Did you hear Paul Johnson on Desert Island discs this morning....first class

Paul Johnson If you missed dessert island discs this morning it is usually repeated Sunday at 11.00 or 11.30am Informative and useful and very funny. Johnson now 83 is a Catholic educated at Stonyhurst. He was taught well by his mother who told him there were no grey areas in morality..that Jesus taught that actions were either right or wrong (in themselves that is).
At her d eathbed aged over 90 he told her that she had always been a good Catholic and would quickly be in heaven...that she had never done any wrong. She replied "well I have been critical of the clergy at times" Haven't we all ! Last year he took the aged Margaret Thatcher to Rome to meet Pope Benedict and though ailing she said how much she enjoyed the meeting.
The first time they spoke was when students at Oxford and he asked if she would like to punting. She turned down the offer saying she might get her hair wet. There many other wonderful anecdotes also. The music was rather bland however he did pick Mozarts Ave VErum in memory of Stonyhurst.