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A week ago, we interviewed Roza Salih, a New Scot who came to Scotland with her family from Kurdistan 19 years ago. As a teenager she became famous as one of the ‘Glasgow Girls’ who protested on behalf of their friend’s family who were taken away in a dawn raid for forced repatriation. The local […]
This week we interviewed Iain Lawson who was Estonian Honorary Consul to Scotland for 15 years. His connection with Estonia all started when he went over to Tallin with the Tartan Army in early 1990s but that’s another story. Iain is also a veteran campaigner for Scottish independence and he talked at length about what […]
The latest in my Corona Diaries series was broadcast this week. It’s called: Learnt any Musical Instruments during Lockdown? The episode is about what pastimes people have taken up, or in my case, retaken up over the past couple of months. And also about the ways we are adjusting to use online services to help […]
This week Val and Marlene talked to Lesley Riddoch as part of our series of interviews about the impacts of the coronavirus crisis and the way ford for Scotland. Lesley describes herself as living in the sticks in North Fife…. but reckons that it’s the right place in these circumstances of lockdown and social distancing. You […]
Philippa Whitford, the SNP MP for Central Ayrshire, spoke to Good Morning Scotland on the subject of the strengthened mandate now held by SNP for a second referendum. Just before Philippa, the GMS team had had Alister Jack, MP and Secretary of State for Scotland on the phone, Gillian Marles did a good job of […]
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