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Kirsty Young's castaway is Hollywood's prototype dizzy blond, Goldie Hawn.
Like most things in Tinseltown the image is somewhat at odds with the reali…
13 years, 6 months ago
Craig Brown
Kirsty Young's castaway is the critic and satirist Craig Brown.
A prolific writer, he's lampooned everyone from DH Lawrence to Victoria Beckham and, …
13 years, 7 months ago
Baroness Campbell
Kirsty Young's castaway is the campaigner Baroness Jane Campbell.
She was born with a degenerative condition and her parents were told she would not …
13 years, 7 months ago
Mary Berry
Mary Berry is one of the UK's best-known and respected cookery writers. More than six million copies of her books have now been sold - not bad for a …
13 years, 8 months ago
Akram Khan
Kirsty Young's castaway is the dancer and choreographer Akram Khan.
A child of Bengali immigrants, he started learning Indian dance almost as soon as …
13 years, 8 months ago
Simon McBurney
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor, writer and director Simon McBurney.
It's 30 years since he set up the ground-breaking theatre company Complicit…
13 years, 8 months ago
Martina Navratilova
Kirsty Young's castaway is the legendary tennis player, Martina Navratilova.
In an extraordinary career she's won 59 Grand Slam titles - her last jus…
13 years, 8 months ago
Charles Jencks
Kirsty Young's castaway is the architectural critic and writer Charles Jencks.
Born in America, for the past four decades he has lived and worked in B…
13 years, 9 months ago
John Bishop
Kirsty Young's castaway is the comedian John Bishop.
Growing up on a Merseyside council estate, his early ambition was to play football for Liverpool …
13 years, 9 months ago
Ahdaf Soueif
Kirsty Young's castaway is the Egyptian writer and commentator Ahdaf Soueif.
She was the first Muslim woman to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize and…
13 years, 9 months ago