Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Lesley Riddoch joins us to discuss her inspirational new film exploring Finland — a country often cited as one of the world’s most successful, fair and forward-thinking societies.

Beautifully shot and deeply engaging, the film looks beyond the headlines to ask why Finland works so well, and what lessons Scotland can learn from its journey. We talk about what independence could make possible — but also, crucially, the changes we don’t have to wait for.

From education and local democracy to trust, equality and community power, this is an inspiring conversation about what Scotland can begin building right now.

Lesley will be presenting a series of film screenings followed by Q&A sessions, details are on her website https://lesleyriddoch.com/events with more events being added.

key themes:

00:03:45 Sisu, Smeddum and Trust

00:06:01 National Security and Resilience

00:13:59 Food Security and Co-operatives

00:16:17 Public Ownership of Assets

00:18:37 Scotland's Transition

00:22:07 Common Sense Solutions - Prisons

00:28:13 World Leading Education from Kindergarten onwards

00:41:39 Forests and Family Trees

00:45:58 Lessons for Scotland

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