EPISODE · Aug 2, 1998 · 35 MIN
Ralph Steadman
from Desert Island Discs · host BBC Radio 4
Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the political cartoonist Ralph Steadman. His career was launched in 1961 with a five-pound cheque from the satirical magazine Private Eye. Later he collaborated with Hunter S Thompson and illustrated his Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. More recently he's begun to write and illustrate his own books - on Freud, Leonardo da Vinci and God.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Wish You Were Here by Theo Steadman Book: (The New) La Rousse Encyclopaedia of Mythology Luxury: Chisels
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Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the political cartoonist Ralph Steadman. His career was launched in 1961 with a five-pound cheque from the satirical magazine Private Eye. Later he collaborated with Hunter S Thompson and illustrated his Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. More recently he's begun to write and illustrate his own books - on Freud, Leonardo da Vinci and God.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Wish You Were Here by Theo Steadman Book: (The New) La Rousse Encyclopaedia of Mythology Luxury: Chisels
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