The Lesley Riddoch Podcast
679 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsScottish politics dissected from a left, pro-independence stance. Each week, award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Lesley Riddoch chews over the week’s news with former media lecturer and Dundee United fan, Pat Joyce. If you like intelligent, quirky chat about Scottish society and culture, and Scottish, UK and international politics analysed from a Scottish perspective; this podcast is for you.
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Ca Canny
July 05, 2018 15:57 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBLesley's article in today’s National on the ABE theory of football, Anybody But England, sparked a Twitter war this morning featuring none other than JK Rowling. And this kicks off (couldn’t resist it) this week's podcast. I then tell you more than you genuinely ever wanted to know about yesterday's SNP Opposition day debate on the Claim of Right. To use Lesley's favourite word, it got a wee bit feisty. Yesterday also saw the launch of Lesley's second film, in association with Phantom P...
The Holyrood Shuffle
June 30, 2018 12:50 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBAfter musings on German versions of fairy tales, the World Cup, and Lesley's sweariness watching football we begin with the recent reshuffle of Scottish government ministers. The faces may have changed but what about the policies? This and Lesley's recent wee trip up to Lismore sparks her thoughts on local democracy, the price of land and rural depopulation. While in Ireland I took the opportunity to listen to Irish opinion on Brexit, in particular the excellent Tony Connelly and Colm O'...
HU!
June 22, 2018 18:21 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBAfter bemusing Lesley with my opening homage to last week's star guest, Katrin Odsdottir, we return to relative sanity with Lesley's reflections on her recent film trip to Iceland. Some of you may just have noticed that there's a World Cup happening in Russia, and Iceland, population around 300,000, have qualified drawing their opening game against Argentina, Messi and all. What have the Icelanders got so right and can we in Scotland learn from their success? We just cannot escape the on...
Iceland Special with Katrin Oddsdóttir
June 13, 2018 19:15 - 16 minutes - 7.58 MBOn the day that Ian Blackford led a walk out of SNP MPs at PMQs in protest at the Westminster Brexit power grab Lesley spoke with Katrin Oddsdóttir, who features in Lesley's latest film in the Nation series. Katrin was one of 25 members of the Constitution Council of Iceland, which drafted a new constitution for the country in 2011. Katrin has been a political activist from early age, but became known in Iceland after delivering a radical political speech at mass protests in 2009 while ...
Happy Together?
June 07, 2018 15:02 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBAfter, in my mind at least, the best intro I've ever done, Lesley tries to make sense of the recent YouGov poll which showed Scots to be more optimistic about the future than either the Welsh or English. She's "assisted" in this by the revelation that I was part of the group of Scots surveyed. We can't escape Brexit, no matter how much we want to, and today's announcement of the UK's "backstop" proposals and the Irish government's reaction to it, is our next talking point. Closely foll...
As ithers see us
May 29, 2018 20:07 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBOnce again Lesley has returned from another trip away. This time it's the Orkney Folk Festival and, once again, we’re struck by the power of music to inspire and move. Monday night saw the launch of Lesley's newest project, “Nation", a series of films on our nearest, northern neighbours, made in association with the fantastic Phantom Power. And we begin the podcast with a review and discussion on the first of these, Faroe Islands-the connected nation. Here's the link; https://www.jus...
Lords save us
May 18, 2018 18:53 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBAfter a bombshell of an opening, within which I tell possibly the most niche joke ever, we get back down to business with reflections on this week's shenanigans in the House of Lords. Lesley's recent gig in Bearsden sparks a debate, wherein I defend the First Minister's softly softly approach, on whether the SNP leadership is playing it too safe on Indyref 2. As May and the Brexiteers play fast and loose with the Irish border issue are there signs that "liberal unionists" are now thinkin...
A game of two halves
May 13, 2018 15:40 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBWe begin this podcast with my flummoxing Lesley by referencing obscure 60's novelty R n B and my great week of live gigs. The sad death of Scott Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit and the reaction of Prof Tom Gallagher to Nicola Sturgeon's message of condolence means we take a more serious tone and I reflect on decency in public discourse. Lesley turns her attention to that front-page photo and article on the AUOB march in last Sunday's Herald and wonders if it's three strikes and you're ou...
Boxes,bevvy and beliefs
May 03, 2018 16:36 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBI open by stunning Lesley with Chris McEleny's "dream team" Yes campaign leadership suggestion. This leads Lesley into her thoughts on just what shape any future independence campaign should and could take and what role any "leader" would be permitted by the media. It's the local elections in England and I succeed, yet again, in surprising Lesley with my revelations on the voting system used. Both of us try to get to grips with the arcane structure of local government down south, and the c...
The 7 Year Hitch
April 26, 2018 16:40 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBThere's a definite parliamentary feel to the first part of the podcast as we spend a significant amount of time picking over the breakdown of negotiations between the Scottish and UK governments over Brexit Clause 11, the infamous "power grab". Yesterday's Scottish and PM Questions in Westminster and today's FMQs focus Lesley on the reactions of Labour in particular to the impact of the "consent decision" amendments on the devolution settlement and the Scottish Parliament. I chip in on t...
Rivers of Love
April 19, 2018 17:23 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBAfter the two week break for my being "awfy no weel" we're back. In the opening salvos of our return you'll hear far too much about my illness and lots about our overheard conversations in Fife. When we finally get down to business Lesley focuses on what we can learn from the BiFab crisis for the future of Scottish innovation and manufacturing, And, yet again, Norway can be the model. Henry McLeish's return to the independence debate leads us into a discussion on what impact he can hav...
The gemme's up the pole
April 05, 2018 11:55 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBStrangely neither of us are returning from anywhere this week, but we're both off, separately, to Edinburgh. We unashamedly spend most of our time reflecting on the Novichuk poisoning story and what it says not only about Boris Johnson and the Conservative government but also the state of BBC journalism. Here's a hint, neither of us are exactly tap dancing about any of them. Lesley wonders if Jeremy Corbyn is the only political leader to have gone with his gut instincts and been proven ...
Laws and Borders
March 30, 2018 19:14 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBWe return after the two-week hiatus, caused by my bout of "man flu, and kick off, after a few moans from me, with the fight to save Professor Clara Ponsati from extradition to Spain. We discuss just what the Scottish Government or indeed Parliament could do to assist her, and the law surrounding the European Arrest Warrant. Lesley reflects on what the case says not just about Scottish society but also about the reaction of most unionist politicians to Clara's plight. I reveal another dark ...
Polls Apart
March 15, 2018 21:12 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBI was away in Wales last weekend and Lesley decided that she had to do something equally spectacular. In her case it was attending the Sunday session of the Labour Party Conference in Dundee. Stand by for some pretty trenchant thoughts from her on that experience in terms of the UK Labour leadership, its relationship with the party in Scotland, and John McDonnell's speech. Corbyn's remarks on immigration and low wages sparked me to do some research on the reality of what links there are,...
A little night musing
March 07, 2018 23:03 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBThis day early podcast is brought to you courtesy of my gallivanting off to Wales tomorrow(Thursday) morning. Lesley returns to the continuing story of land ownership in Scotland and the rights (or lack of them) of tenant farmers. Labour's Scottish conference in Dundee and the potential rebellion of Kezia Dugdale and Ian Murray leads us down the byways of speculation over Brexit, Labour's squaring of electoral circles north and south of the border and allotments (trust me it made sense a...
Skye News
March 01, 2018 14:04 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBIt's good to be back after our wee break and, after we ruminate on the weather, I reveal just what that" hockey business" Lesley alluded to last week was all about. Lesley's recent visit to Skye revealed the crisis in housing afflicting the island as more and more homes are turned into short term holiday lets. There are solutions, but will the Scottish Government be bold enough to take them? Despite my being in a sporting bubble last week I just couldn't escape the latest in the never-e...
