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Charismatic Characters and Wings to War

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland MW

Have you heard of Sir Ronald Ross? He discovered how malaria was transmitted and taught people the importance of keeping those pesky mosquitos away, but he didn’t want to be a doctor - he wanted to write! Susan Morrison meets Charlotte Orr of the University of Glasgow who’s researching his unique approach to medical life. Not quite buzzing in the air but on the ground, Susan goes to Pollok Park to try out Wings to War’s WW1 trainer - a replica of the mechanical simulators used as the first step of aviation training in the Great War. She’s helped by Alan Birkbeck and Dr Olivia Lelong. Back to the 19th century, and you had to be fit to make it to political meetings in 1889, Susan joins Kirsty Lusk of Glasgow University to travel in the footsteps of Irish orator and politician Charles Stewart Parnell right up to the top of Calton Hill in Edinburgh where he came on his journey to receive the Freedom of the City. Show less

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