Bloody Scotland: Heather Critchlow on Unsolved

By Ellie Forbes | August 15, 2023

Each week Scottish Field will be talking to one of the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize shortlist authors about their novels and feature an extract from the book.  This week we hear from Heather Critchlow, 42, from Aberdeenshire, about her novel Unsolved (Canelo) , a cold case mystery about two women who disappeared 35 years ago which…

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Calling Time: clock ticks on online charity auction of one-off watches

By Ellie Forbes | August 9, 2023

Lyon & Turnbull is set to auction off nine watches to help support cancer charity Maggie’s. The EveryWatch sale of original timepieces will take place online from 16-23 August.  It features watches specially created for the sale, and includes; Christopher Ward, Fears, Isotope, Sartory Billard, Paulin, Studio Underd0g, Bamford, William Wood and internationally renowned Glasgow-based…

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Outlander author Diana Gabaldon to star on Love Scotland podcast

By Ellie Forbes | June 15, 2023

Her novels have brought the romance and drama of Scottish history to life for more than 50 million readers worldwide. And now Outlander author Diana Gabaldon is set to feature on the upcoming season of Jackie Bird’s podcast. Series six of Love Scotland will kick off with Gabaldon, bestselling author of the iconic Outlander series –…

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Hidden in plain sight

By Peter Ranscombe | January 12, 2023

Broadcaster Pennie Stuart shares the story behind her latest podcast and radio series, Hidden in Plain Sight, about one township’s experience of the Highland Clearances. DUNCAN MACKENZIE parks his landrover beside a rough forestry track where plantation pines part to give a view down to the fertile flatlands at the head of Lochbroom. Ullapool glints…

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New Highland Clearances podcast and radio series

By Peter Ranscombe | January 9, 2023

A NEW podcast and radio series is shining a light on an untold story from the Highland Clearances. Local resident Duncan Mackenzie, Ullapool Book Festival honorary president Chris Dolan, and Ullapool Museum have worked together on Hidden in Plain Sight. The eight-part docu-drama stars a cast of voices including actor David Hayman and broadcaster Mark…

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Highland women celebrated in podcast

By Peter Ranscombe | December 28, 2022

THE stories of Highland women are being celebrated in a new series of podcasts. The programmes were commissioned by Museums & Heritage Highlands and XpoNorth Digital, which supports creative businesses. The series, which is hosted by Pauline Moore, uses archive material to tell the stories of women from the Highlands. Jewel thief Mary Marjory MacDonald,…

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Karen Dunbar presents ‘Good in Glasgow’ video podcast

By Peter Ranscombe | September 30, 2022

COMEDIAN Karen Dunbar is presenting Good in Glasgow, a new video podcast created with Glasgow Girls Club. The podcast celebrates the good deeds being done around the Dear Green Place, and gives viewers the chance to join in too by supporting the people and organisations featured in the series. In the first episode of Good…

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Jackie Bird is new National Trust for Scotland president

By Peter Ranscombe | September 26, 2022

TELEVISION presenter Jackie Bird was appointed as president of the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) on Saturday. Members of the charity approved her appointment at the trust’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Glasgow. David Mitchell, who convened the AGM as deputy chair of the NTS, said: “Jackie Bird is already a committed friend to the…

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