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Ex-Buzzcocks drummer John Maher opens up about his punk past.

Ex-Buzzcocks drummer John Maher opens up about his punk past and his current photography obsession.

Once the drummer for legendary punk band Buzzcocks, John Maher has become a serious photographer and is keen to document the landscape and abandoned crofts of Harris, where he now lives. We meet John to hear how he toured the world with Buzzcocks while supporting the Sex Pistols, and he opens up his scrapbooks to reveal meeting heroes such as Debbie Harry. We also follow him as he photographs a local family who are transforming an old croft into their home.

Due to complications at birth, teenager Becky Tyler has quadriplegic cerebral palsy. However, eye-gaze technology has allowed her to talk and paint, and now to study at the University of Dundee, where she is researching how applied computing can allow those with disabilities to gain more independence.

Drawing unconventional inspiration from pubs rather than churches, stained-glass artist Tessa Mackenzie reveals the secrets of her trade and creates a strikingly modern stained-glass piece in her city studio.

And Hong Kong-born poet Tim Tim Cheng performs The Fo(u)rth Bridge, her love letter to the Forth Road Bridge that was penned and inspired by seeing the famous Scottish landmark for the very first time.

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