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Children of the 90s’ founder, this week’s castaway on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs
18 November 2022
The founder of Bristol’s pioneering health study Children of the 90s, Professor Jean Golding OBE, will share the soundtrack of her life on this week’s BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.
- Children of the 90s’ founder, this week’s castaway on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs 18 November 2022 The founder of Bristol’s pioneering health study Children of the 90s, Professor Jean Golding OBE, will share the soundtrack of her life on this week’s BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.
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