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SCOTTISH BLETHERS

Hosts | Liz Lister and Helen Houston

In Scotland, when friends get together they blether. When those friends happen to be Scottish Blue Badge Tourist Guides you can be sure that the country they are so passionate about will be right at the heart of their discussions.

Contemporary and historical; culinary and cultural; reminiscence and anecdote - from accommodation to zoos, the chat will range across the entire alphabet of topics and issues that are live and happening in Scotland right now.

We hope that you’ll join us - there’s nothing to beat a right good blether!

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SB | Episode 72: Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Today the City of Glasgow celebrates Charles Rennie Mackintosh as the genius of architecture, design and watercolour that he undoubtedly was. Visitors flock to see his creations - be they landmark buildings, icons of furniture design or renowned interiors created in partnership with his artist wife Margaret.

In the week that the report was published into the fire that devastated his masterpiece the Glasgow School of Art, we reflect on how this acclaim wasn’t always forthcoming during his own lifetime. His “modernist ideas” were not everyone’s cup of tea - no matter how elegant that cup might be !!

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