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Lady Mosley

Sue Lawley's castaway is British Union of Fascists supporter Lady Mosley.

This episode of Desert Island Discs exists for reference, as part of the most complete possible archive resource of programmes from the long-running series, and was broadcast in 1989. The castaway is Diana Mosley, a Mitford girl who married Sir Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British Union of Fascists. During the interview with Sue Lawley, Lady Mosley discusses her contentious continued denial of the Holocaust and admiration for Adolf Hitler, along with her and her husband’s imprisonment during most of the war years and her close friendship with the neighbours who shared her subsequent exile in France, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

[Programme information updated February 2022]

Favourite track: Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
Book: Books by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Soft pillow

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 1 Dec 1989 09:05
±«Óãtv Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C major 'Jupiter'

    • Mozart Symphony No. 41.
    • EMI.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta diva (from Norma)

    Soloist: Maria Callas Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    • Norma - Callas/Corelli.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral' - Ode to Joy

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Die Walküre

      Soloist: Maria Muller/Wolfgang Windgassen Orchestra: Wurttembergishes State Orchestra

  • Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)

    Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Georges Bizet

    L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (from Carmen)

    Soloist: Julia Migenes Johnson Orchestra: French National Orchestra

    • Bizet: Carmen.
    • Erato.

  • Procol Harum

    A Whiter Shade Of Pale

    • Cube.

  • Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 44

    Soloist: Alexander Brailowsky

  • Book Choice

    • A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu - Marcel Proust

  • Luxury Choice

    • Soft pillow

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Lady Mosley

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Nov 1989 12:15
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4
  • Fri 1 Dec 1989 09:05
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4

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