Nicky Haslam
Kirsty Young's castaway is interior designer, socialite and one-time cowboy, Nicky Haslam.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the interior designer, socialite and one-time cowboy, Nicky Haslam. His life defies easy description. In America in the 1960s, he was part of Andy Warhol's circle of friends. He got to know Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor and met Cyd Charisse and President Kennedy; and after all that, he became a cowboy. When he returned to Britain he brought the sleek style of the States with him. When he is designing a room, he says, first he lets the room speak to him, then his client - then he gets the last word on how it should look.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: You're Just In Love from Call Me Madam by Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes
Book: A Legacy by Sybille Bedford
Luxury: A large 18th-century picture.
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Maria Callas
Louise: Depuis Le Jour
- Callas A Paris I pretre.
- EMI.
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Nat Gonella
Isle of Capri
- Georgia on my Mind.
- Decca.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes
You're Just In Love (from Call Me Madam)
- 12 Songs from Call Me Madam.
- Decca.
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Lee Wiley
Why Shouldn't I?
- Songs by George & Ira Gershwin & Cole Porter.
- Audiophile.
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Bobby Vinton
Blue Velvet
- Blue Velvet.
- Epic.
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Deanna Durbin
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
- The Best of Deanna Durbin.
- MCA.
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Ren茅e Fleming
The very ending of Daphne
- R. Strauss: Daphne.
- Decca.
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Roxy Music
More Than This
- The Best of the Ballads: Slave to Love.
- CDV.
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Book Choice
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A Legacy - Sybille Bedford
Luxury Choice
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A large 18th-century picture
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Nicky Haslam |
Broadcasts
- Sun 2 Aug 2009 10:00麻豆社 Radio 4 LW
- Sun 2 Aug 2009 11:15麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
- Fri 7 Aug 2009 09:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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