Scotland's Landscape
A Zone celebrating the culture inspired by Scotland's landscape featuring the music of Deacon Blue, the writing of Lewis Grassic Gibbon and the poetry of Sorley MacLean.
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Walking In The Footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson
Louise Welsh takes a trip to the landmarks and locations of Edinburgh that sparked Stevenson’s imagination.
Duration: 28:13
Ricky Ross: Andrew Greig
Andrew Grieg explains why he went on a quest to catch a fish in the north-west of Scotland for the late poet Norman McCaig.
Duration: 10:35
Composers In Scotland
Kirsteen McCue and Hugh MacDonald look at how everyone from Beethoven through to Mendelssohn have either been inspired or occasionally irritated by Scotland's literature, landscape and music.
Duration: 27:20
Telling Tales: Katie Morag
Kirsteen McCue visits Mairi Hedderwick on Coll to discover the source of her inspiration for the fictional island of Struay and the Katie Morag books.
Duration: 22:43
Out Of Doors: The Mearns
Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith travel to The Mearns in the north-east of Scotland to discover why the landscape proved such an inspiration for Lewsi Grassic Gibbon’s book Sunset Song.
Duration: 54:47
Stark Talk: John Lowrie Morrison
Edi Stark meets John Lowrie Morrison to explore how the landscape affects his painting.
Duration: 27:09
Robert Burns: Caledonia
Crawford Logan reads Burns epic poem from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Robert Burns archive.
Duration: 04:08
Stark Talk: Ian Hamilton Finlay
Edi Stark visits the garden of Little Sparta to explore why the reclusive landscape architect feels the land is his canvas.
Duration: 27:15
Scandal In Galloway
Muriel Gray goes in search of the story behind the Wigtown Ploughman which shocked the Galloway’s farming community on its publication.
Duration: 27:26
Past Lives: Slains Castle
Mark Stephen travels to the north of Aberdeen to discover whether the castle in Cruden Bay was in fact the inspiration behind the home of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Duration: 09:36
Scottish Graffiti Discussion
Gary Robertson chairs a debate on whether Graffiti is a legitimate form of urban art or whether it’s simply vandalism.
Duration: 24:30
Mists, Mountains and Balmorality
Writer and academic Ian Bradley reflects on the romantic re-imagining of Scotland’s Highland landscape.
Duration: 44:41
The Essay: The Elephant In The Poetry
Kathleen Jamie visits the Falls of Bruar and asks what affect this stunning stretch of water had on Robert Burns’ poetry.
Duration: 15:20
Broadcasts
- Fri 10 Dec 2010 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Fri 14 Jan 2011 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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