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Lesley Riddoch
Lesley set up the policy group Nordic Horizons in 2010 with Dan Wynn and is one of Scotland’s best known commentators and broadcasters. She was assistant editor of The Scotsman in the 1990s (and ed...view moreLesley set up the policy group Nordic Horizons in 2010 with Dan Wynn and is one of Scotland’s best known commentators and broadcasters. She was assistant editor of The Scotsman in the 1990s (and editor of The Scotswoman in 1995 when female staff wrote, edited and produced the paper) and contributing editor of the Sunday Herald. She is best known for broadcasting with programmes on bbc2, Channel 4, Radio 4 and bbc Radio Scotland, for which she has won two Sony speech broadcaster awards. Lesley runs her own independent radio and podcast company, Feisty Ltd which produces a popular weekly podcast and was a member of the three-year eu-funded Equimar marine energy project. Lesley is a weekly columnist for The Scotsman and The National and a regular contributor to The Guardian, Scotland Tonight, Question Time and Any Questions. She is also completing a phd supervised by Oslo and Strathclyde Universities comparing the Scots and Norwegian hutting traditions. Lesley founded the charity Africawoman and the feminist magazine Harpies and Quines and was a member of the Isle of Eigg Trust, which led to the successful community buyout in 1997. She wrote Riddoch on the Outer Hebrides in 2007, Blossom – what Scotland needs to Flourish with Luath in 2013 and Wee White Blossom – what post referendum Scotland needs to Flourish in December 2014.view less
Books by Lesley Riddoch
Wee White Blossom: What Post-Referendum Scotland Needs to Flourish Huts: A Place Beyond - How to End Our Exile From Nature Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5McSmörgåsbord: What post-Brexit Scotland can learn from the Nordics Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Thrive: The Freedom to Flourish Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlossom: What Scotland Needs to Flourish. 2nd edition. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRiddoch on the Outer Hebrides Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlossom: What Scotland Needs to Flourish Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings