After a dreadful penalty mIss from SergIo Aguero In theIr defeat to chelsea. Good mornIng. After beIng so cold for what felt lIke so long, chIlly days and overnIght frosts, fInally mIlder weather on the way for the weekend. Look out, we are all goIng to be dodgIng the showers. More for you comIng up. Good mornIng to you. Itsjust good mornIng to you. Its just gOne at sIx oclock. Its sunday, the 9th of may. Our top story the PrIme MInIster wIll speak to the Snp Leader NIcola Sturgeon by PhOne Today after her party won the scottIsh parlIamentary electIon by a huge margIn, whIch left them just One seat short of an outrIght majorIty at holyrood. Ms sturgeon vowed to push ahead wIth her plans for a second Independence Referendum after the covId crIsIs Is over and saId the westmInster government has No DemocratIcjustIfIcatIon to block It. Our Scotland EdItor Sarah SmIth reports. Across scotland, vIctorIas snp candIdates are celebratIng IncreasIng theIr vote and wInnIng a remarkable fourth ter
his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in your final year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study journalism. and i think you were quite clear at that point that you wanted to be a columnist. why? because i had been very politically involved and my entry into writing was partly because i d studied languages and studied to be an interpreter, and i like to manipulate words, but it was also because i had been very involved politically, almost precociously, and that i thought i had things to say. and what i didn t realise at the time was the degree to which reporting, running out and talking to people, finding out, all of that, is the nuts and bolts of everything, including column writing. so as someone who hadn t done an awful lot ofjournalism and heri
of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in yourfinal year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study journalism. and i think you were quite clear at that point that you wanted to be a columnist. why? because i had been very politically involved and my entry into writing was partly because i d studied languages and studied to be an interpreter and i like to manipulate words, but it was also because i had been very involved politically, almost precociously, and that i thought i had things to say. and what i didn t realise at the time was the degree to which reporting, running out, talking to people, finding out, all of that, is the nuts and bolts of everything, including column writing. so as someone who hadn t done an awful lot ofjournalism and heriot watt didn t have a student new
illegal annex president this was his first visit since ordering a full scale invasion of ukraine 13 months ago. now bbc news. it s the media show. my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time. gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandela s entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered much else too gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter movement. gary left full time journalism at the guardian in 2020 to become professor of sociology at the university of manchester. although he continues to write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in your final year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study journalism. and i