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Love Scotland is a podcast series from the National Trust for Scotland.
Hosted by TV star, expert broadcaster and National Trust for Scotland president Jackie Bird, Love Scotland features big names, experts and enthusiasts from all walks of life. Each episode delves deep into the detail of Scotland’s history, its wildlife and its landscapes.
This season, listen out for episodes on Mary Queen of Scots, Robert the Bruce and a dive into the world of the Georgian Tea Room.
Episode | Date |
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A beginner's guide to Scotland's early monarchs
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Apr 26, 2024 |
The Afterlife of Mary, Queen of Scots
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Apr 18, 2024 |
Robert the Bruce: Battles of a King
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Apr 12, 2024 |
Robert the Bruce: Fact and Fiction
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Apr 05, 2024 |
Season 8 Trailer
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Mar 29, 2024 |
TOP FIVE: Sam Heughan
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Mar 15, 2024 |
TOP FIVE: Scotland on Screen
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Mar 08, 2024 |
TOP FIVE: Romans in Scotland
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Mar 01, 2024 |
TOP FIVE: The real history of Scotland’s witches
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Feb 23, 2024 |
TOP FIVE: Massacre at Glencoe
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Feb 16, 2024 |
For Auld Lang Syne: how a song of friendship became a global anthem
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Dec 15, 2023 |
Winter wildlife at St Abb's Head: Scottish Borders seal pups recover after Storm Arwen
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Dec 08, 2023 |
The story of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, and why the wife of architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh deserves equal recognition
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Dec 01, 2023 |
Scottish castles: a complete history of iconic historic buildings and their role in Scotland's story
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Nov 24, 2023 |
The colourful case of Osgood Mackenzie, plant pioneer and creator of Inverewe garden
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Nov 17, 2023 |
Life with the Lorimers: the family of artists and architects who made Kellie Castle home
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Nov 10, 2023 |
Tragedy at Hill of Tarvit: The Edwardian mansion that housed a family drama
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Nov 03, 2023 |
Stories and songs of Scottish battles: A live recording with Alistair Moffat, Derek Alexander and singer Iona Fyfe
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Oct 27, 2023 |
Scotland’s plague: 300 years of disease
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Aug 04, 2023 |
A beginner’s guide to Scottish hillwalking
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Jul 28, 2023 |
Avian flu: a report from the front line
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Jul 26, 2023 |
What really killed Robert Burns?
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Jul 21, 2023 |
My life as a ranger on Scotland’s remote isles
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Jul 14, 2023 |
Riches to rags: The legacy of Lady Aberdeen
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Jul 07, 2023 |
James VI: the childhood years
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Jun 30, 2023 |
Sir Henry Raeburn: the story behind Scotland's most famous painter
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Jun 23, 2023 |
Diana Gabaldon: Inside the story of Outlander
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Jun 16, 2023 |
Season 6 trailer
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Jun 09, 2023 |
Six places that show Scotland's global impact
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Apr 07, 2023 |
A rich history of tartan
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Mar 31, 2023 |
Romans in Scotland: the Antonine Wall
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Mar 24, 2023 |
The past and future of stately gardens
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Mar 17, 2023 |
The life and times of Scipio Kennedy
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Mar 10, 2023 |
Doug Allan: Antarctica, Attenborough, and a changing climate
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Mar 03, 2023 |
Clans: from kinship to capitalism - Part two
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Feb 24, 2023 |
Clans: from kinship to capitalism - Part one
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Feb 17, 2023 |
Season 5 trailer
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Feb 14, 2023 |
Scottish Christmas traditions: authentic festive displays at Castle Fraser
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Dec 09, 2022 |
Scotland’s coasts with Cal Major: advocacy and conservation on Scottish coastlines
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Dec 02, 2022 |
Alan Cumming’s Scotland: the Hollywood actor on Robbie Burns, life in Scotland, and his love of history
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Nov 25, 2022 |
Vikings in Scotland: how raids on Iona introduced a new age
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Nov 18, 2022 |
Scotland in the First World War: the homes that became hospitals to support the war effort
