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MacAulay and Co: 19/12/2011

19/12/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - MacAulay and Co, 19/12/2011

Fred gets festive with a perfect playlist for the big day. Plus make your own crackers!

Fred finds out how to make your own Christmas crackers with author Karon Grieve, creates the perfect festive playlist, and finds out why men are more competitive in middle age!

Sick of all the cheesy Christmas tunes that have been playing in shops since October? Well, we've got the perfect festive playlist for the big day - compiled by muso Colin Somerville - as well as what to look forward to from Bryan Burnett , who's on instead of Fred on Christmas morning.

Graeme Virtue reviews a new drama best-selling author James Herriot's student days at the Glasgow Vet School in the '30s, and we're also joined by Ivor Lough who studied alongside him..

As a new Dundee dictionary is published, we'll be finding out if YOU might be a Scot's language speaker - and not even know it, with Dr Chris Robinson 

If you want to copy Matt Damon's sexy new haircut - and go for a close shave - we'll give you some top tips! Stylist Mark McDonald will buzz us through it as he gives Richard Cadey a sharp new look - live in the studio!

Apparently men are most competitive between the ages of 45 and 54 - but why? And what other behaviours do we pick up with age.. psychologist Avril Gold reveals all.

We're never afraid to ask the big (stupid) questions on MacAulay & Co. - and today we'll be talking to an astrophysicist about Higgs Boson.

And we're joined all week by author Karon Grieve who's giving us the ultimate guide to an easy - and creative - Christmas! Today she'll tell you how make your own crackers.

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