Desert Isolation Discs: The Independent

Sunday, 2 August 2015

The People's Champion: Journalist Simon Read

Hair-raising: Simon Read in younger days

Simon Read is one of a kind: comfortable sipping Sidecars and talking shop or banging in the goals on a pre-season European footy tour. Known as The People's Champion, he's the fire fighter of personal finance - solving the problems of his readers in The Independent and Evening Standard.

The sunglasses-touting journalist boasts a lengthy career in national newspapers and has also appeared on a raft of radio and TV programmes as an expert guest. An ardent Chelsea supporter, Southender-turned west Londoner and, above all, a massive music fan. Sit back and enjoy his anecdotes. Download the podcast here or stream it below.

Desert Isolation Discs: Journalist Simon Read by Alex Lawson on Mixcloud

About Desert Isolation Discs

Desert Isolation Discs aims to capture the essence of the people we interview through their music choices. We talk to creative types and music lovers about the songs they could not live without if stranded in a desert in a comfortable if lonely situation.

We're very keen to receive contributions so if you would like to interview a friend and send an audio file, or submit your own list, please email shadowplayfanzine[at]hotmail[dot]com or tweet Alex at @alexshadowplay

You can subscribe to the show as a podcast here.

This blog and podcast are an original production. Any resemblance to real radio shows, particularly on the fourth BBC station, is purely coincidental. The songs are shortened in recorded versions for rights reasons.

This blog is led by Alex Lawson who runs ShadowPlay Fanzine.