# Duncan Williamson
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Duncan James Williamson (11 April 1928, Loch Fyneside, near Furnace, Argyll - 8 November 2007) was a Scottish storyteller and singer, and a member of the Scottish Traveller community. The Scottish poet and scholar Hamish Henderson once referred to him as "possibly the most extraordinary tradition-bearer of the whole Traveller tribe."
== Family ==
Williamson is reputed to have been born in a bow-tent on the banks of Loch Fyne, near the village of Furnace in Argyll, to Jock Williamson and Betsy Townsley, and was one of 16 children. He learned his repertoire of stories and songs from family, and other members of the Traveller community.
The Middle East Conflict, Risk and Resilience: Lord Sedwill
Hosted by Sam Gyimah
In this episode of The Geopolitics of Business, Lord Sedwill — former Cabinet Secretary, National Security Adviser, and now Chair Rothschild & Co Saudi Arabia, examines how conflict in the Gulf is reshaping capital flows, supply chains, defence priorities and long-term busines…
Cat Fishers
Scottish storyteller Cara Silversmith tells a trickster tale about two cats and a fox, a story which was handed down by traveller and storyteller Duncan Williamson. Two cats go fishing and argue about who should keep the fish they’ve caught. Unable to agree, they ask Mr Fox to help them decide. Is …
Nature and story with Shane Ibbs
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Financing Ukraine’s war economy: Mikael Björknert, Group CEO, PrivatBank
In this episode Mikael Björknert, CEO of PrivatBank, joins Sam to discuss what it means to run Ukraine’s largest bank during a full-scale war. As head of the country’s largest state-owned bank, Mikael offers a rare front-line perspective on how financial infrastructure, operational resilience and n…
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Nick Leung is the former Chairman of McKinsey's Greater China operation and Director of the McKinsey Global Institute in Hong Kong. With dual Swiss-Chinese heritage and three decades advising Chinese and multinational companies, he brings a rare inside-out perspective on the world's second-largest …
Conflict, capital and the new rules of economic warfare: Edward Fishman
Conflict, capital and the new rules of economic warfare: Edward Fishman
Hosted by Sam Gyimah
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AI, advertising and global CEOs: Sir Martin Sorrell
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Hosted by Sam Gyimah
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The Budget, The Bank and the AI Boom: Sir Charlie Bean
The Budget, The Bank and the AI Boom: Sir Charlie Bean
Hosted by Sam Gyimah
Sir Charlie Bean is one of Britain's most influential macroeconomists and central bankers, a former Chief Economist and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England he’s now emeritus professor of economics at the London School …
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