Richard Hoggart
Sue Lawley's castaway is academic and writer Richard Hoggart.
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the academic and author Richard Hoggart. Nearly 40 years ago, he wrote the hugely influential Uses of Literacy. In it, he argued that the working classes were being short changed - both by rampant consumerism and by the dross he felt was being churned out by the mass media.
Cast well away from materialism and the media on the desert island, he'll be talking about how he now feels about his original thesis and about his own working-class background in Leeds, where he was orphaned at an early age.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Fidelio: The Prisoner's Chorus From Act One by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Essays by Michel de Montaigne
Luxury: Fountain pen and paper
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Music Played
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Ella Fitzgerald
Slumming On Park Avenue
- The Irving Berlin Songbook Vol 2.
- Verve.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata Prelude to Act 1
Orchestra: The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
- La Traviata.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Jake Thackray
The Castleford Ladies Magic Circle
- The Castleford Ladies Magic Circle.
- EMI.
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor
Soloist: Jacqueline Du Pre
- Elgar Cello Concerto.
- CBS.
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Clarence 鈥淔rogman鈥 Henry
I Don't Know Why I Love You But I Do
- You Always Hurt The One You Love.
- Pye.
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W. H. Auden
The Shield Of Achilles
- Spoken Arts.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Prisoners' Chorus (from Fidelio)
Orchestra: The Vienna Opera Orchestra
- Fidelio.
- Decca.
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Philip Larkin
An Arundel Tomb
- The Whitsun Weddings.
- Listen Music.
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Book Choice
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Essays - Michel de Montaigne
Luxury Choice
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A bird feeder
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Sue Lawley |
Interviewed Guest | Richard Hoggart |
Broadcasts
- Sun 15 Oct 1995 12:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 20 Oct 1995 09:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 10 Mar 1996 12:15大象传媒 Radio 4
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