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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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- TrackArtist
- 1.Symphony No. 5 in C minor - 1st movementSymphony No. 5 in C minor - 1st movementLudwig van Beethoven
- 2.Zadok the PriestZadok the PriestGeorge Frideric Handel
- 3.Archive recording of Nye Bevan speaking at the Anti-Suez rally at Trafalgar SquareArchive recording of Nye Bevan speaking at the Anti-Suez rally at Trafalgar SquareNye Bevan