Hello, I'm Kirstie Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.

For Wright's reasons, we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 1980, and the presenter was Roy Plumley. Our cast away this week is a broadcaster, a writer, a poet. It's David Scott Blackhall.

David, what would you be happiest to have got away from?

I haven't given a great deal of thought to that because I spend a fair amount of time on my own.

I can't think of anything that I want to get away from, particularly. Since I lost my sight I feel that the thing I missed least is the

daily newspaper. Yes I remember they had a strike a few years ago and everybody was reading Jane Eyre in the two. Does music mean a lot to?

My taste is rather low-brow in music. I'm a bit despair of my family in that respect.

Do you listen to discs a lot?

Yes, I like listening to records.

Did you find it very difficult to narrow the choice down to eat?

The strange thing was that I put a piece of paper into the braille machine and I straight

away put down eight records and only one alternative in case one of the records I wanted

was not available. But I found that it was so my

original eight of stood. I keep thinking of other records that I would like to

have, but none of the eight that I put down at first will agree to move over and make room for any others so they

really have been my first and last choice. Right. What's the first one?

Well the first one is Edith Pia. I find that when she sings that everything is

all right you know quite well that everything is all wrong and there's something

quite heartbreaking, heart-rending about her records.

Jeunner Regretriand. No, I don't know a regret aria.

Nie le payer.

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