BBC Scotland & Colin Bell, Prince Charles on Climate Change, Flags and the Westminster Covid Report / with Ruth Wishart

Stuart and Eamonn are joined for the first time by writer and columnist, Ruth Wishart. This week - Alex Massie’s Times article on BBC Scotland and Colin Bell’s legacy, Prince Charles and climate change, flags and the Westminster Covid report. At the end of the show, Stuart, Eamonn and Ruth share their media recommendations.

Alex’s Times article: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scotland-is-poorly-served-by-an-incurious-bbc-d39d3xzdm

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Stuart: ‘The Family Roe’ - book by Joshua Prager (Norton Press)’ ('“A masterpiece of reporting on the Supreme Court’s most divisive case, Roe v. Wade, and the unknown lives at its heart.”) https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393247718

Eamonn: ‘Taste: My Life Through Food’ - book by Stanley Tucci (“From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci, comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.”) https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Taste/Stanley-Tucci/9781982168018

Ruth:

1. ‘Harlem Shuffle’ - novel by Colson Whitehead https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608669/harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead/
2. ‘Dog Days: A Year with Olive & Mabelby Andrew Cotter’ (“Andrew Cotter takes you behind the scenes and into the pages of his diary to reveal just how extraordinary a year it has been, and what really happened after his lockdown superstar Labradors chewed up the internet and found it was quite tasty.”) https://www.oliveandmabelbook.com/order-the-book.html

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