Oh Vienna
February 15, 2018 15:02 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBThis week, it's me who's returned from a stravaig abroad. And you're about to find out more than you ever knew or wanted to know about the Vienna Settlers Movement, Red Vienna and the impact of them both on housing, culture, and democracy right through until the present day. What can it teach us about the relationship between popular movements and progressive local governments? We can't escape from Brexit, in so many ways, and Lesley ruthlessly dissects the recent Boris Johnson " Reach out...
Value Judgements
February 01, 2018 10:23 - 42 minutes - 29 MBIt's very definitely an early kick off this week (don't panic chums that's the only football reference). Scottish journalist and broadcaster Carrie Gracie's appearance before the Common's select committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport provides the thread that runs through the podcast. Lesley explains just why we should care about someone who could easily be mischaracterised as a "poor wee rich girl", and what her fight for equal pay within the BBC says not only about gender inequ...
Norwegian Wooed
January 27, 2018 12:55 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBLesley hotfoots (or is that coldfoots?) it back from the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromso, via Methil, for this week's podcast. I return tae hame groond frae the less exotic but no less exciting Glasgow, and Celtic Connections. Lesley's plea for the Scottish establishment to turn on to what a great city Dundee is kicks us off. Unsurprisingly I'm with her all the way but are we Dundonians our own worst enemies? Cooperation was the buzzword with the delegates in Tromso, but have the...
Forest Grump?
January 18, 2018 13:41 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBAfter some merry badinage Lesley returns to the major issue of land ownership and the rights of tenant farmers. She examines the complex situation in the Borders on the massive estates of the Duke of Buccleuch and tries to make sense of the conflicting perspectives of the locals and Buccleuch Estates. Lesley also reflects on the potential negative impacts of the Scottish Government's benign reforestation policies and the parlous position of tenant farmers who operate under limited partners...
A Subordinate Clause ?
January 12, 2018 10:17 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIs this our most controversial podcast? I leave it to you dear listeners to decide as we kick off with our thoughts on the sainted Van the Man. We move to much safer ground with Lesley's views on Trump as the revelations in Fire and Fury stoke the flames surrounding the Donald. I muse on the "Oprah for 2020" buzz and what it says about the state of the USA . The failure of the UK government to produce the amendments to Clause 11 of the EU Withdrawal Bill, the potential for a Westminst...
The Health of Nations
January 05, 2018 14:49 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBA guid new year tae yin an aw and welcome to the first podcast of 2018. We begin by focusing on the winter "crisis" in the NHS and Lesley questions the "SNPbad" coverage across the press and broadcast media. This leads us to speculate not only on this but the softly softly response by the Scottish Government in its seeming failure to compare our NHS with that in England. Neil Oliver's appointment as President of the National Trust for Scotland has more than annoyed Yes supporters given...
Don't look back in anger
December 22, 2017 11:58 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this ,the final, podcast of 2017 we return to some old favourite topics and hae a wee keek at what we're looking forward to in 2018. Lesley kicks off with the latest reports from Business for Scotland on how Scottish industry and commerce is reacting to the Brexit shambles. Is this, almost, solid unionist block coming round to independence? And is the UK government willing to sell out Scotland"The Brand" in pursuit of trade deals? The Brexiteers claim that leaving Europe will mean tha...
Bees in oor bunnits
December 15, 2017 18:08 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBBrexit,Budget,BBC, and Bolton are the bees on oor bunnits this week. However we buck the trend and begin,not with yesterday's Draft Scottish Budget, but the annulment and rerun of the election for Aberdeen University's rector.Trust me folks it's of more importance than we might think at first glance. However the budget can't be ignored and Lesley examines not only the facts and figures but what the reaction to, and coverage of, it says about Scotland. Plus we examine the performance of t...
DUPed
December 08, 2017 11:24 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBWe return to podcasting as Lesley recuperates from her recent hip replacement and I venture down the Tay coast to record this week's episode. Stuck at home Lesley tuned into "Call Kaye",normally a cue to hurl the wireless oot the windae, but the discussion on the use of medicinal cannabis meant a stay of execution for the radio and food for thought for us. You'd think at my age and with my experience nothing would shock me about the behaviour of politicians but David Davis's brass neck o...
