Borders Bletherings

By Borders Bletherings

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Everyone knows the history of Scotland: the romance of the highlands with Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Northern Isles with their Pictish and Viking heritage, Dundee with Jute and Jam, Glasgow and its shipyards and Edinburgh and the New Town Enlightenment. But what of the Borders? A published historian and archivist, Mary, and her friend, Doug, explore the less well-trodden paths of Scottish history and folklore as they shine a light on some of the best kept secrets of times past and present in the Scottish Borders. Join them as they chat and natter about the chequered history of the Borders region and reveal that, despite the best efforts of Hollywood, not all of the dramatic, historical intrigue and derring-do took place in the Scottish Highlands.

Episode Date
Gladstone
Dec 02, 2025
Manderston
Nov 01, 2025
Jim Clark
Oct 26, 2025
Nicknames
Oct 13, 2025
Duns Scotus
Sep 06, 2025
Oliver cromwell
Aug 17, 2025
St Ronan
Jul 20, 2025
The Scottish folk scene
Jun 24, 2025
Coulter's Candy
Jun 01, 2025
Vikings part 2
May 12, 2025
Vikings part 1
Apr 21, 2025
St Suthbert
Mar 28, 2025
Border Fields
Mar 04, 2025
Two Charlies
Feb 17, 2025
Great Storm of 1953
Feb 08, 2025
Mary and James
Jan 19, 2025
Bite-sized
Jan 05, 2025
Winter 1947
Dec 15, 2024
James I & IV
Dec 01, 2024
The Trail of Blood
Nov 10, 2024
The Stewarts
Oct 27, 2024
What If - part 2
Oct 13, 2024
What If - part 1
Sep 29, 2024
World War 2 and the Home Front - part 3
Sep 15, 2024
World War 2 and the Home Front - part 2
Sep 05, 2024
World War 2 and the Home Front - part 1
Aug 18, 2024
Bite-sized
Jul 07, 2024
The Lowlands of Holland
Jun 25, 2024
James Hogg
Jun 09, 2024
The Bondagers
May 26, 2024
The Battle of Philiphaugh
May 12, 2024
The Burgundians
Apr 28, 2024
Burke and Hare
Apr 15, 2024
Gypsies' Field of Blood
Mar 31, 2024
John Buchan
Mar 17, 2024
The Rough Wooing
Mar 03, 2024
The Great War part 2
Feb 18, 2024
The Great War part 1
Feb 05, 2024
Luddites
Feb 05, 2024
Where to Santa?
Dec 31, 2023
Murder in Stow revisited
Dec 17, 2023
The Dowie Dens 'o Yarrow
Nov 26, 2023
Travels with a Donkey
Nov 17, 2023
Border Tales
Oct 29, 2023
Black Friday
Oct 15, 2023
Lady Florence Dixie
Oct 01, 2023
Arthur and Merlin part 2
Sep 20, 2023
Arthur and Merlin part 1
Sep 03, 2023
Summer Wanderings
Aug 20, 2023
Beechings
Jul 23, 2023
Q&A
Jul 09, 2023
Why myths and legends
Jun 25, 2023
History part 2
Jun 11, 2023
History part 1
May 28, 2023
Stones and stone circles part 2
May 14, 2023
Stones and stone circles part 1
Apr 30, 2023
Abbeys part 2
Apr 16, 2023
Abbeys part 1
Apr 02, 2023
Maharajah
Mar 19, 2023
Murder in Stow - The denoument
Mar 05, 2023
Murder in Stow - A different story
Feb 19, 2023
Murder in Stow - Victoriana
Feb 05, 2023
Murder in Stow - The unanswered questions
Jan 22, 2023
Murder in Stow - 1871
Jan 08, 2023
Frederick Douglass
Dec 22, 2022
Goblin Ha'
Dec 04, 2022
Hob Grieve
Nov 20, 2022
Lowland Clearances
Nov 07, 2022
Bite-sized return
Oct 30, 2022
Bite-sized
Jun 26, 2022
Mungo Park
Jun 12, 2022
Gododdin
May 29, 2022
Darien (part 2)
May 15, 2022
Darien (part 1)
May 01, 2022
Crusades
Apr 17, 2022
Pilgrimage
Apr 04, 2022
Two Tams
Mar 20, 2022
Black Death
Mar 06, 2022
How Scottish?
Feb 20, 2022
Robert Burns
Feb 06, 2022
Gypsy (part 2)
Jan 23, 2022
Gypsy (part 1)
Jan 09, 2022
Midwinter Magic
Dec 26, 2021
Walter Scott
Dec 12, 2021
Mills
Nov 28, 2021
Navvy Riots
Nov 14, 2021
Halloween
Oct 31, 2021
Witches
Oct 17, 2021
Common Ridings
Oct 03, 2021
Taster
Sep 29, 2021