Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtra
Marcus Wareing is a prize-winning chef, restaurateur, TV presenter and cookery book writer, who gain
Sue Biggs is the Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society. She’s been at the helm of the
Jared Diamond is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, although his i
Emily Eavis is co-organiser of the Glastonbury Festival. Together with her husband and her father,
Nitin Sawhney is a composer, musician and producer working in the worlds of music, film, video games
Professor Monica McWilliams is an academic, peace campaigner and former politician. In 1996, she was
Lubaina Himid is a Turner Prize-winning artist, curator and Professor of Contemporary Art at the Uni
Derren Brown, illusionist and mentalist, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury he want to take w
Pat McGrath is a renowned make-up artist. She works with the world’s top designers, photographers, e
Louis Theroux is a television documentary maker. He has received two BAFTAs and a Royal Television S
Martin Freeman is a multi-award winning actor, best known for his roles as the lovable Tim in BBC Tw
Lauren Laverne’s castaway this week is Jacqueline de Rojas, the President of techUK, the body that r
Marlon James is a writer who won the Man Booker Prize in 2015 for A Brief History of Seven Killings,
Dame Esther Rantzen is best known as the presenter of the long-running TV series That’s Life, which
Trevor Sorbie is known as an innovative hairdresser and is the founder of the charity, MyNewHair. Bo
Professor Margaret MacMillan is a Canadian historian, author and broadcaster. In 2018 she delivered
Ann Cleeves is a crime writer best known for two series of novels, both of which have been adapted f
Cressida Dick is Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.She was born in 1960, the youngest child of
Bob Mortimer is a comedian best known for his work with his comedy partner Vic Reeves. For 30 years,
Wendy Cope is one of England’s most popular and widely-read contemporary poets. Wendy was born in Er
