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Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Desert Island Discs: Maxwell Hutchinson

01/09/1991

Maxwell Hutchinson

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Sue Lawley's castaway is architect Maxwell Hutchinson

Sue Lawley's castaway is architect Maxwell Hutchinson.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the architect Maxwell Hutchinson. Unafraid of controversy, he attacked Prince Charles' criticisms of contemporary architecture - a move which secured him presidency of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his love of tower blocks and requiem masses, of 17th-century cottages and his desire to write a number one hit.

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

Favourite track: First Symphony In A Flat Minor Slow Movement by Edward Elgar
Book: The Four Quartets by T S Eliot
Luxury: Guitar

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