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January 2015
Ed Swanwick
School House, English
Crowded House
Best of Crowded House
The musical genius of the Finn
brothers never gets old.
Blues Brothers
Brilliant film with an awseome sound track
that would essentially mean I had two
albums on my desert island.
Ulysses
James Joyce
I’m probably going to be there a long time,
so I’ll want something to keep me busy and
mentally challenged.
Luxury:
Yacht
Alexis Christodoulou
Mathematics
Global Underground -
Destinations
To remind me of a year in a
pick-up truck windsurfing on the pro circuit.
Cling Film
To keep my BlackBerry waterproof.
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
To remind me of the ever present gift of
grace from strangers.
Luxury:
BlackBerry charger
John Cotton
Music
Monteverdi Vespers
Life-changing music which
reminds me of Venice.
England winning the Ashes in 2005
Memories of a wonderful summer.
Complete works of Shakespeare
I love the plays I know and would love the
time to read the others that I don’t sitting on
a beach with a cool drink.
Luxury:
Internet and BBC iPlayer
Robin Southwell-Sander
Geography
The Who
My Generation
Just to remind me of my
youthful antics!
Life of Brian
There are still a few lines I don’t know off by
heart!
The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein
There is a lot to think about as the sun sets
and I sip on my coconut juice.
Luxury:
Family photo
Matthew Kendry
Crescent, Mathematics
The Clash
London Calling
It’s just the best album ever
made.
A Bridge Too Far
A superb war film with a stellar cast and
epic scope, but also notable for its smaller
moments. Anthony Hopkins packing his
dinner jacket before the airborne drop, the
survivors of the 1st Airborne Division singing
Abide With Me before they are captured.
Use Of Weapons
Iain M. Banks
My favourite author, and there was a
number of his books I could have chosen -
Use of Weapons
probably wins out as it is a
cracking story with a clever chronology, and
a great twist.
Luxury:
Photo of wife and two daughters
Ed Davies
Waste Court, History
Oasis
Definitely Maybe
Awesome and my favourite
band from my teenage years.
This is their best album in my opinion. Great
rock and roll, every song is a classic.
Cold Mountain
A spectacular film that combines emotion,
farce and violence. It’s set in a historical
period I really enjoy and I love the music. I
can watch it time and again.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A fantastic read (I read it in English). I
thought the combination of history, ancestry,
mysticism and reality was brilliant, funny and
moving. Certainly re-readable many times
over and I think I’d notice something new
each time. Great value on a desert Island.
Luxury:
Family photo
Henry Morgan
Mathematics
The Beatles
Abbey Road
It has a bit of everything: the
medley in the second half
has always seemed a great soundtrack
to whatever is going on, particularly when
travelling.
The Graduate
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It’s just a wonderful story, amazingly well told.
Luxury:
Radio tuned to Test Match Special
David Franklin
Classics
Peter Gabriel 4
Brilliantly original, terrifying,
soothing at the same time.
Groundhog Day
Starring Bill Murray - he’s the funniest actor
in the world, and the film is hilarious and
profound. I’ve already watched it about ten
times, and it just gets better.
The Iliad
Homer
It is astonishingly gentle and subtle as well
as huge and exciting. Every time I read
some I find something new.
Luxury:
Pen and paper to write masterpiece
Mike Webb
Design and Technology
Marvin Gaye
I Heard it through
the Grapevine
This was on a compilation tape
on continuous loop in my first car.
Leon (The Professional)
I don’t watch many films and am pretty
useless at remembering names of films or
actors but this one has stuck in my mind
from about 20 years ago.
Papillon
Henri Charrière
It’s the tale of a French fugitive sent to
Devil’s Island in French Guiana and his
endless mental battle and efforts to escape.
I also remember the book because my
mother had told me about it and it was her
copy that I read, she was going through a
battle with cancer at the time and after her
death I kept hold of the book although it has
since fallen apart, I’d find another copy and
take it with me.
Luxury:
Water desalination unit
Adam Jenkins
Lower School, Classics
John Williams
Complete Star
Wars sound track
Simply the best film score
ever written.
Empire Strikes Back
It’s the best of the Star Wars films and
contains what still must be one of the
biggest twists in film history.
The Odyssey
Homer
I am a classicist after all and this does
contain plenty of useful tips on how to
survive being shipwrecked!
Luxury:
Surround sound cinema system
A brief encounter
with our Housemasters
Their choice of music, film, a book and one luxury item for a desert island
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