Rt Hon. Denis Healey

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Rt Hon. Denis Healey

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29 minutes

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Aug 26, 1978

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Roy Plomley's castaway is Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey.Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Poetry by W B Yeats
Luxury: Oil painting equipment

Released:

Aug 26, 1978

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Podcast episode

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

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