Teenage eco-activist to guest-edit Today show
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has signed up to guest-edit the Today programme.
The 16-year-old is one of five people who will take over the BBC Radio 4 show over Christmas and New Year.
Supreme Court president Lady Hale, who delivered the ruling that Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, has also signed up.
Artist Grayson Perry, rapper George The Poet and Charles Moore, a critic of the BBC, will also helm the high-profile news show.
Each programme will include an interview with the guest editor.
Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta, who has spearheaded a global movement and school strikes around the world, will speak to leading climate change figures and hear from indigenous, frontline activists.
She has commissioned reports from the Antarctic and Zambia and an interview with Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England.
Lady Hale will give the programme a tour of the Supreme Court and has asked Today to explore the issue of coercive control.
Previous guest editors include the Duke of Sussex, Angelina Jolie, John Bercow, Sir Lenny Henry and Professor Stephen Hawking. biggest icons for that age group. Mention Peppa to any four-year-old and they’ll fall over themselves with excitement.”
Thomas, who four years ago became the first poet in residence at Selkirk Football Club, has littered the story with “jings”, “bonnie” and “belter”, and has even given the unicorn a Scots moniker, Cuddy Mctwinkle-toes. “It’s just a bit of fun,” he said. “And it was quite easy to do. Peppa is all about family and home and that’s the nature of the Scots language.
“I’ve always been passionate about books. The local library in Hamilton where I grew up was my refuge as a child.
“And they’re often the best means of relaying messages to the younger generation.
“It seems fitting that I’ve ended up working in a library – and now I’m writing books.
“Moving to the Borders has increased my love of Scots. Everyone speaks it here – and its infectious. I only hope with the help of Peppa I can open it up to a wider audience.”
Peppa’s Bonnie Unicorn, published by Black and White, is out now