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Desert Island Discs


May 29, 2022
BTAM 8GR8 Songs #5
Music to Grieve to Picture: Angela Delaney, music therapist / Credit: The Leukaemia Foundation An Evolving Series Neurosurgeon Simon...
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Mar 20, 2022
BTAM 8GR8 Songs #4
Charity CEO Alex Lochrane Picture: Alex Lochrane was appointed CEO of The Brain Tumour Charity in January 2022 / Credit: The Brain Tumour...
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Mar 11, 2022
BTAM 8GR8 Songs #2
Model and Actor Mandy Lomax Picture: Mandy Lomax with a new outlook on life / Credit: Mandy Lomax Episode one of The Hub's Brain Tumour...
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Feb 19, 2022
BTAM 8GR8 Songs #1
Neurosurgeon Simon Stapleton Picture: Neurosurgeon Simon Stapleton as he greets patients in the consulting room Credit: Simon Stapleton...
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Jan 8, 2022
My Life in Cars
By Dr Paul Walker YouTube video: Helen Mirren | Interview & Lap | Top Gear The Hub's Desert Island Discs extends the BBC's Roy Plumley's...
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Dec 30, 2021
Kathy Maskens: Desert Island Discs
From Music to Dance to Nursing Picture: Kathy Maskens' 80s nursing badge in her maiden name of Biggs / Credit: Kathy Maskens Christmas is...
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Nov 15, 2021
Desert Island Discs: Elizabeth Bennett
Music to Teach Students By Picture: Bristol Balloon Fiesta over the Clifton Suspension Bridge / Credit: www.westcountrygames.co.uk Our...
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Oct 16, 2021
Beccy Bowden's Desert Island Discs
Music for a Community to Listen to Picture: Christ the Redeemer overlooking Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Credit: Facts.net The...
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Aug 11, 2021
Test Match Special: Dr Abhay Bajpai
Dr Abhay Bajpai, Arrhythmia Specialist Epsom General Hospital Picture: Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India / Credit:...
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Jul 14, 2021
Pauline Lee's Desert Island Discs
A Life in North Dublin Inner City Picture: Pauline Lee (right) as a young girl in Dublin's Summer Hill in the North Inner City in the...
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Jul 12, 2021
Dave's Desert Island Discs
Golf Coach David Stewart Picture: Golf coach David Stewart practising his swing / Credit: Horton Park Golf School The Hub's golf coach,...
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Jun 24, 2021
Elizabeth le Sueur's Desert Island Discs
A Life to Fine Music Picture: Elizabeth le Sueur in Cape Town on her 81st birthday / Credit: Jacques le Sueur London to Cape Town, June...
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Jul 24, 2020
John Tilston's Desert Island Discs
What is it like to live on the other side of history? On Desert Island Discs the show for ordinary people living extraordinary lives join...
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Jul 24, 2020
Joy Ridley's Desert Island Discs
Musical Joy Ridley, takes us on a heartfelt tale, with some beautiful music, of family life, emigrating to Australia ...
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Jun 12, 2022
Music Therapy & Epsom
The racecourse town as a music therapy pioneer "Musick is a roaring-meg against melancholy, to rear and revive the languishing soul:...
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Apr 19, 2022
Poet's Corner VIII: Ukraine
with Audrey Ardern-Jones A new audio recording and crop of poems and images from Audrey Ardern-Jones drops into The Hub's in box. This...
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Mar 14, 2022
Christ of St John of the Cross
By Salvador DalÃ: A Reflection by Charles A Holme Image: Salvador DalÃ, Christ of Saint John of the Cross, c. 1951 Oil on canvas 204 x...
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Feb 20, 2022
Poet's Corner VII: Grandsons
with Audrey Ardern-Jones Another month. Another welcome couplet of poems from Audrey Ardern-Jones. This time on the theme of grandsons....
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Feb 5, 2022
The Hippocrates Prize
For Poetry and Medicine 2022 with Emeritus Professor Michael Hulse Picture: Hippocrates - inspiration for Medicine and Poetry / Credit:...
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Dec 6, 2021
The Hard Border
A Plea in Verse from Leitrim by Séamus O'Rourke Picture: Picturesque North Leitrim Glens - Leitrim, a county of 140 lakes but only 30,000...
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Nov 15, 2021
Desert Island Discs: Elizabeth Bennett
Music to Teach Students By Picture: Bristol Balloon Fiesta over the Clifton Suspension Bridge / Credit: www.westcountrygames.co.uk Our...
120 views


Oct 31, 2021
Poet's Corner V: The Wind
with Audrey Ardern-Jones The Hub's resident poet, Audrey Ardern-Jones, follows our autumn playlist with a pair of poems inspired by the...
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Oct 28, 2021
Autumn with Kiss
Otoño con Beso A Poem by Eimao Martin Calvo The Lovers' Harvest / Credit: An original image by Eimao Martin Calvo Following the updated...
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Sep 21, 2021
Poet's Corner IV: Aunts
with Audrey Ardern-Jones In this episode of Poet's Corner Audrey Ardern-Jones, The Hub's resident poet, takes a break from reading animal...
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Sep 7, 2021
Poet's Corner III: Animals
with Audrey Ardern-Jones In episode three of Poet's Corner, Audrey continues the theme of nature with poems about two "wonderful,...
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Aug 21, 2021
Poet's Corner II: Trees
with Audrey Ardern-Jones The inaugural Poet's Corner with Audrey Ardern-Jones with animal poems Snake by DH Lawrence and Audrey's Prize...
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Aug 6, 2021
Poet's Corner I: Snake & Ant
with Audrey Ardern-Jones The Hub is delighted to announce, after such a brilliant introduction with the Remember Emily Wilding Davison...
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Jul 20, 2021
Remember Emily Wilding Davison
Picture: Audrey Ardern-Jones and Emily Wilding Davison together in the sunshine on Epsom High Street / Credit: Audrey Ardern-Jones Emily...
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Jul 5, 2021
Save the Bulls! Salvemos Los Toros!
DREAM, BULL by Eimoa Martin Calvo Picture: The logo of the "Save the Bulls! - Salvemos Los Toros!" Facebook group / Credit: Eimoa Martin...
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Jun 30, 2021
Endless Poetry
A Playlist for Poetry Lovers Picture: An image from the "How Does The Great Dolly Parton Write a Song" blog / Credit: The Literary Hub...
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Jun 18, 2021
The Final Shift
By Charles Holme Image: The Miner - a charcoal drawing / Credit: Charles Holme The Final Shift The earth has moved and all my life has...
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