Our Lives with Michelle McManus

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Michelle McManus gathers together a host of stories which reflect contemporary Scotland.

Michelle McManus gathers together a whole host of stories which reflect contemporary Scotland.  Upbeat, positive and inspirational, giving us energy to face the week ahead.

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Our Lives with Michelle McManus: Opera Fun, Magical Shells & A Love Of Bikes

Opera Fun, Magical Shells & A Love Of Bikes

BBC Radio Scotland - Our Lives with Michelle McManus, Opera Fun, Magical Shells & A Love Of Bikes

An opera lesson, a lifelong biking passion and why tiny shells spread joy worldwide.

Michelle gets an opera lesson, finds about about a passion for bikes that started in childhood and hears how some tiny shells are spreading joy worldwide.

Michelle McManus talks to opera singer Tony Henry about singing for the royal family, setting up a gospel choir in the highlands  and why fluffing his lines in the Croatian national anthem had hilarious consequences.

Catherine Munro explains why groatie buckie shells are considered to be lucky and how a photo of them on social media has led to a worldwide act of kindness.

Passionate cyclist Rashid Khaliq recalls his childhood love of bikes and talks about why he's spreading the joy of cycling in his diverse community and beyond.

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