Theatre in Victorian Inverness
This episode brings a guest host, Sara Boussaikouk, who talks to us about Victorian theatres in Inverness. We read original documents found in the Highland Archive Centre which describe the venues and...
23 Aug 201920min
Radical War 1820
Jenny and Annie have a look at a group of artisan weavers who inspired a strike of sixty thousand people in Glasgow and the industrial central belt. This episode looks at the “Radical War” of 1820 and...
8 Aug 201924min
Covesea Part 2: A Wizard, a Smuggler & a Wedding
In the second of a two-part adventure at Covesea caves, we look at the rumours of the Wizard of Gordonstoun who was said to have sold his soul for sacred knowledge. This episode discovers that Covesea...
1 Aug 201926min
Covesea Caves Part 1: Bronze Age Mortuary
In the first of a two-part exploration of Covesea caves, Jenny and Annie crawl into the Bronze Age to ponder why these caves were used for the curation of human bodies. Why did different people over d...
24 Jul 201924min
Loch Ness Part 2: Science & Innovation
In this second episode on Loch Ness we look at the landscape through the lenses of both science and mythology. We consider innovation on Loch Ness; from ancient crannogs to a 1950’s water speed record...
17 Jul 201923min
Loch Ness Part 1: the Pictish Beast & Monster Mysticism
Join us on a breathtaking journey through the history of Loch Ness. We explore the mysticism and legends of the Loch starting with Saint Columba’s confrontation with the Loch Ness monster. This episod...
11 Jul 201932min
Bothy Culture: Wee Huts of Stories
In this first episode, Annie and Jenny consider the significance of bothies in Scottish culture and delve into the dark pasts of bothy life and the ballads that farm workers would sing by the peat fir...
10 Jul 201927min
