Borders Bletherings
HistorieEveryone 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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- Duns Scotus (00:39:36)
Johannes Duns - the subtle doctor. Join Mary and Doug as they discuss the genius of Johannes Duns Scotus the Fransiscan Friar from Berwickshire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Oliver cromwell (00:38:08)
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of Scotland. Benevolent ruler or tyrannical despot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- St Ronan (00:32:31)
Join Mary and Doug as they discover what St Ronan was up to when he cleiked the Devil in Innerleithen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- The Scottish folk scene (00:45:10)
Join Mary and Doug along with Tom Bonnar the folk singer as they blether about the revival of the Scottish folk scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Coulter's Candy (00:34:17)
Ally bally bee - Mary and Doug blether about Coulter's Candy assisted by folk singer Tom Bonnar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Vikings part 2 (00:40:10)
Doug and Mary go on another journey following the Vikings as they travelled from Norway to the Black Sea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Vikings part 1 (00:41:20)
The men from the North - a blether about the Vikings and their effect on the Scottish Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- St Suthbert (00:33:11)
Join Mary and Doug as they discover the life of the Celtic saint. of old Melrose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Border Fields (00:34:48)
Mary and Doug blether about the names of fields of the Scottish Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Two Charlies (01:05:22)
class='odd'Mary and Doug finish their Stewart odyssey with Charles I and Bonnie Prince Charlie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Great Storm of 1953 (00:42:12)
Mary and Doug blether about the Great Storm of 1953 and its devastating effects on the Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Mary and James (00:47:14)
Mary and Doug take another look at the Stewarts blethering about Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Bite-sized (00:21:30)
A borders Bletherings bitesized ‘Beware the redcaps, shellycoats and shellybacks.' Mary and Doub blether about some mythical creatures of the Borders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Winter 1947 (00:34:06)
Mary and Doug blether about the weather and what it meant for the people of the Borders in 1947. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- James I & IV (00:35:31)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- The Trail of Blood (00:45:37)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- The Stewarts (00:39:32)
Mary and Doug investigate the Stewart Dynasty - were they fit to rule? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- What If - part 2 (00:54:32)
Join Mary and Doug as they continue to wonder what if? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- What If - part 1 (00:45:30)
What if? Mary and Doug discuss what would have happened if history had changed slightly and how would that have affected the Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- World War 2 and the Home Front - part 3 (00:48:00)
Mary and Doug are still blethering about the second world war. How did war-time propaganda go down in the Borders? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- World War 2 and the Home Front - part 2 (00:45:05)
Join Mary and Doug as they explore the Borders during the Second World War - Dad's Army, illegal pigs and what did Land Jill's have to do? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- World War 2 and the Home Front - part 1 (00:47:09)
Join Mary and Doug as they start to explore the Borders during the Second World War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Bite-sized (00:14:22)
A bite sized podcast where Mary and Doug discuss packing their buckets and spades and heading off on their holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- The Lowlands of Holland (00:45:18)
Mary and Doug discuss the Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century, the Naval press-gangs and how they impacted the Scottish Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- James Hogg (00:37:50)
Join Doug and Mary as they explore the life of the autodidact James Hogg: genius, poet, ballad gatherer, song creator and writer of articles and novels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices