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With a surprise merger of a Saudi Arabian backed golf tour with the more established European and US ones, issues have been raised about human rights records and the vast amounts of money involved. Sports journalist and broadcaster Graham Spiers and Very Rev Dr Lorna Hood, former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, discuss the implications of such deals.

A triptych of Orkney tales past and present screens at this year’s Folk Film Gathering. Dr Linden Bicket, from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity, explores some of the issues they raise, including the clashing experiences of religion and addiction.

Following Pope Francis’ recent admission to hospital, Linden Bicket shares her recent experience meeting the pontiff.

How we perceive colours is intriguingly more complex than what we first might imagine. James Fox, author of The World According to Colour, takes us on a multi-hued journey traversing centuries and continents.

Many column inches have been dedicated to the revelation of presenter Philip Schofield’s secret, but secrets are something we all have. Life coach Glenn MacNay and Rev Fiona Bennett, minister of Augustine United Reform Church in Edinburgh, look at the psychological effects of keeping secrets.

Non-binary actor Justin David Sullivan withdrew from consideration for a Tony nomination because of the challenges posed by the gendered categories. Glasgow Film Festival programme manager, Paul Gallagher, and Chancellor's Fellow in Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Strathclyde, Dr Esperanza Miyake, discuss the complexities of gender in awards.

And 50 years on from the release of The Wicker Man, Paul Gallagher gives us his thoughts on the religious themes of the cult classic.