You'll have had your VAT then
November 23, 2017 15:37 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBWe return after a two week break due to my "man flu" to a joint reaction to the last two week's events of "Ye whit!". The overthrow of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe kicks us off and Lesley focuses on the diaspora of Zimbabwe's talented women.Will they return and what will their country be like post Mugabe? I prove I'm no George Kerevan, as if that needed doing, as I get to grips with Hammond's Budget and its impact not just on the UK but Scotland. Lesley picks up on the Chancellor's "new...
Priti Vacant
November 09, 2017 19:08 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBIn this week's extended podcast we kick off with the resignation of Priti Patel as Secretary of State for International Development. Lesley speculates on the potential implications for beleaguered Theresa May and asks has she actually been lucky despite all her recent setbacks ? We discuss the shadowy role of Lord Polack of the Conservative Friends of Israel in Patel's fall from grace and could this be the moment for Penny Mordaunt to stake her claim for the Tory leadership? Boris John...
Visca Catalunya
October 31, 2017 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBWe unashamedly spend the vast majority of this week's podcast on the continuing crisis in Catalunya. Lesley was a first hand witness to last week's momentous events and gives a fantastic insight into what it was like on the streets of Barcelona as the drama unfolded. She also, tells tall Castilian tales, recounts her experiences with anarcho-syndicalists and , most importantly, lets the world into the dark secrets of Brian Taylor's dancing. I pitch in here and there but inevitably fini...
Credit Crunch
October 19, 2017 17:53 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBLesley returns after her bout of the lurgi and it's Riddoch in full righteous wrath mode as the injustices and human costs of Universal Credit are dissected mercilessly,and it's shown for the cruel shambles that it is. I lurk on the wing and chip in on yesterday's debate in the House of Commons on Universal Credit and the lack of understanding of the plight of ordinary folk on the government benches. Lesley reflects on last week's Arctic Circle Assembly ,Nicola Sturgeon's starring role,...
Catalonia and Conference Special
October 06, 2017 13:35 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBIn this week's extended podcast we delve into the ongoing crisis of democracy in Catalonia and the Tory Party conference in Manchester. Lesley strips away the "playing for sympathy" card of the Conservative apologists and focuses on May's policies and the reaction to them amongst delegates. I fling in my midgie magnet analogy and we both speculate on Boris and Ruth's ambitions. By way of Nick Robinson's moan on the role of new media outlets undermining trust in the BBC we try and mak...
A Corbyn fir me?
September 28, 2017 18:17 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBWe kick off this week by going back to one of last week's topics as Lesley follows her journalist's nose to investigate the issues surrounding standing at work. This leads to our considering the pros, and some wee cons, of trades unions. The ongoing saga of the twelve year equal pay fight by women workers and the hypocritical attack on the new SNP Glasgow City Council by Joanna Baxter speeds us neatly into the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. While Corbyn inspired his audience is ...
Millionaires and the millions
September 21, 2017 12:41 - 37 minutes - 26 MBIt's our first anniversary and we hit the ground running with dramatic scenes at today's FMQs as Alex Rowley comments that when it comes to tax the SNP always sides with the millionaires against the millions. An Alex own goal ,as Nicola pounces, or something far more interesting in the struggle between Sarwar and Leonard for leadership of Scottish Labour? Lesley returns to the state of Scottish local government and examines how the sparkle of fantastic community projects could be harnesse...
The New North
September 14, 2017 14:46 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBAfter Lesley and I ruminate on our low tech methodologies of checking whether we're recording an interference free podcast- my nipping ben the hoose at its heart- Lesley examines the Arctic Circle's October Assembly in Iceland and the Scotland and the New North Conference taking place in Edinburgh in November. I chip in on Radio 4's short series,"The English Fix".In particular the final episode featuring Sir Roger Scruton. Lesley goes back to the future and reflects on Tony Blair's lates...
