Robert the Bruce: Battles of a King

Robert the Bruce: Battles of a King

In the second part of a two-episode biography of Robert the Bruce’s life, Jackie returns to the studio with Professor Dauvit Broun of the University of Glasgow.

Last week, we looked at the early life of Robert and how his canny abilities, not to mention his tendency to switch allegiance at opportune moments, helped him to secure power. But what came next?

Picking up their conversation in 1306, when Scotland has been conquered by Edward I of England and Robert faces a tussle for power with the most powerful family in Scotland, Jackie and Dauvit will look at all that happened in Robert’s reign.

To find out more about visiting Bannockburn, click here.

Avsnitt(144)

Meet the ghosts of Culross

Meet the ghosts of Culross

For a special Halloween episode Jackie Bird follows in the path of blockbusting TV series Outlander to the historic village of Culross, where she finds out why some former residents can still be encou...

15 Okt 202127min

How Holmwood came back to life

How Holmwood came back to life

It took three years, copious amounts of gold leaf and a team with a keen eye for detail, but now Alexander Greek Thomson’s domestic masterpiece, Holmwood House, is restored and in full glory. Jackie B...

6 Okt 202126min

The smugglers’ caves of Culzean

The smugglers’ caves of Culzean

Beneath the grand walls of Culzean Castle lies a dark and dramatic discovery – a network of caves used by smugglers in the heyday of the illicit alcohol trade. Jackie Bird gets her headtorch on to exp...

17 Sep 202138min

Climate lessons at Mar Lodge Estate

Climate lessons at Mar Lodge Estate

As COP26 comes to Glasgow, there are lessons to be learned from the ancient pine forests of the Cairngorms. In this episode, Jackie Bird chats to the Trust’s Conservation Manager Shaila Rao about the ...

8 Sep 202124min

Re-imagining the House of Dun

Re-imagining the House of Dun

Our host Jackie Bird is in Angus for this episode, visiting the elegant Georgian mansion, House of Dun, near Montrose which reopened in the summer of 2021 after a major ‘re-imagining’. She meets Iain ...

25 Aug 202115min

Bruce's gamble: Robert the Bruce v Henry de Bohun

Bruce's gamble: Robert the Bruce v Henry de Bohun

In this episode, our host Jackie Bird talks to Dr Callum Watson, Battle Coordinator at the Battle of Bannockburn visitor centre, about one of Robert the Bruce’s boldest gambles. Before the massed rank...

2 Juli 202134min

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 ...

16 Juni 202126min

Time travelling through Gladstone's Land

Time travelling through Gladstone's Land

In this episode, our host Jackie Bird is in Edinburgh at one of the oldest buildings on the Royal Mile. Gladstone's Land is a six-storey tenement and has been a fixture on the Lawnmarket for 500 years...

24 Maj 202128min

Populärt inom Vetenskap

dumma-manniskor
p3-dystopia
allt-du-velat-veta
svd-nyhetsartiklar
kapitalet-en-podd-om-ekonomi
medicinvetarna
rss-vetenskapsradion
hacka-livet
det-morka-psyket
sexet
paranormalt-med-caroline-giertz
rss-spraket
dumforklarat
rss-ufo-bortom-rimligt-tvivel-2
rss-ronden
ufo-sverige
vetenskapsradion
rss-vetenskapsradion-2
rss-tidslinjen-podcast
naturmorgon