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18/01/2015

Ricky Ross talks to Stuart Murdoch, the musician behind Belle and Sebastian, about his music and inspirations and how he has struggled to overcome a debilitating illness.

Ricky talks to Stuart Murdoch, the musician behind one of Scotland's greatest ever bands. He discusses his music and inspirations, and how he struggled to overcome a debilitating illness that shaped his future career.

As the issues and ramifications about blasphemy continue, we unpack its meaning and consequences with Professor Hugh Goddard from the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh University, Irish theologian Gina Menzies and Simon Jenkins, Editor of the satirical Christian web magazine, Ship of Fools.

In the company of broadcaster Billy Kay and Rev Richard Tiplady, Principal of the International Christian College in Glasgow, we discover the remarkable Scottish woman whose face appears on the ten pound note - you might know the name Mary Slessor, but how many of us know what she achieved?

On The Listening Project this week, husband and wife, Rab and Margaret, talk about the difficulties they both faced around the topic of whistle blowing.

A social networking site with a twist: it encourages users to be more honest about their lives - a troll free space where empathy is rewarded. Ricky talks to founder Peter Clayton, and one of its users, Becky.

1 hour, 54 minutes

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Sun 18 Jan 2015 07:05

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Ricky talks to Stuart Murdoch, the musician behind one of Scotland’s greatest ever bands. He discusses his music and inspirations, and how he struggled to overcome a debilitating illness that shaped his future career.

As the issues and ramifications about blasphemy continue, we unpack its meaning and consequences with Professor Hugh Goddard from the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh University, Irish theologian Gina Menzies and Simon Jenkins, Editor of the satirical Christian web magazine, Ship of Fools.

A social networking site with a twist: it encourages users to be more honest about their lives – a troll free space where empathy is rewarded. Ricky talks to founder Peter Clatyon, and one of its users, Becky.

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Husband and wife, Rab and Margaret, talk about the difficulties they both faced around the topic of whistle blowing.

Mary Slessor

In the company of broadcaster Billy Kay and Rev Richard Tiplady, Principal of the International Christian College in Glasgow, we discover the remarkable Scottish woman whose face appears on the ten pound note – you might know the name Mary Slessor, but how many of us know what she achieved?

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  • Sun 18 Jan 2015 07:05