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21/04/2017

Fiona Stalker chats to bricklayer turned stargazer Gary Fildes.

If you wanted to study the night skies how would you go about it? Most of us wouldn't build our own observatory, but that's exactly what Gary Fildes did - turning from bricklayer to stargazer. He chats to Fiona about his fascination with the stars.

We find out about the history of Kingussie and its upcoming heritage festival from festival speaker Lesley Mickel.

Reporter Emily Esson recently visited the Scotland Street School Museum in Glasgow and came face to face with a horrible head teacher.

We hear about the launch of a new wildlife reserve outside of Aloa. Sue Walker from Inner Forth Landscape Initiative tells us about the opening family fun day and how the site came to be.

The Look Again visual art and design festival lands in Aberdeen next week and we get a sneak peak at what's lined up from associate director Hilary Nicoll and participating artist Janie Nicoll.

Fiona catches up with Luke and Hazel Robertson who have just completed the Marathon Des Sables to find out how they found the experience.

We hear about the European Stone Stacking Championship that is taking place in Dunbar from organiser James Craig Page.

Fiona Guest from Scotia Seeds chats to Fiona about Scotland's wild flowers and what we can do to help support them.

Reporter Sam Little spent some time thumbing through stacks of vinyl at two of Aberdeen's record stores ahead of Record Store Day.

Perth and Kinross are launching their season of archaeology this weekend with a torch lit climb up Moncreiff hill. We find out more from Gavin Lindsay of Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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