Late Night Live Thursday 4th October 2012

Late Night Live from Edinburgh

What dangers do hackers and the world of cybercrime pose for ordinary people?  Misha Glenny, author of The DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You.

The world's foremost authority on the English language, David Crystal,   scours the records for the origin of 100 of our most important words.

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Recent highlights:

Joan Bakewell was the first female current affairs presenter on BBC TV.  Today she is a Labor peer, an outspoken advocate for the rights of the elderly, and at the age of 79, has just written her second novel. http://bit.ly/QRW4Os

* Charles Kingsford Smith was a national hero, however his co-pilot, business organiser and companion on his adventures, Charles Ulm, has been overlooked by history. This program, featuring Ulm's 91-year-old son John, and historian Michael Molkentin, with some gems from the archives, revisits Australia's remarkable aviation history and the role played by Charles Ulm. http://bit.ly/SvnolN

* Edinburgh's medical history http://bit.ly/Sj4ikB

 * George Monbiot looks at a group of mostly young, dispossessed people, who call themselves Diggers 2012. Their aim is simple: to remove themselves from the corporate economy, to house themselves, grow food and build a community on abandoned land.   http://bit.ly/NSoRC4 .

* Palestinian lawyer and writer Raja Shehadeh, one of the guests at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival, talks about life in the West Bank under Israeli occupation and about his love for the Palestinian landscape that's being overtaken by Israeli settlements.   http://bit.ly/UGp3XG

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