Camila Batmanghelidjh
Kirsty Young's castaway is campaigner Camila Batmanghelidjh.
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the children's campaigner Camila Batmanghelidjh. Camila Batmanghelidjh has devoted her life to the kind of children most people would cross the street to avoid - youngsters who are often violent, don't go to school and who are unfamiliar with a stable family life. More than a decade ago she took over a run of disused railway arches in South London to set up a centre offering food, advice, education and counselling. Now her outreach projects serve more than 11,000 children each year and, such is her success, she's feted by celebrities and courted by politicians.
The product of a wealthy Iranian family herself, she decided early on that her vocation lay in working with children and that this was a task she could not combine with motherhood. Last week she was named Woman of the Year in recognition of her ground-breaking work.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Redemption Song by Bob Marley
Book: Being and Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre
Luxury: A yoyo
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Eminem
Mockingbird
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade - 2nd movement
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Jacques Brel
Ne Me Quitte Pas
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Choir of Cregagh Presbyterian Church, Belfast
Amazing Grace
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E Minor
Soloist: Jacqueline du Pré Orchestra: The London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli
- Jacqueline Du Pré: A lasting Inspiration.
- EMI.
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Luther Vandross
Dance with My Father
- Dance with My Father.
- J Records.
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Bob Marley
Redemption Song
- Legend - the Best of Bob Marley.
- Tuff Gong.
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Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata - 1st movemernt
Soloist: Miroslav Rostropovich & Rudolf Serkin
- Brahms: Die Cellosonaten: Rostropovich/Serkin.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Being and Nothingness - Jean Paul Sartre
Luxury Choice
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A yoyo
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Camila Batmanghelidjh |
Broadcasts
- Sun 22 Oct 2006 11:15Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4
- Fri 27 Oct 2006 09:00Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4
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