³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Scotland highlights - September 2011
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| 00:01 UK time, Wednesday, 28 December 2011
September on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Scotland saw the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the launch of the education season with The Scottish Intellect, two new music collections as well as some great interviews and sessions...
It's hard to believe that ten years have passed since 9/11. ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Scotland paid tribute to the men and women who lost their lives in a number of our programmes. Shereen's guest talked about some of the most poignant images and personal stories from the week's media coverage whilst another guest, American Professor, Sarah Oates was upset by the media's need to pick over every detail of the tragedy. Ricky Ross wrote a moving piece for his blog and paid tribute on Sunday Morning with.
The Scottish education season began with a new landmark series The Scottish Intellect produced and presented by Billy Kay in which he looked back at 600 years of Scottish universities and their world-wide impact.
Clare English interviewed former Labour MP Tom Dalyell on the Book Café and had a virtual tour around the newly refurbished National Museum of Scotland on the Culture Café. Shereen had an emotional conversation with journalist Melanie Reid whose life changed forever when a riding accident left her paralysed from the neck down.
Ricky Ross interviewed some top Americana songwriters - Canadian Ron Sexsmith, Nick Lowe, The Low Anthem and Willy Vlautin of Richmond Fontaine:
We also launched two new ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Music Collections - a Ricky Ross collection featuring Americana music, and the Mary Ann Kennedy collection showcasing folk and world music.
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