Love in the Lowlands
In the third episode interviewing Jean and Jimmy we travel back to the dance halls of the fabulous fifties. Jenny and Annie learn about love, conscription and most importantly turnips. This is an inti...
6 Feb 202026min
Winter Solstice Bonus: Clava Cairns & Shetland Tammasmas
In this bonus episode, Jenny and Annie celebrate the winter solstice by looking at some wonderful eccentric traditions past on Shetland. We discuss the mystery of the Clava Cairns, the ancient monumen...
22 Dec 201922min
Scottish Granny: Poppies & Prisoners
In this exploration of family history, Annie and Jenny speak to Jean: Annie’s granny. It’s a wonderful and touching discussion of Jean’s childhood, family and what life was like growing up in rural Ay...
22 Dec 201936min
Tales from a Scottish Grandpa
The first of a five-part series from a Scottish grandparent’s living room. Annie and Jenny speak to Annie’s grandfather, Jimmy, about his childhood during the second world war. This sets them off to u...
27 Nov 201934min
Witchcraft & Witch-hunters
This episode looks at witchcraft and witch-purging in early modern Scotland. We hear the extraordinary confessions of Isobel Gowdie and learn about her initiation into sorcery and her incantations.Jen...
28 Okt 201938min
Scottish Zoo: Unicorn, Wildcat, Puffin & Deer
This podcast explores the Scottish Zoo of our mythologies, glens, and islands. It begins by wondering why the unicorn is Scotland’s national animal. Annie and Jenny discover mysterious wildcat of the ...
9 Okt 201934min
Tomnahurich: the Fairy Hill of Inverness
Jenny and Annie go away with the fairies to explore the mythology of Tomnahurich Cemetery in Inverness. This episode looks at folk legends of giants, fairy parties and fiddlers lost in the night. It a...
24 Sep 201934min
Rain, Plowtery, Dreich
Jenny and Annie stay inside on a dreichy day to talk about the environmental and cultural significance of rain. We discover the mythology and superstition of rain for fishermen of Shetland and try to ...
29 Aug 201923min
