Podcasts: Scotland

In this month's magazine, we have a very special travel feature: we take you on a trip on Scotland's West Highland Railway. Why not sit back with a bottle of Scotch and listen to an excerpt read by Jonathan Sharp?

Donald Trump, the wealthy American businessman, has been in the news for several months, as he’s fought to buy a piece of the Scottish coastline.

This week, we begin with a short item about a gold rush that is sweeping across Britain. From Northern Ireland, across Wales to Scotland, old gold mines are back in production. The latest one is at Cononish, north of Glasgow.

What do you think of as typically Scottish? Did I hear you say bagpipes
— a musical instrument made of a number of pipes and a bag? Dagmar Taylor from Aberdeen reads “Mythical music” taken from the World View section of Spotlight magazine.

This month, Replay looks at the increase in skin cancer among young people in Scotland. Listen to Replay presenter Romie Singh and see if you can answer the two questions.