Tag: Glen Roberts
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E47 – Pickups 4 Peace – Beth Newman
At the end of November 2025, Beth Newman returned from her second visit to Lviv, Ukraine in support of Pickups For Peace, a charity initially organised by Scottish farmers to […]
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E43 – Housing on Islay – Part 2 – A Builder’s Perspective
This Is Islay continues the conversation on housing issues on Islay, exploring the unique challenges and issues which face individuals and families seeking a place to live in our island […]
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E40 – Housing on Islay – Part 1
This Is Islay turns to the issue of housing on Islay, exploring the unique challenges and issues which face individuals and families seeking a place to live in our island […]
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E33 – Behind The Scenes
A conversation with the This Is Islay team gathered in the Islay High School studio, including: Gordon Bermingham, Jean MacLellan, Tom O’Farrell, Glen Roberts, and Jolyon Thurgood. We pull back […]
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Series - What makes someone an Ileach?
E30 – What makes someone an Ileach?
Greig Barker interviews Islay High School students, Russell Pollock speaks to Samantha MacArthur and the podcast team gathers various views on the subject. We would like to thank Islay High […]
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E29 – The view from 2 wheels
Sharon Jones, enjoying her island holiday, took to two wheels along with her husband Mike, and recorded this contribution to our podcast series as they cycled the highways and byways […]
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E26 – Mental Health Support for Islay Youth
Mid Argyll Youth Development Services (MAYDS) work with Exchange Counselling to provide mental health support for young people at Islay High School. In this episode, Glen speaks to Lynn Johnstone […]
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E25 – The Ileach is 50 Years Old!
The Independent Newspaper for Islay and Jura, The Ileach, was launched in 1973. In this episode, Glen Roberts talks with Brian Palmer, the current editor, and Calum Murray, past editor, […]
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E23 – Return of Feis-Ile 2023
We speak with Lesley McCall, Secretary of the Fèis Ìle Committee, about the Festival, which takes place across Islay and Jura over 10 days at the end of May, and […]
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E22 – 2022 – The Year in Review
Glen and Tom look back over This Is Islay’s activities and podcasts during 2022, a year of transition after restrictions imposed by COVID. We published 9 episodes and expanded our […]
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