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Lesley Riddoch

Born

Wolverhampton, England

Genre

Politics, Scottish Affairs

Influences

Robert Burns, John M. Caie, Hugh MacDiarmid, Andy Wightman ...more

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Lesley Anne Riddoch (b. 1960) is a Scottish journalist and radio broadcaster. She was born in Wolverhampton, England. Her father was from Banffshire and her mother from Wick. The family moved to Belfast in 1963, then to Glasgow in 1973, where she attended Drewsteignton, a fee-paying private school then located in the affluent suburb of Bearsden. In 1978 she attended the University of Oxford and graduated with an honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She was also elected president of the student union in 1981. After graduating she studied for a postgraduate diploma in journalism at Cardiff University. She was married to the writer George Gunn.

From 1989 to 1994 she presented the BBC Radio Scotland programme Speaking Out and wa ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 310 ratings · 29 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Blossom: What Scotland Needs to Flourish (Viewpoints Book 10) 4.25 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McSmörgåsbord: How Scotland can thrive after Brexit by Lesley Riddoch (Editor), Eberhard Bort 4.05 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wee White Blossom: What Post-Referendum Scotland Needs to Flourish (Viewpoints Book 21) 4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Huts: A Place Beyond - How to End Our Exile from Nature 4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thrive: The Freedom to Flourish 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riddoch on the Outer Hebrides 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scotland: Land and Power - The Agenda for Land Reform by Andy Whightman, Lesley Riddoch (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greg Moodie's Election Dissection by Greg Moodie, Lesley Riddoch (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northern Neighbours: Scotland and Norway since 1800 by John Bryden (Editor), Ottar Brox (Editor), Lesley Riddoch (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women vs Men by Ian Black, Lesley Riddoch 1.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Mercifully, at BBC Scotland, there was still some boldness about.

Five years earlier, BBC Scotland Controller Pat Chalmers had refused to had over tapes of a series by Duncan Campbell about 'Zircon', a secret £500 million spy satellite programme being implemented behind the backs of MPs. The tapes were impounded anyway. But there was still smeddum about - and production staff totally immersed in Scotland's cultures. One was Radio Scotland boss and Gaelic speaker Neil Fraser, another was arts producer and jazz trombonist Dave Batchelor. Dave was put in charge of the whole highly ambitious three-hour programme, commemorating the life of Hugh MacDiarmid, to be broadcast live from Studio One in the Beeb's old base at 5 Queen Street, Edinburgh. Unbelievably, within a decade, this fabulous, acoustic space was mothballed thanks to the internal market imposed by Director General John Birt. No BBC programme could afford to use the corporation's own finest studio space. Nice one, John.”
― Lesley Riddoch, Ayont the Thistle: A gallimaufry of poetry and prose to mark the centenary (1926 - 2026) of Hugh MacDiarmid's 'A Drunk Man looks at the Thistle'

tags: 1992, bbc-scotland, dave-batchelor, duncan-campbell, hugh-macdiarmid, john-birt, zircon

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