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Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley MP
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996
English - October 03, 1993 10:15 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture comedy interview news politics business entrepreneurship culture health books leadership Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Secretary of State for Health, Virginia Bottomley. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the stresses and strains of her job, her public image as a do-gooder and her large extended family with its annual holidays on the Isle of Wight.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Exsultate Jubilate by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Norton's Star Atlas
Luxury: Radio 4's Today programme