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TNT Show. Ep 103. Anthony Barnett co-founder openDemocracy

Anthony Barnett is a modern English writer and campaigner. He was a co-founder of openDemocracy in 2001.
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TNT Show. Ep 103. Anthony Barnett co-founder openDemocracy

Anthony Barnett is a modern English writer and campaigner. He was a […]

PROMO: Random Scottish History

LIVE last Friday of every month. Show Catchup: […]

A Constitution for the Common Good?

Guests Jenny Eeles and Dr Elliot Bulmer help us look at the options […]

SCOTONOMICS Ep: 36: Innovation in a modern economy

With Smita Srinivas

PROMO: Recce Report – Reviewing the Situation

New show hosted by Cliff Purvis & Russ Denny both former members of […]

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UPDATE SPECIAL: Scotland and NATO

Bill Ramsay from Scottish CND joins us for an update on the position of Scotland and NATO in the light of the war in Ukraine.
Bill also sets the record straight …following recent remarks made by MP Stewart McDonald who is the SNP spokesperson on defence.
We looked at how the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons can help Scotland get rid of Trident in the January 2022 edition of our Indy Jigsaw show .
You can watch that episode here https://youtu.be/qPpAhn8irro

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UPDATE SPECIAL: Scotland and NATO

Bill Ramsay from Scottish CND joins us for an update on the position […]

TNT Show. Ep 102. Sara Salyers on Claim of Right & Constitution for Scotland.

We’ll be looking at a Constitution for Scotland and, in particular, […]

MA: Challenges and Opportunities of Scotland's Ageing Population

Craig Dalzell and Bill Johnson in conversation with members of Glasgow […]

Building the Scottish State Show – with special guest Gareth Wardell (Grouse Beater) (S1.EP31)

Building the Scottish State Show: Series 1 – Episode 31 – Gareth […]

Building the Scottish State Show: Series 1 – Episode 31 – Gareth Wardell (Grouse Beater)

On this week’s show, Dr Mark McNaught is joined by Gareth Wardell (Grouse Beater)

Mr Wardell, who …is well known for his writings under the Grouse Beater blog site describes his own background:

“I am from what used to be called a ‘broken home’. I ran away a lot. Now I am described as a polymath and a ‘self-made man’. There’s a cliché for everybody and everything. My background is Edinburgh-born and educated, Catholic and Jewish. I am half-Sicilian, half-Irish. My vocation began as a student of theatre, (and studied philosophy), teacher in Glasgow and then lecturer in drama, (Distinction) in Edinburgh, broadcaster for BBC and commercial radio, to founder-artistic director of a national theatre still flourishing. I was a few years an unhappy BBC television executive producer, London, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Recently I devoted myself to work as a producer-writer-doctor of filmed drama, and lately an obsessive essayist and polemicist. For relaxation I design gardens and help plant them, currently a Roman garden on Roman archaeological ground.”

“Extensive experience in the arts in Scotland, England, and abroad, particularly the USA, has given me a perspective of Scotland’s political and social deficiencies. And they are legion. Scotland is too long a colonised country. My vocation spans theatre production, radio, television, film and journalism. At one time I wrote for US car magazines. I wrote the Louis Vuitton Guide to Los Angeles (not the restaurant section) while still in Edinburgh and to a month’s deadline! Most recent books are published by the Royal Academy of Arts in London, in addition to ESSAYS and ESSAYS 2, collections of essays published in various Internet sites, magazines and newspapers, (available from me direct or Amazon) a third book on adventures in LaLa Land now a work in progress.”

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TNT Show. Ep 101. Tommy Sheppard SNP MP.

Tommy is SNP MP for Edinburgh East. Elected 2015. […]

Recce Report

Cliff and Russ from Veterans for Scottish Independence cast a critical […]

IJ: Creating a Constitution for Scotland

With guest Mike Russell, this week we look at the benefits of a […]

The Locker Room – The Scottish Sports Show

Discussing all things happening in Scottish sports. Let us know your […]

Building the Scottish State Show – with special guest Kenny MacAskill MP (S1.EP30)

Building the Scottish State Show: Series 1 – Episode 30 – Kenny […]

Building the Scottish State Show: Series 1 – Episode 30 – Kenny MacAskill MP

ELECTION SPECIAL!!

On the night of the Scottish Local Elections 2022, Dr Mark McNaught is joined by Kenny …MacAskill MP.

Kenny is the current Depute Leader of the Alba Party, following a vote from the party members at the recent inaugural party conference at Greenock Town Hall. Kenny is the MP for East Lothian, from which he was elected in the 2019 UK General Election for the SNP party, prior to leaving the party to join the Alba party in March 2021.

Prior to his current position, Kenny was elected as an MSP in 1999 upon the re-opening of the Scottish Parliament, from which remained until 2016. During this tenure, Kenny, would become the Depute Leader of the SNP, as well as serving as Shadow Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, Shadow Minister for Transport and Telecommunications, and Shadow Minister for Justice, before taking up the position of Cabinet Secretary for Justice following the 2007 Scottish Elections. It was in this role, from which he oversaw the controversial transfer of convicted terrorist Abdelbaset al-Megrahi to his native Libya.

Mr MacAskill was born in Edinburgh and was educated at Linlithgow Academy before studying law at the University of Edinburgh, gaining an LLB (Hons) degree. After completing his training at a firm in Glasgow, he set up Erskine MacAskill.

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TNT Show. Ep 100. Euan MacLeod, 16 year old who starred in BBC Debate Night.

For our 100th TNT Show we are delighted to be talking to Euan MacLeod […]

Rising Clyde Ep3: Local Elections – Voting for the Climate

In Episode 3 of Rising Clyde our guests are Roza Salih and Aaron […]

Random Scottish History Show. Ep 3 Scotland's National Animal.

We take a wee look at unicorns, what they are, how belief in them was […]

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