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Trip to Finland. Tha poet Aonghas MacNeacail talks about his trip to Finland, reading poetry and discussing Scottish traditions at Helsinki University. He explains that the country has three langu...

The disease 'Farmers' Lung'. Two people who suffered from Farmers' Lung, after handling hay or livestock fodder which had been damp, describe what it was like, and a doctor explains how it is cured.

Author of the week. A biographical account of writer H.G.Wells.

The Suzuki method of music teaching. With the news that Shinichi Suzuki has died at the age of 99, the contributor appraises the music teaching method he created, allowing young children to learn ...

A chocolate exhibition in Glasgow. Information about an exhibition in which twenty eight artists depict what chocolate means to them. We hear a little of the history of chocolate, from the time it...

The illnesses which have disappeared. Following the news that Scarlet Fever was diagnosed in Argyll in 1998, a doctor discusses the diseases which used to be so common, and how things have changed...

The work of the British Transport Police. A Chief Inspector with the British Transport Police in Birmingham discusses the extra responsibilities the city's new metro will involve, and talks about ...

Gaelic broadcasting. Martin MacDonald talks about research he carried out for An Comunn Gaidhealach in 1979 about Gaelic broadcasting. He tells why it was commissioned and what happened afterward...

Playing the melodeon with an Irish group. Kenneth MacIver tells us how on the first of April (1998) he gets the chance to play the melodeon on a recording with a group of Dublin prisoners, the Mou...

Orbost Estate in Skye for sale. Robert MacDonald is going to sell Orbost Estate in Skye and talks about the history and beauty of the place. He explains how his family worked it, why it is now o...