Family life inside The Hill House

Family life inside The Hill House

In this episode, our host Jackie Bird is in Helensburgh, diving into family life inside The Hill House - Charles Rennie Mackintosh's domestic masterpiece. In this episode, Jackie learns all about The Hill House as a family home, with Taylah Egbers, Visitor Services Supervisor who shares an insight into the Blackie family who lived there.

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Life with the Lorimers: the family of artists and architects who made Kellie Castle home

Life with the Lorimers: the family of artists and architects who made Kellie Castle home

This week, Jackie is at Kellie Castle and Garden to find out about the Lorimers – a family of artists and creatives who once called the castle home. Led by James Lorimer, who first rented Kellie Castl...

10 Marras 202331min

Tragedy at Hill of Tarvit: The Edwardian mansion that housed a family drama

Tragedy at Hill of Tarvit: The Edwardian mansion that housed a family drama

Tragedy at Hill of Tarvit Surrounded by the beauty of Edwardian Britain, a family was devastated by tragedy. In this week’s episode, Jackie steps into the gilded surrounds of Hill of Tarvit to disco...

3 Marras 202327min

Stories and songs of Scottish battles: A live recording with Alistair Moffat, Derek Alexander and singer Iona Fyfe

Stories and songs of Scottish battles: A live recording with Alistair Moffat, Derek Alexander and singer Iona Fyfe

Stories and songs of Scottish battles Earlier this year, to launch a new series of Love Scotland, Jackie recorded an episode in front of a live audience of National Trust for Scotland members in Aber...

27 Loka 202349min

Scotland’s plague: 300 years of disease

Scotland’s plague: 300 years of disease

In 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic began, many people looked back to the influenza epidemic of 1918 for historical context. However, going further back in time reveals centuries of viral diseases – and...

4 Elo 202340min

A beginner’s guide to Scottish hillwalking

A beginner’s guide to Scottish hillwalking

On a drizzly summer’s day, Jackie heads out to Ben Lomond to meet two people who feel at home in the hills. First, Jackie, president of the National Trust for Scotland, goes for a stroll with Zahrah M...

28 Heinä 202331min

Avian flu: a report from the front line

Avian flu: a report from the front line

Following last year’s episode investigating the 2022 outbreak of avian flu among Scottish seabird colonies, Jackie returns to St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve in the wake of new cases being repor...

26 Heinä 202320min

What really killed Robert Burns?

What really killed Robert Burns?

An icon of Scottish culture, Robert Burns is best known for his beautiful, moving, and humorous poetry. Born in 1759, he died just 37 years later – an early passing attributed to alcoholism. However,...

21 Heinä 202333min

My life as a ranger on Scotland’s remote isles

My life as a ranger on Scotland’s remote isles

Jackie is joined by Jonathan Grant, who after 13 years is about to retire as a ranger on three Hebridean islands. Earlier this year, when news of his resignation was announced, it was headline news ar...

14 Heinä 202327min

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