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.
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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.
Mary and Doug blether about the case of Lady Manderston of Duns - a witch? or a wicked wife?
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Johannes Duns - the subtle doctor. Join Mary and Doug as they discuss the genius of Johannes Duns Scotus the Fransiscan Friar from Berwickshire.
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Join Mary and Doug as they discover what St Ronan was up to when he cleiked the Devil in Innerleithen.
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Join Mary and Doug along with Tom Bonnar the folk singer as they blether about the revival of the Scottish folk scene.
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Ally bally bee - Mary and Doug blether about Coulter's Candy assisted by folk singer Tom Bonnar.
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Doug and Mary go on another journey following the Vikings as they travelled from Norway to the Black Sea.
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The men from the North - a blether about the Vikings and their effect on the Scottish Borders.
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class='odd'Mary and Doug finish their Stewart odyssey with Charles I and Bonnie Prince Charlie
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Mary and Doug blether about the Great Storm of 1953 and its devastating effects on the Borders.
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Mary and Doug take another look at the Stewarts blethering about Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James.
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A borders Bletherings bitesized ‘Beware the redcaps, shellycoats and shellybacks.'
Mary and Doub blether about some mythical creatures of the Borders
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Mary and Doug blether about the weather and what it meant for the people of the Borders in 1947.
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James I and IV, too stupid to rule or just unlucky? Mary and Doug delve into the Stewart Dynasty with a discussion about the lives of James I and James IV.
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Mary and Doug blether with author Andy Nairn about his Border based murder mystery set just after the battle of Flodden.
Murder, politics, intrigue and lots of historical goodies a real slice of the shadowy Border history.
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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.