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Memories and stories from North Edinburgh Dementia Care's Seagrove Centre. North Edinburgh Dementia Care is a leading independent charity that provides day care services to people living with dementia. We provide support, activities and a lunch to our clients, Monday to Saturday. We hear so many great tales from the folk that visit us. You can hear some of them here. Also a bit about our organisation, our work and dementia it's self.
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Ethan Leith & Brandon Ilsley

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Two grown men with various neurospices discuss random matters given to them by anyone they can find... From just one word or phrase, who knows what tangents they might go on! | Submit your own prompts and suggestions to [email protected] | Season 2 coming soon!
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LifeStory

The Living Memory Association

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Ordinary people who lived through extraordinary times tell their stories to The Living Memory Association. Stories from the 20th century of childhood, schooldays, work, play, courtship. Tales of joy and hardship from Edinburgh, Leith, Scotland and beyond.
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Director Dexter Fletcher (Wild Bill) and Jane Horrocks (Little Voice, Trollied) discuss their new film. A jubilant and heartwarming film that follows two young couples as they face the future and search for their own place in the world. An uplifting film about live, love & family, Sunshine on Leith features the euphoric music of The Proclaimers. Moderated by Kevin Hughes at the Apple Store Regent Street in London.
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Cooking the Books is about all of life through the prism of food, from climate change to culture and politics to people. It's for foodie book lovers who want to hear something more profound about the way we live, making the link between delicious food and the impact of food production on the land, all through four food moments from the books of our favourite food writers. Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith is the winner of The Guild of Food Writers' Best Broadcast or Podcast Award 2022, and ...
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This week, we’re creating Something from Nothing with Alison Roman. The former chef, food columnist for the New York Times, senior food editor at Bon Appetit, author of Dining In, Nothing Fancy and Sweet Enough, and now owner of her own store in upstate NY is all about about doing the bare minimum beautifully. But as one of the early queens of soci…
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On Christmas Day, we’re combining all the things that Cooking the Books is about – identity, belonging, food cultures and vicarious travel thorugh food with Emiko Davies in one of Gilly's favourite books of 2025, The Japanese Pantry. As Emiko puts the pieces of her Italian living Australian-Japanese ancestry and influence together through all her b…
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We begin with the subject of tripe and offal. Do we like it? Do we hate it? Its an episode all about food. How to make it last or eek it out in times gone by. Mince and tatties, pots of soup and stovies for tea. Thanks to Jinty, Anna , Nessie, Barbara, May and Colin for more great memories.By Miles Tubb
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This week, we’re with the Spirit of Christmas herself, Skye McAlpine and The Christmas Companion Among all the talk of the pressures, the aspirational values and the industry of Christmas, Gilly finds herself feeling like the Grinch in the presence of the Christmas Fairy as she asks Skye about about the nostalgia, the beauty and the magic of giving…
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This week, we’re with Northern Irish food writer Cherie Denham and photographer Andrew Montgomery in The Irish Kitchen If you’ve listened to Gilly's chat with Andrew on her Substack a couple of weeks ago, you’ll know that this is no ordinary book. It follows their first book, The Irish Bakery, published by Montgomery Press, Andrew’s own company des…
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