The Basement Tape
September 07, 2017 16:57 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBThis week we return to our peripatetic ways and record in the , well appointed, basement of Gillis Mclean. My waxing lyrical about Galway's victory in the All Ireland hurling final leads us to explore the nature of place, culture and community. Honestly it's not as worthy as it sounds. Returning to home ground Lesley explores and dissects Ruth Davidson's plans for New Towns. We move on to the Scottish Government's ambitious new programme and will the action live up to the idea. I can...
Labour Pains
August 31, 2017 18:24 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBThis week we spend most of our time on the sudden resignation of Kezia Dugdale as leader of Scottish Labour. Lesley considers the remaining runners and riders for the poison chalice of Scottish politics and which of them, if any, can restore Labour's fortunes. I chip in on the sad lack , not just in the Labour Party, of outstanding political personalities. The recent special on the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival presented by Jack Whitehall leads us into the metropolitan min...
What's in a name
August 24, 2017 14:25 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBThe latest in our continuing series of podcasts from exotic locations features Lesley's thoughts on the "National" in Scottish National Party and BBC Scotland's reply to her critique of its management structure. I weigh in on elites , diversity and the demise of local newspapers. However the biggy is the continuing Brexit shambles. Just what does it tell us about whose voices are listened to and whose are ignored? There will be no surprises in what Lesley's answers are. This plus, fl...
The Lure of Greatness
August 17, 2017 12:51 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBAndrew O'Hagan's powerful statement on his journey from No to Yes kicks off the first part of this week's podcast. This allows Lesley and I to consider the siren song of a return to a mythical ,unified Britain of the past, if we leave the EU. The recent resignation of BBC Scotland commissioning and scheduling supremo Ewan Angus raises the question of the potential for radical change at the national broadcaster.Will it be taken? We also reflect on the tragic events of Charlottesville ,...
Wha kens, kens.
August 10, 2017 15:59 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBThis week sees the return , by "popular" demand , of our theme music. We begin by saying that we won't talk about Trump and North Korea but then go on to talk about....you can fill the rest in in yirsels! The rest of the podcast is taken up with the two major issues Lesley addressed in her columns. We ask is the one size fits all, top down command structure of Police Scotland working and what , if anything, will be done to resolve its all too apparent problems? Our attention then tu...
Hurlin stanes
August 03, 2017 13:28 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBIn a week which saw fractious infighting and criticisms within the independence camp Lesley stresses the need for inclusion and tolerance and highlights the pitfalls of our tendency towards tribalism. I question whether anyone outside of the online bubble either knows or cares about these disputes. Lesley uses the very different approaches between the Scottish and English prison systems to highlight the progressive nature, across party political divides, of Scottish society. And in the...
A Long Chain of Goodwill
July 27, 2017 15:51 - 39 minutes - 27 MBLesley returns refreshed from her holiday on Uist and is (almost) unbearably smug about how sunny it was. We kick off with her reflections on the break and then slide into that complex set of relations between the SNP , the broader Yes movement, and the SIC .However, dinnae fash yirsels chums we tap into that 1967 summer of love vibe and explore the importance of fun ,community, culture and disco in rediscovering and reinventing not only ourselves but Scotland. All that plus inflated hed...
Broadcast News
July 13, 2017 18:06 - 45 minutes - 30.9 MBThis week we focus entirely on the BBC's plans to restructure Radio Scotland creating two new stations.One dedicated to speech and the other, on DAB, to music. However us being us we manage to introduce thoughts on the male and female brain; why young women give up sport; a Ray McKinnon impression( by Lesley); revelations on Lesley's football career and the extremely healthy state of the Scottish traditional music scene. All this at the second time of asking.I did press that record butt...
To boldly go
July 05, 2017 19:52 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBIn this week's extravaganza I set in motion a series of appalling puns before we settle down to discuss rail nationalisation and how the Scottish government could be genuinely transformative even within the union. Lesley looks at two pieces of "SNP good" news on the economy and the NHS and how they might just have caught out the commentariat. Almost inevitably we return to Grenfell Tower and the amazing fortitude of that local community in not giving up or in to establishment pressure. ...
