Betrayed! How the dark days of the Glencoe Massacre are being recreated, 330 years on
Jackie Bird heads to Glencoe with the National Trust for Scotland’s Derek Alexander and Lucy Doogan. To mark 330 years since the massacre of the MacDonald clan at Glencoe, Jackie Bird heads north to ...
11 Feb 202233min
Daffodil daft at Greenbank
Located just outside of Glasgow’s Southside, Greenbank Garden is an urban oasis with woodland walks and more than 3600 species of beautiful plants – including over 500 varieties of daffodil. Our host...
4 Feb 202219min
Burns Big Night In
This year, the National Trust for Scotland’s Burns Big Night In returns. Radio DJ and personality Edith Bowman will be presenting a night of music, song and verse direct to living rooms across the lan...
14 Jan 202242min
Have we saved the Hill House?
Back in 2019 the National Trust for Scotland launched an unprecedented fundraising campaign to protect the Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece, the Hill House, from the weather. The result was the ...
7 Jan 202231min
Meet Mrs Claus at Pollok House
For this special episode of Love Scotland Jackie Bird heads to Glasgow’s Pollok House to meet the one and only Mrs Claus. Yes, that’s right, every year Santa’s better half comes to Pollok to make chil...
10 Dec 202122min
The big winter clean-up at Newhailes
All across Scotland, National Trust for Scotland staff are making the most of the winter months to clean, conserve and maintain the properties in their care. For this episode, Jackie Bird heads to the...
3 Dec 202132min
Digging for Whisky History
Who doesn’t love a dram? Call it uisge beatha, the water of life, whisky… Scotland’s national drink is known worldwide as a very special part of our culture. But what does it have to do with archaeolo...
23 Nov 202130min
Go Wild this Winter
If you haven’t got your walking boots on yet, you will do by the time you’ve listened to this episode. Jackie Bird hears from rangers Ciaran Hatsell and Ruth Alexander about the National Trust for Sco...
11 Nov 202129min
