Producer on BBC Radio Scotland's arts, culture & entertainment programme The Afternoon Show. Dog-cuddling, music-loving bookworm. Views mine alone.

Edinburgh
Joined November 2008
Delighted to be joined by the iconic Clare Grogan on my final @BBCRadioScot show, 2-4pm. We’ve also got Film on Friday, and I’d love a song connecting to Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain to close the show. Thank you, as ever. I have loved spending every Friday afternoon with you. 🧡
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I've been lucky enough to interview some amazing authors, but tonight was really special. Bright, beautiful, funny & fierce: the one and only Len Pennie take a bow, that was so life affirming! Happy Monday all! @canongatebooks #poyumsannaw #poyums
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Len Pennie first became known during the pandemic, when she began posting a Scots word of the day on social media. Then, seeking an outlet for the pain of an abusive relationship she’d just escaped, she turned to poetry. This year, the 25-year-old became the first poet in a decade to win at the British Book Awards. Now she’s publishing a new collection of poems – in Scots and English.
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Just did a "For Emma" interview with Len Pennie on BBC radio Scotland. It was really enjoyable and wonderful to hear Len's take. Many thanks to @Lenniesaurus and @BBCRadioScot Link: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00298…
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Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus. Perfect for film day with its indelible association with The Silence of the Lambs…
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Edinburgh bound for @BBCRadioScot #Afternoons 2-4pm: I’m joined by Status Quo’s Francis Rossi; we’ve got movie reviews, music, & I’d love a #SomethingForTheWeekend song suggestion from YOU to close the show, linking to Crazy Horses by the Osmonds. What do you want to hear? 💃🏻
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Janice is an absolute legend. I’ve loved her since watching NB as a school kid. None more sharp, smart, funny, supportive, curious and lovely. This is heartbreaking news, but she's bang-on about living in the moment. Here’s to that. What a loss to the airwaves, but what a woman.
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This is just so sad. Janice is an absolute titan of Scottish broadcasting, particularly in the field of culture and the arts. Sending her all the love and grand homme hugs. X
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3 tidies tight there! Well if you’re talking voltage then you’re talking “power”. So how about horsepower? “White Horses” by Jacky…or perhaps more appropriately“Crazy Horses” by The Osmonds. 🎼😎🎼
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Happy Valentine’s Day! On @BBCRadioScot 2-4pm, with @bbcrivercity’s SIBLING HEART-THROBS Sam & Seb Spiller aka @GrantStottOnAir & George Drennan, & film reviews, & I’d love a #SomethingForTheWeekend suggestion from you connecting to Electric Six’s Danger! High Voltage! Thank you!
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Sunny day! On @BBCRadioScot #Afternoons 1.30-3.30pm we’re revisiting my chat with Rick Astley on his birthday AND, as #Neighbours turns 40, there’s another chance to hear some of this conversation from last summer with legend Alan Fletcher aka Dr Karl Kennedy. We are married now.
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Replied in more unnecessary detail on FB (with The Monkees/Mike Nesmith song suggestion) but just wanted to share this for other fans of @BBGband - AND @jamthrawn @TeenageFanclub @suedeHQ The superfolk trio’s new music is utterly brilliant 💙🎶
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Pure joy - as Catrina always brings x
Bit of nostalgia for you this Saturday morning, and especially for you @amyrobyn 🩷
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Live on your wireless from this cosy studio soon! @BBCRadioScot #Afternoons, 2-4pm, with music, theatre, movies, and I’d love a #SomethingForTheWeekend song suggestion for the end of the show from you, connecting to Duran Duran’s Rio - thank you! 🧡💃🏻
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Hi nicola...what a start to the show with Yes...singing at the tap of my voice in the car going to work...my own lyrics though😂...#SomethingForTheWeekend connecting to Rio...how about Barry Manilow and "copacabana"...😎🚂
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Aww Nicola, what a tune to kick off the show with!! Thank you!! Agnes in Ayrshire 😊
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Sunny Friday in Edinburgh! On your wireless 2-4pm - #Afternoons on @BBCRadioScot - with TV, movies, loads of music - and I’d love a #SomethingForTheWeekend song suggestion from you, connecting to Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing in the Dark, to play at the end of the show. Thank you!
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Hi nicola #SomethingForTheWeekend seen the Del's with simple minds this year and they were brilliant...I'll keep with a head theme and the style council with "head start for happiness" with the wonderful @deecleeofficial on backing...nevermind wham being 40 so is this 🤯😎🚂🎅
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It’s Friday! Joined by these legends @DelAmitri in the Edinburgh studio for the first hour of @BBCRadioScot #Afternoons, 2-4pm. And! I’d love a #SomethingForTheWeekend song suggestion from YOU for the end of the show, that links to Talking Heads’ Road To Nowhere. Thank you! 🎄🔥
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It’s Friday! On @BBCRadioScot, 2-4pm, Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr joins me in the studio for the first hour of the show. Also! Glen Matlock! (Sex Pistols / Blondie); a #Wicked movie review & I’d love a #SomethingForTheWeekend song choice from you, linking to Bill Withers’ Lovely Day🧡
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