A movement and a party
June 28, 2017 15:10 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBHaving regaled you with a lang ane last week yir back on rations wi this half hour podcast . After discovering my shady past we focus on Nicola Sturgeon's " reset" speech on indyref2 on Tuesday. There's questions on just what might be the "Al Capone"tipping moment to get folk on board with voting Yes next time around; what the SNP's bold and radical policies might be and could they just stand back and let the hash of a Tory Brexit play out? We finish with startling revelations on our...
Danish Visions
June 22, 2017 15:36 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBLesley returns from Denmark rejuvenated, revitalised and any other "r" words you can think of after her stay on Bornholm - a Danish island which has just hosted the biggest act of political engagement in Europe and maybe the world. Not following Norman Tebbit she also got on her bike in Copenhagen, you pronounce it any way you fancy. I chip in around the edges on the state of Scottish FE colleges ( the unincorporated colleges are Argyll College, Newbattle Abbey College, Orkney College, ...
No Words
June 16, 2017 09:01 - 45 minutes - 20.6 MBAs the full horror of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower reveals itself we ask if this was not an accident but the inevitable outcome of the state of UK society. A society which promotes civic neglect, has contempt for the poor, places profit above people , and silences dissent. Lesley reflects on the continuing aftermath of last Thursday, Tommy Shepphard's abortive bid to become Leader of the SNP in the House of Commons ,Common Weal's six ideas to revitalise the Scottish Government and...
Ye Whit! General Election Special
June 09, 2017 17:46 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBIt's the morning after the night before and Lesley, fortified by at least six coffees and lashings of chocolate, unleashes herself on the election results. That "bloody difficult woman"; the SNP campaign; the Tory deal with their " friends" the DUP; the Corbyn effect ; the significance of the votes in Scotland for indyref2 are all subjected to our , hopefully informed, if slightly manic, analysis. On the way we also manage to cover the Giant's Causeway museum, the perils of postal voting...
Debatable Lands and Johnny A'Things
June 01, 2017 15:15 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBAfter a two week break where Lesley journeyed round Orkney and Shetland and I grappled with internet technology ,we're back. For my sins I've been watching the leaders' debates and interviews trying to make sense of this strangest of General Elections. Meanwhile Lesley has not only been sampling the musical delights and high kicking dancing of the Orkney folk festival but also following the local battle to be elected MP next week. In the midst of this I'm reminded of the failure of my ...
Manifesto Destiny
May 19, 2017 20:09 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MBLesley returns refreshed and invigorated from Croatia. I on the other hand am hot foot frae Kirkcaldy. Oh the glamour of it all! The launch of the Conservative Party manifesto, north and south of the border;that ITV leaders debate, minus May and Corbyn and the post Brexit position of the Scottish fishing industry give us plenty to chew over. By the way yon EU spokesperson neither of us could remember is Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheri...
Leaks and Lego
May 12, 2017 14:14 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBThis week's podcast was recorded live at the Butterfly Cafe in Dundee. Lesley was just about to jet off to sunny Croatia and we took advantage of the cafe's good auspices to podcast from the children's play area( highly appropriate I hear you cry!). So, not only will you hear herself and me but ,to the background of happy coffee drinkers ,you'll meet the bold wee Felix and his mum enjoying themselves with the Lego( other plastic building bricks are available). In the midst of all this ...
It's the locals
May 05, 2017 21:20 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MBThis week we rush headlong into the stramash of the local elections. Are rumours of the Tory Scottish tidal wave over exaggerated? Just what is going on when swathes of solid Labour areas suddenly turn blue? Have we reached peak SNP? Is it the constitution stupid? Lesley dashes hot foot from PM and I try and decipher my hastily scribbled notes as we bring our caffeine fueled brains to bear on these questions. I also chuck in a gratuitous Duke of Edinburgh anecdote. Friend to the ...