Desert Island Discs - Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley MP

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Secretary of State for Health, Virginia Bottomley. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the stresses and strains of her job, her public image as a do-gooder and her large extended family with its annual holidays on the Isle of Wight.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Exsultate Jubilate by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Norton's Star Atlas
Luxury: Radio 4's Today programme

Published on Sunday, 3rd October 1993.

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