"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." The year 1941 was one of the darkest in London’s history. Beginning the previous September, Adolf ...

Stephen Mangan’s desert island essentials included the Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare and a piano - Clara Molden/The Telegraph As a long-time devotee of Desert Island Discs, I was tickled by ...

Lorraine Kelly to make Radio 2 debut as BBC reveals Christmas line-up - Kelly will present in Jeremy Vine’s slot over the ...

BBC Radio 4 has invited listeners to pick their own eight Desert Island Discs as part of a celebration of the long-running radio show. Listeners can submit their choices on the Desert Island Discs ...

Researchers at the University of Westminster and City University of London analysing the music record choices of guests on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs programme has found that the music we ...

Author Sir Salman Rushdie has revealed his late friend, singer Lou Reed, told him one of his best known songs Walk On The ...

After years of house arrest listening to Dave Lee Travis's pop picks, the Burmese pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi became the selector on Desert Island Discs on Sunday, mixing Burmese folk ...

In a captivating episode of BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs," celebrated author Sir Salman Rushdie opened up about his friendship with the legendary musician Lou Reed. The discussion not only ...

More than 90 lost recordings of BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs have been found by a radio enthusiast from Suffolk. The episodes, which date back to the 1960s, were unearthed by Richard Harrison, ...

The obscure 1974 Dixieland jazz instrumental, recorded by the Wings offshoot the Country Hams, was written by Paul's dad Jim ...