People
Behind Still Game
We caught up with the men behind Scotland’s favourite and funniest pensioners, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill The live version of Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill’s incredibly popular BBC […]
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Interviews
Catching up with Ed Byrne
His show at the Edinburgh Fringe this month is part of Ed Byrne’s long term love affair with Scotland “I would love to live in Scotland,” he says, “but my […]
People
Tom Weir | In Rob Roy Country
Tom Weir visited the reservoir that supplied Glasgow with 90,000,000 gallons of water a day in 1976, and opened a Wayfaring Course set in this area at the Queen Elizabeth […]
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Tom Weir | The Happy Glen
Exploring in the Grampians, Tom Weir went to meet the people who have chosen to live so remotely in the deceptively sleepy glens where disaster can easily befall the unprepared […]
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Tom Weir | A Noble Venture
Scottish Gaelic is a language in decline, but the Hebrides are still Gaelic strongholds, and in 1976, Tom Weir went to Skye to meet some of the people determined to […]
People
The Oor Wullie of Comedy: Vladimir McTavish
Scotland’s best satirical stand-up, Vladimir McTavish, is gearing up for another box office success at the 2015 Fringe His blend of observational humour about the Scottish psyche mixed with up-to-the-minute […]
Interviews
The Irrepressible Craig Hill
The comedian and king of puns is back at the Fringe this year! Craig’s new show, Playing With My Selfie (double entendre entirely intended) runs August 6 – 30, at […]
Interviews
Eddi Reader | A Wandering Minstrel
Scottish songstress Eddi Reader talks to us about her musical influences, upbringing, and how it feels to be singing in Gaelic for the first time… Many musicians lead a nomadic existence […]
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Tom Weir | Bound For The Isles
IN a spacious cabin Tom Weir sat with a dram in his hand listening to Iain and Graham describing their voyage from the Isle of Canna… “Aye, it was just the […]
Authors
Denise Mina’s Not-So-Dark-Side
The best-selling crime writer talks family, inspiration and branching out into graphic novels… “I’m a bit of a ghoul,” reveals Scottish crime writer Denise Mina, who, in her pretty summer […]
