Welcome to your Full Scottish, live from the YES Bar in Glasgow.
Programme starts at 12:30 PM on Sunday 31st July 2016
We’ve been cooking up a gourmet Full Scottish for you this week, and we’re delighted to announce that Fiona Hyslop MSP will be joining us in the Yesbar.
Fiona Hyslop MSP
Fiona Hyslop was elected MSP for Linlithgow in May 2011 and was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs. The portfolio responsibility for Europe was added in November 2014.
In May 2016, she was appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs.
We’ll be chatting to her about the Olympics and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as well as Brexit and the other topical issues on the show.
Our newspaper reviewers this week are journalists Catriona Stewart of The Herald and columnist for The National and The Herald Shona Craven.
Shona Craven
Catriona Stewart
Gerry Hassan
Joining us to talk about the BBC is Gerry Hassan, who’s making a welcome return to the Full Scottish.
We also have a video interview with John Nicholson MP in this segment of the show.
2014 Judo bronze medallist Connie Ramsay will be talking about the Rio Olympics. The Opening Ceremony is of course on Friday, August 5, the same day as the launch of the Edinburgh Fringe, and on the show to look at the world renowned festival is performer Matt Regan. Matt is performing Greater Belfast at the Traverse.
Connie Ramsay
Matt Regan
Music this week is from Luc McNally. A traditional guitarist and singer, Luc is a former student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, originally from Consett in County Durham, but now based in Glasgow. Luc is also a member of the up-and-coming trad combo Dosca.
Luc McNally
So we do hope you tune in at 12.30pm on Sunday for your weekly helping of the Full Scottish. And if you can’t wait, why not have a look at some of our previous episodes to whet your appetite?