Big Wide Talk

25/02/2021

Showcasing the best of Scottish history, culture & the arts

12/01/2020

12/01/2020

170,000 litres of the weedkiller glyphosate, classified as a probable cause of cancer, have been used by local authorities across Scotland.

25/11/2019

THE SNP is to push the next UK government to cut VAT on energy improvements so more people can have warmer – and greener – homes.

10/09/2019

As I head north to my Ayrshire constituency, shutting down Westminster has removed my ability to hold this chaotic Tory Government to account for their reckless march towards & their ostrich-like failure to recognise threat it poses to people’s health!

will affect our EU workforce, medicine supplies, radioisotope delivery, reciprocal healthcare (EHIC card), research collaboration and public health standards.

There is NO GOOD for our Health and Social Care services but leaving in a chaotic way on Hallowe’en will cause harm to many patients. No serious government should be considering such a plan!

17/08/2019

My word Jenna Robson has just taken her twins, Austin and Emilia home......they look absolutely beautiful. Such a long line of babies born to Big Wide Talk stalwarts:
Eliza, Frances Henderson's piper was the first I think.
Since then we've had Tina Thomas and her three, Bethany, Jacob and Chloe, Anna and her two, Paddy and Genivieve, my James with Amelie, Louis and Finley, Daniel with his two girls, Morag with Lewin, Miles with his wee girl, Ciara with Owen (sorry can't spell), Sam Morrish with her wee boy, Emily with her wee girl and Ali with his. So who will bring up the rear.....young Buncombe perhaps....Lewsey a late starter........stranger things have happened.

03/01/2016

Time was when Big Wide Giraffes got their necks stuck into most things. Some were called 'fourlegs' many were Jemimas with hats and scarves a plenty. But they haven't been seen for eons. Some say they are holed up in a safe house in London!
Well the big news is they're on their way back into the Big Wide world. This guy is marking time in Cape Town. But he's in touch with the brothers and sisters across the planet via our soon to be launched.......Big Wide Blog! See you all in the Big Wide Blogopshere.

27/11/2015

Get the full story of Under Investigation so far.
Those interested in the Big Wide Talk approach will be interested to see how it worked out in the far Karoo in the middle of South Africa.
Please click below to access the Under Investigation Production Diary, a full account of the project to date. Here you will be able to browse: the background story including video of conversations with Mary Burton and Beva Runciman, both Black Sash activists; details of how the film was made along side work to establish the beginnings of a community enterprise; video of the Production Team reflecting on their experience; access to the movie of the 1st Steytlerville Theatre of Learning; notes about the practice and an outline of next steps including the new work with South African History Online to establish a community website and digital archive.

Under Investigation is the title of an ongoing community development project in Steytlerville in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The project has included the making of a documentary film, 'Under Investigation', and the creation of a digital archive surrounding the history of the struggle against apa…