129 - Johnson and Boswell's trip around Scotland & The Death of William Wallace
TSHP15 FOR 15% OFF ANY RABBIE'S TOUR ON RABBIES.COMThis week in Scottish History saw the beginning of the journey of Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell around Scotland that formed 2 highly acclaimed...
17 Aug 45min
128 - The Covenanters Part 2 : The National Covenant and the Bishop's Wars
TSHP15 FOR 15% OFF ANY RABBIE'S TOUR AT RABBIES.COMIn this episode we continue the story of the Covenanters.Through the signing of the National Covenant, to the Bishop's Wars and finally the execution...
13 Aug 51min
127 - Andrew Carnegie & John Logie Baird
TSHP15 FOR 15% OFF YOUR RABBIE'S TOUR WHEN YOU BOOK AT RABBIES.COM!This week in Scottish HistoryWe celebrate the births of 2 fascinating men.Starting with Andrew Carnegie, the businessman and philanth...
10 Aug 33min
126 - The Covenanters Part 1 : The Road to the Covenant
TSHP15 FOR 15% OFF ANY RABBIE'S TOUR AT RABBIES.COMHey folks,This series is a long time coming. To fully understand the Covenanters, as I've attempted to do for the last 6 years, I unfortunately have ...
6 Aug 50min
125 - Sir Harry Lauder & Sir Alexander Fleming
TSHP15 at checkout for 15% off any tour with Rabbie's booked at rabbies.comIn this weeks episode of This Week in Scottish History, we have - Sir Harry Lauder - Scotlands Entertainment KingSir Alexande...
3 Aug 31min
124 - Gregor MacGregor : Soldier, Laird, and the Man Who Sold a Country That Didn’t Exist
TSHP15 FOR 15% OFF ANY TOUR BOOKED THROUGH RABBIES.COMIn this episode, my colleague Rhys brought my attention to this story of a man called Gregor MacGregor.So I wrote an episode about him. WOW. What ...
30 Jul 30min
123 - The Beano & Alexander Graham Bell
This week in Scottish History!Our first story is about my all time favourite comic book, The Beano. The reason I wanted a catapult and peashooters when I was a child. Including my obsession with whoop...
27 Jul 32min
122 - The Border Reivers
TSHP15 FOR 15% OFF ANY TOUR WITH RABBIE'S - http://rabbies.comFinally, after 122 episodes, we talk about the Border Reviers. And it now makes it into my legend as the second longest episode of this po...
23 Jul 1h
