My Desert Island Lists: five impossible choices covering books, faith, ideas, music and the people I’d most like around the dinner table.
I’ve always liked the idea behind Desert Island Discs: force yourself to choose, and you discover what really matters. These are my attempts to do just that, although narrowing a lifetime of books, music, ideas and fascinating people down to ten has proved considerably harder than it sounds.
Fiction
Ten novels I’d want with me on the island: books I’ve returned to, remembered and occasionally become rather evangelical about.
Explore my Desert Island Fiction →Faith, Life & the Human Condition
Ten books about faith, meaning, people and the rather complicated business of being human.
Explore Faith, Life & the Human Condition →General Non-Fiction
History, biography, ideas and remarkable true stories: ten non-fiction books that have stayed with me long after I finished reading them.
Explore my Desert Island Non-Fiction →Albums
Ten albums for the island. An almost impossible exercise involving records I love, music tied to particular periods of my life, and some extremely painful omissions.
Explore my Desert Island Albums →The Desert Island Dinner Party
If I could invite ten people from within my lifetime to dinner, who would make the table? Musicians, writers, leaders, faith, humour and enough contrasting personalities to ensure that the conversation would never become dull.
Take a seat at the Dinner Party →