Caring for Scotland's footpaths with Helen Cole
Helen Cole, Property Manger at Ben Lawers, has spent 30 years caring for the National Nature Reserve. In this episode, she talks to Jackie about the huge increase in footfall on Scotland's upland path...
23 Nov 202019min
Facing our past with Jennifer Melville
Jackie Bird is joined by Jennifer Melville, as the Trust embarks on a new project that will explore the role that the slave trade has played in the histories of Scotland and some of the Trust’s most-l...
6 Nov 202019min
90 years since the evacuation of St Kilda with Susan Bain
On the 90th anniversary of the evacuation of St Kilda, the Trust's Western Isles Manager Susan Bain, tells Jackie Bird why Scotland should be extremely proud of this archipelago and how it came to be ...
28 Aug 202029min
1745: Raising the Jacobite Standard at Glenfinnan - Professor Murray Pittock
19 August 2020 marks the 275th anniversary of the Raising of the Jacobite Standard by Charles Edward Stuart at Glenfinnan. Professor Murray Pittock, Trustee and history advisor to the National Trust f...
18 Aug 202033min
Scotland's wild spaces with Mark Beaumont
Jackie Bird is joined by Trust supporter and endurance athlete Mark Beaumont, who talks about some of his favourite places in Scotland and why it's important that they're looked after for future gener...
6 Aug 202021min
Protecting Culloden Battlefield - Raoul Curtis-Machin
Raoul Curtis-Machin, Operations Manager at Culloden, talks to Jackie Bird about the story of Britain's last pitched battle and the findings of the National Trust for Scotland's Culloden 300 consultati...
23 Juli 202021min
Caring for Scotland's environment with Jeff Waddell
Jeff Waddell, the National Trust for Scotland's environmental expert takes Jackie Bird on a tour of some of Scotland's most beautiful walking routes and shares the vital work to protect and conserve t...
25 Juni 202024min
Meet Derek Alexander - Scotland's Indiana Jones
Jackie Bird meets the National Trust for Scotland's head of archaeology, Derek Alexander, as he talks about some of his most fascinating finds and why he loves being in the field.
5 Maj 202022min
