Fay Weldon
Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Fay Weldon.
The writer Fay Weldon joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs.
The author of dozens of novels, essays and radio and TV dramas, she says she spends so much time inventing characters and storylines that the distinction between fact and fiction has become blurred.
As a child, Fay Weldon believed she had a second sight - seeing people who weren't there and hearing voices that no-one else could hear. As an adult, her perceptive nature has served her well too and she says: "I think I know what goes on in other people's heads - more than most people do."
Record: Rockin' My Life Away -Jerry Lee Lewis
Book: Kennedy's Latin Primer
Luxury: A shotgun.
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Rockin' My Life Away
- The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology.
- Rhino.
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Franz Schubert
Heidenr枚slein, D257
Soloist: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gerald Moore
- Lieder.
- EMI.
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Buffy Sainte鈥怣arie
Little Wheel Spin and Spin
- Little Wheel, Spin and Spin.
- Vanguard.
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Dick Curless
A Tombstone Every Mile
- Country Shots: Gear-Jammin鈥� Greats.
- Rhino.
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Sarah Walker, Henry Hereford and Guildford Choral Society
Antiphon
- Five Tudor Portraits/ Five Mystical Songs.
- Helios.
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Andra Sparks and Nick Weldon
People We Once Knew
- People We Once Knew.
- Verge.
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Nick Fox
Worst Fears
Artist: Lynda Hayes
- Worst Fears.
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Grateful Dead
Touch of Grey
- In The Dark.
- Arista.
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Book Choice
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Kennedy's Latin Primer - Benjamin Hall Kennedy
Luxury Choice
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Shotgun
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Fay Weldon |
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 May 2010 11:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 14 May 2010 09:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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