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Radio 4,23 Mar 1986,40 mins

Rt Hon Shirley Williams

Desert Island Discs

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The Rt Hon Shirley Williams is President of the Social Democratic Party. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, she talks about her mother Vera Brittain, her life in America during the war as an evacuee, her career; first as a journalist, then as a politician, and her break with the Labour Party to form the SDP. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Introduction and Allegro For Strings Opus 4 by Edward Elgar Book: Collected poems by W B Yeats Luxury: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ computer

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Introduction and Allegro for Strings
    Introduction and Allegro for Strings
    Edward Elgar
  3. 2.
    War Requiem
    War Requiem
    Benjamin Britten
  4. 3.
    Guys and Dolls (Title Song)
    Guys and Dolls (Title Song)
    Stubby Kaye