Castaway of the week

This week’s edition of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs featured philosopher John Gray

1 Life on Mars, written and performed by David Bowie 2 When The Boat Comes In (Dance Ti Thi Daddy), traditional, arranged by David Fanshawe, performed by Alex Glasgow 3 Main Theme – Carter Takes A Train, written and performed by Roy Budd, featured in Get Carter

4 Romance by Dmitri Shostakovich, performed by Paul Mann with Chloë Hanslip and the London Symphony Orchestra, featured in The Gadfly 5 Englishman in New York, written and performed by Sting 6 Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 by Alexander Scriabin, performed by Grigory Sokolov 7* Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie, performed by Pascal Rogé 8 I. Angelico from Música Callada by Federico Mompou, performed by Herbert Henck Book: The Palm at the End of the Mind by Wallace Stevens Luxury: endless supply of Marmite * Choice if allowed only one record