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Sir Leon Brittan

Sir Leon Brittan

FromDesert Island Discs


Sir Leon Brittan

FromDesert Island Discs

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 1993
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Sir Leon Brittan. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about life as one of Britain's European Commissioners in Brussels, where he has been for the last five and a half years, since his resignation over the Westland affair. He'll also be looking back on his glittering early career - winning an Exhibition to Cambridge at 16, a double first in English and Law, and becoming, at 41, the youngest member of the Cabinet.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Sonnet No 116 by William Shakespeare
Book: The collected works by Geoffrey Chaucer
Luxury: Collection of large-scale Ordnance Survey maps of England
Released:
Jun 27, 1993
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.