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Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, is celebrated on the anniversary of his birth, 25th January, and there are at least some tenuous connections between the Island and the world-renowned bard. We also look ahead to 30th January which will be Superhero dressing u...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. Fiona McArdle has been instrumental in organizing the Island's involvement in the Pan Celtic Festival, held somewhere in the island of Ireland each year in Easter Week. The main competition is for a new song in the Celtic language of each of the six participa...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. This week we join the annual ceremony in memory of Illiam Dhone, William Christian, who was shot to death on Hango Hill near Castletown on 2nd January 1663. We hear Mark Kermode of Mec Vannin and the Manx Branch of the Celtic League, Devon Watson of the Clima...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. Last time we heard Sravanti Mazumdar talking about Rabindranath Tagore. Her project is to perform Tagore's work in Bengali and in the Manx language, working with Manx musicians and singers. We hear more from Sravanti about herself , and how Tagore was influen...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. Professor Angela Little recounts how a book about the Isle of Man published in Norwegian in 1979 by Jon Leirfall was passed on to her by an academic colleague and friend. Unable to read Norwegian, Professor Little discovered that Norwegian was one of the many...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. Fiona McArdle introduces the programme as we hear about a book called 'Port Erin : Past and Present' published by Loaghtan Books, featuring postcards from the extensive collection of Ray Stanfield, who explains about his archive, with modern photographs by Ge...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. In this, the first of a new series, we celebrate Laal Andreays, St Andrew's Day, with a visit to the northern parish dedicated to the Biblical saint in the company of Kirk Andreas churchwarden, Michael Ellis. We also hear from David Kilgallon as he tells the...

A podcast only of Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. In it you can hear researcher Zoe Russell of the University of Stirling talking about her week of investigations into the background of the Isle of Man UNESCO Biosphere status, which she'll be comparing with that of Wester Ross in Scotland a...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. This weekend sees the second Our Island : Our World festival, celebrating the world's variety of cultures in music, food and much more. Christy DeHaven talks to the man whose idea it is, Dave Mclean. If you're wondering about the merriment with reference to L...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. Language is very much to the fore in this programme which looks ahead to the announcement of the 6th Manx Bard on Sunday 25th August by celebrating the work of all the Manx Bards so far: from the 1st Manx Bard, the person recognised by many as the Manx Nation...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. We hear more about Manx involvement in the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany as Sarah Hendy is joined by Chief Minister Howard Quayle and Marlene Maska MLC. Music from Skeddan Jiarg, The Mollag Band and Mera Royle. Meanwhile, the National Eisteddf...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. We meet a return visitor to the Island - after more than 40 years - from the Netherlands, a broadcaster and journalist, Wieky Beens. She recalls her earlier visit and comments on the Island today - and tomorrow. 2019 is the year of indigenous, lesser-used lan...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. Once again we look at Yn Chruinnaght's Celtic Gathering 2019, and in particular at an exciting Breton-Manx collaboration involving Breton singer Lors Landat and accordionist, composer and arranger Thomas Moisson with Manx multi-instrumentalist, composer and a...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. This week, a look ahead to Yn Chruinnaght's Celtic Gathering, taking place from Monday 15th July to Sunday 21st July.

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. Today, 4th July, is the old style eve of midsummer, and we hear of old customs associated with today and with tomorrow, 5th July, the old style midsummer - an ancient fire festival dedicated to the Island's great god, Manannan Mac Leirr, in whose honour rushe...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. We look at the events which bring the 45th Mananan Festival to a close, with the Brodsky Quartet, the Scott Brothers Duo and Kabantu - with the added bonus of an organ recital by Jonathan Scott. We look at some of the films made for Culture Vannin, exploring...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. The 45th Mananan Festival at the Erin Arts Centre in Port Erin provides a great opportunity to see leading artists in an intimate setting - and perhaps to provide inspiration for new ways to look at and present Manx culture. From the south to the north, where...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues, as well as giving a regular taste of the best of Manx music. Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh celebrates its 120th year with 'Greinneyderyn ny Gaelgey jeh'n 20oo Cheead Blein', influential Manx-speakers of the 20th century, at 7.30pm on Wednesday 13th March in St John...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues, as well as giving a regular taste of the best of Manx music. International events are brought to the shores of the Isle of Man, with the battle between the British Royal Navy Commander John Elliott and Captain Francois Thurot of the French Royale on 28th Febr...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues, as well as giving a regular taste of the best of Manx music. We're visiting pantoland again with the Marown Youth and Community Players' production of 'Rapunzel'. We hear from Producer Alison Lodge and cast members Andrew Willoughby and Gill Bowers. And Joyce...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues, as well as giving a regular taste of the best of Manx music. This week we find out something about the history of Peel Heritage Trust and how people can get involved with that. There's also an opportunity to volunteer at the historic Milntown estate. Meanwhil...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues, as well as giving a regular taste of the best of Manx music. Jamys O'Meara has stepped in to act as Yn Greinneyder, the Manx Language Development Officer of Culture Vannin. Dollin Mercer talks to him about his role. Entries for the Manx Music, Speech and Danc...

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues, as well as giving a regular taste of the best of Manx music. We celebrate the award of the Island's highest cultural honour, as John Kaneen is recognized as Reih Bleeaney Vanannan - Manannan's Choice of the Year.

A tribute to Brian Stowell, a great cultural champion of the Island and its culture. The Manx Folk Awards are now accepting entries - we hear from Jo Callister of the Department of Education, Sport and Culture and Chloe Woolley of Culture Vannin. And 'The New Name' - we return to the historic recording made in 1907 of John Nelson singing in Manx.

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues, as well as giving a regular taste of the best of Manx music We find about - and hear - this year's Arrane son Mannin, which will go forward to represent the Island in the Pan Celtic International Song Contest at the Pan Celtic Festival in Letterkenny, County...