Image: Roy Plomley relaxes on his desert island for an Arena Special in 1981. Desert Island Discs was devised by Roy Plomley, who presented the first edition on 29 January 1942. It was recorded ...

Ivan Krastev, a liberal Bulgarian political philosopher and commentator, likened the current moment to 1989 - a year of “radical rupture” when the Soviet bloc fell and hopes for liberal ...

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