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Something For The Weekend: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To David F. Ross...
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Ali caught up with previous guest, Saltire Prize shortlisted author David F. Ross to hear all...
Feb 182 min read


A History Of Scottish Drama In Six Plays: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Fergus Morgan...
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali caught up with journalist, critic, and presenter Fergus Morgan to talk about the excellent...
Nov 29, 20242 min read


Bring The Noise: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Cathie Boyd About Sonica Festival 2024...
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Ali spoke to the Founding Artistic Director of Cryptic Cathie Boyd to hear all about this year's...
Sep 6, 20242 min read


Rabbiting On: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Hugo Rifkind...
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali spoke to writer and journalist Hugo Rifkind to talk about his cracking new novel Rabbits ,...
Aug 6, 20242 min read

This Is The Story: A Preview of the Paisley Book Festival 2024…
This Thursday, 25th April, sees the start of this year’s Paisley Book Festival, which runs until Sunday 28th. With the theme of 'Imagine...
Apr 22, 20247 min read


An Ode To Staying Odd : The SWH! Podcast Talks To Dave Hook...
For the latest SWH! Podcast Ali spoke to rapper, poet, songwriter, and producer, Dave Hook (better known to many as Solareye). The two...
Apr 9, 20211 min read


Breaking Trad: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Iona Fyfe...
For the latest podcast Ali spoke folksinger Iona Fyfe about her exceptional musical career, as well as her work in support of Scots...
Mar 30, 20211 min read


Devolution Discourse: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Scott Hames…
For the latest SWH! podcast Ali caught up with Scott Hames, who lectures in Scottish Literature at the University of Stirling. The reason...
Jun 17, 20202 min read


The GFF 2020 Podcasts: An Interview With Writer & Photographer David Pratt…
For the latest podcast Ali spoke to foreign affairs writer & photographer David Pratt about the film Pictures From Afghanistan, which is...
Feb 22, 20202 min read

Two Tribes: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Nixon In China…
When Scottish Opera‘s 2019/20 programme was announced one production jumped out as particularly exciting and new – John Adams’ Nixon in...
Feb 21, 20204 min read


Rebel Ink: A Preview of the Paisley Book Festival…
Today (20/2/20) sees the start of the inaugural Paisley Book Festival, which runs until Saturday 29th Feb. With the theme of ‘Radical...
Feb 20, 20204 min read


Local Hero: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Henry Bell…
For the latest podcast Ali spoke to writer, editor and producer Henry Bell (right) about his biography of Scottish Socialist icon, John...
Jun 4, 20191 min read


Reap The Whirlwind: A Review Of Iain Macwhirter’s Tsunami: Scotland’s Democratic Revolut
Macwhirter’s 2013 book Road to Referendum looked at the historic and cultural background to 2014’s historic vote, and his...
Sep 10, 20153 min read
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