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Gareth Southgate on Desert Island Discs
Gareth Southgate
Just before Christmas, Gareth Southgate OBE was the guest on BBC 4's Desert Island Discs and made a reference to Daphne du Maurier during his conversation with presenter Lauren Laverne.
He is the most successful England men's football manager in the modern game, resigning from the role at the end of Euro 2024 when England lost in the final to Spain 2-1.
He is an Ambassador for The Prince's Trust and Help for Heroes.
Here is the list of music Gareth chose:
DISC ONE: The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
DISC TWO: Rainy Days and Mondays - Carpenters
DISC THREE: Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
DISC FOUR: The Whole of the Moon - Waterboys
DISC FIVE: One - Mary J. Blige, U2
DISC SIX: Shape of You (Stormzy Remix) - Ed Sheeran
DISC SEVEN: Someone Like You - Adele
DISC EIGHT: Experience - Ludovico Einaudi
His book and luxury item choices were:
BOOK CHOICE: The Chimp Paradox by Dr Steve Peters
LUXURY ITEM: Coffee
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Experience - Ludovico Einaudi
During the programme, Gareth revealed that he belongs to a book group with other dads from his daughter's former school and that they have read between 40 and 50 works of classic fiction, including Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
We love the fact that Daphne du Maurier's popularity makes an appearance in all sorts of unexpected places, and we hope Gareth Southgate and his book club colleagues will go on to read more du Maurier in the future.