The Latest Breaking News from Desert island Discs

Nick Cave: I’ll retire when I can’t do knee drops anymore

Cave was speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2025

Royal Ballet star Marianela Nunez says she learned English by watching Friends

The 42-year-old was speaking on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2024

The life of Lauren Laverne: from Sunderland punk band beginnings to Desert Island Discs

From Sunderland to Broadcasting House, here’s a look back at Lauren Laverne’s journey to becoming a BBC legend

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2024

‘You lose your sense of self’: Kirsty Young says chronic pain condition caused her to question her own identity

BBC presenter appeared in a special Christmas Day episode of ‘Desert Island Discs’ with Lauren Laverne, where she spoke about her struggles with fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis

The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2022

Spielberg tells of guilt over harm hit film Jaws may have done to sharks

Director tells BBC’s Desert Island Discs he regrets the ‘frenzy of sport fishing’ that followed 1975 thriller’s release

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022

Cate Blanchett, Steven Spielberg and Kirsty Young to star on Desert Island Discs

Broadcaster Young used to present the radio show and recently covered the state funeral of the Queen for the BBC.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2022

Everything we learned from Kate Moss on Desert Island Discs

The supermodel gave the most candid interview of her career. These are the best — and most revelatory — quotes

Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2022

Kate Moss ‘sick and angry’ at being made a scapegoat for taking cocaine

The British supermodel talks candidly on BBC radio’s Desert Island Discs about her drug use, defending Johnny Depp and being ‘objectified and scared’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2022

Kate Moss breaks silence on harrowing reality behind topless shoot when she was just 15

Supermodel Kate Moss recalls the disturbing underwear ­catalogue shoot 33 years ago. She ran away from the photographer as she wasn't comfortable with posing topless

Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022

Adele tells of guilt over cancelled Las Vegas shows, break with her father and being a ‘sad person’

Singer tells BBC Radio’s Desert Island Discs she became a ‘shell of a person’ after deciding the residency could not go ahead

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022