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Nov 11, 2022 |
Sam Heughan’s Scotland: The Outlander actor and Waypoints author meets Jackie Bird
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Nov 04, 2022 |
Scotland on Screen: Featuring Harry Potter, the Avengers, James Bond and more
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Oct 28, 2022 |
The Ghosts of Scotland's Past: How haunting tales have changed through history
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Oct 21, 2022 |
Mary Queen of Scots: A life, a legacy
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Oct 14, 2022 |
Seabird survival: Battling avian flu
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Oct 07, 2022 |
St Kilda: Life before the evacuation
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Sep 30, 2022 |
Flora MacDonald: Young Rebel
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Sep 23, 2022 |
100 Years of Branklyn Garden
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Aug 05, 2022 |
Inside Canna House
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Jul 22, 2022 |
Music and Migration in Georgian Edinburgh
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Jul 08, 2022 |
Mountain birds
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Jun 24, 2022 |
Conservation secrets
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Jun 10, 2022 |
In kids we trust
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May 27, 2022 |
The real history of Scotland's witches
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May 13, 2022 |
Hornel in Japan
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Apr 27, 2022 |
Keeping the outdoors great
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Apr 01, 2022 |
Violet Jacob: A singular life
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Mar 18, 2022 |
The Burns Cottage plot
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Mar 04, 2022 |
Our top Hidden Secrets
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Feb 18, 2022 |
Betrayed! How the dark days of the Glencoe Massacre are being recreated, 330 years on
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Feb 11, 2022 |
Daffodil daft at Greenbank
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Feb 04, 2022 |
Burns Big Night In
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Jan 14, 2022 |
Have we saved the Hill House?
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Jan 07, 2022 |
Meet Mrs Claus at Pollok House
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Dec 10, 2021 |
The big winter clean-up at Newhailes
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Dec 03, 2021 |
Digging for Whisky History
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Nov 23, 2021 |
Go Wild this Winter
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Nov 11, 2021 |
Meet the ghosts of Culross
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Oct 15, 2021 |
How Holmwood came back to life
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Oct 06, 2021 |
The smugglers’ caves of Culzean
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Sep 17, 2021 |
Climate lessons at Mar Lodge Estate
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Sep 08, 2021 |
Re-imagining the House of Dun
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Aug 25, 2021 |
Bruce's gamble: Robert the Bruce v Henry de Bohun
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Jul 02, 2021 |
Family life inside The Hill House
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Jun 16, 2021 |
Time travelling through Gladstone's Land
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May 24, 2021 |
Our CEO reflects on 90 years of the National Trust for Scotland
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Apr 27, 2021 |
Seabird city: the colonies at St Abb's Head and Staffa
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Apr 16, 2021 |
Safeguarding the Scotland we love with Stuart Brooks
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Mar 05, 2021 |
Ana Sanchez on the extraordinary life of Miss Agnes Toward
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Feb 18, 2021 |
The story of the Glencoe Massacre
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Feb 12, 2021 |
Is Robert Burns and his poetry more popular now than ever?
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Jan 21, 2021 |
On location - the Trust on the big and small screen with Anna Rathband
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Dec 18, 2020 |
Total Wipeout: Tackling invasive plants with Rob Dewar
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Dec 16, 2020 |
Caring for Scotland's footpaths with Helen Cole
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Nov 23, 2020 |
Facing our past with Jennifer Melville
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Nov 06, 2020 |
90 years since the evacuation of St Kilda with Susan Bain
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Aug 28, 2020 |
1745: Raising the Jacobite Standard at Glenfinnan - Professor Murray Pittock
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Aug 18, 2020 |
Scotland's wild spaces with Mark Beaumont
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Aug 06, 2020 |
Protecting Culloden Battlefield - Raoul Curtis-Machin
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Jul 23, 2020 |
Caring for Scotland's environment with Jeff Waddell
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Jun 25, 2020 |
Meet Derek Alexander - Scotland's Indiana Jones
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May 05, 2020 |