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Max Hastings
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Jun 15, 1986
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Max Hastings is the new editor of the Daily Telegraph. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about the influence of his father, MacDonald Hastings, about his life as a journalist, first on Londoner's Diary, then as a war correspondent in the Middle East and the Falklands, and he chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: The Tonight Programme by McDonald Hastings
Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Luxury: Word processor linked to a Fleet Street newspaper
Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Luxury: Word processor linked to a Fleet Street newspaper
Released:
Jun 15, 1986
Format:
Podcast episode
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