@RecDiffs / @siracusa / @hotdogsladies
Re: Desert Island Discs
Wonderful that you’ve stumbled across the programme, but I’m sorry to write to both of you regarding a few fundamental misreadings:
1. Such violent tone shifts are not intentional — the current presenter has been under fire since taking over for her interview style (previous presenters were v beloved)
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@RecDiffs @siracusa @hotdogsladies
3. Regarding the Bible “still” being given to each castaway, along w/ the complete works of Shakespeare and one of their choosing, please remember this is the British Broadcasting Corporation, a state funded venture. The head of that state is the King, who happens also to be the head of the Church of England, and effectively God’s representative on earth. Difficult to deviate, therefore, from a bit of subliminal sunday school that’s been running since the 40s
Arthur Laidlaw