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Ralph Steadman

Sue Lawley's castaway is cartoonist Ralph Steadman.

Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the political cartoonist Ralph Steadman. His career was launched in 1961 with a five-pound cheque from the satirical magazine Private Eye. Later he collaborated with Hunter S Thompson and illustrated his Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. More recently he's begun to write and illustrate his own books - on Freud, Leonardo da Vinci and God.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Wish You Were Here by Theo Steadman
Book: (The New) La Rousse Encyclopaedia of Mythology
Luxury: Chisels

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 Aug 1998 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

    Soloist: Toby Rix, Willem Breuker Kollektief Orchestra: Mondriaan Strings

    • Metropolis.
    • BVHAAST.

  • Neil Young

    Old Man

    • Decade.
    • Reprise Records.

  • Ronnie Drew

    Brothers In Arms

    • Dirty Rotten Shame.
    • Columbia.

  • William S. Burroughs

    Thanksgiving Prayer

    • Dead City Radio.
    • Island.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Steadman

      Wish You Were Here

  • Eamonn O’Dwyer

    A Child's Carol from Plague and The Moonflower

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Missa Solemnis - Kyrie

    Choir: The Monteverdi Choir Orchestra: Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    • Missa Solemnis.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Norma Waterson

    God Loves A Drunk

    • Norma Waterson.
    • Hannibal Records.

  • Book Choice

    • (The New) La Rousse Encyclopaedia of Mythology

  • Luxury Choice

    • Chisels

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Ralph Steadman

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Aug 1998 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 7 Aug 1998 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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