One that just keeps going

These days I am no longer a habitual listener to radio but that doesn’t prevent me having fond nostalgic memories of The Goons, Radio Luxembourg, Two Way Family Favourites, Radio One’s (Alan Freeman) pop chart show, Round The Horne and I’m Sorry, I’ll Read That Again from my days of being incarcerated in boarding school.

One of the staples of British radio that has survived longer than most was/is Roy Plumley’s Desert Island Discs. On the occasion of its 75th birthday, here’s a piece by Zoe Williams that I happened to come across upon the website of The Guardian earlier today – THE GUARDIAN