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04/11/2018

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Richard Holloway gets into the head of the master of mind-games, illusionist Derren Brown.

Richard meets the master of mind-games, illusionist Derren Brown. A transparent pig arrives in Dundee, forcing us to consider our views on society for 'Citizen of Nowhere'.

Britain’s most famous illusionist opens up about what shaped him, as Richard Holloway gets into the head of the master of mind-games, Derren Brown.

Bob Dickson visits St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Edinburgh to hear the story of the Alexander Runciman painting that’s been hidden for more than 200 years, and the plans to uncover and restore it. 

A transparent Pig arrives in Dundee forcing us to look at how we view community, and speaking ‘Truth to Power’ at the newly opened V&A – just two of the events at ‘Citizen of Nowhere’. Performer Jeremy Goldstein, and National Theatre of Scotland’s Artistic Director, Jackie Wylie, tell Richard about this festival that explores how theatre can work with new technologies to respond to an increasingly fragmented world. 
 
A choir of thirty Highland women mark 100 years since women gained the vote. Project organiser Andrea Johnson and ‘Bevvy Sister’ Heather Macleod explain why this celebration of the past is also a tool to empower women today. 

Owen Davies discusses the revival of 'superstitious' beliefs and practices during the Great War, the subject of his book ‘A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination and Faith during the First World War’.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon recently accompanied a group of young Scots around Auschwitz. Richard speaks to Rachel Young from Alloa Academy about the impact it had on her, and education officer at the Holocaust Education Trust, Martin Winstone.

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