Love Scotland: Stories of Scotland's History and Nature

By National Trust for Scotland

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