BBC.

The Independent UK

Everything we learned from Kate Moss on Desert Island Discs

The supermodel gave the most candid interview of her career. These are the best — and most revelatory — quotes

Evening Standard

Kate Moss ‘sick and angry’ at being made a scapegoat for taking cocaine

The British supermodel talks candidly on BBC radio’s Desert Island Discs about her drug use, defending Johnny Depp and being ‘objectified and scared’

The Guardian - UK

Kate Moss breaks silence on harrowing reality behind topless shoot when she was just 15

Supermodel Kate Moss recalls the disturbing underwear catalogue shoot 33 years ago. She ran away from the photographer as she wasn't comfortable with posing topless

Daily Mirror

Adele tells of guilt over cancelled Las Vegas shows, break with her father and being a ‘sad person’

Singer tells BBC Radio’s Desert Island Discs she became a ‘shell of a person’ after deciding the residency could not go ahead

The Guardian - UK

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King's coronation: Who is Kirsty Young and why did she step down from Desert Island Discs?

Kirsty Young will be presenting a lot of the BBC's coverage of King Charles's coronation

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