Professor Murray Pittock - 📸 credit University of Glasgow For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali spoke to Professor Murray Pittock to talk about his latest book The Shortest History of Scotland, which is published with Old Street Publishing Ltd. "From Columba to The Corries, the Picts to Paisley, Doggerland to Devolution – here is the unmissable story of Scotland." Murray tells us how he came to write this book, the challenges in deciding what to include and why (and fit

For the latest Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Ali spoke once again to Ann Campbell who is the Festival Director of the Dunoon Film Festival which this year runs between 8th - 10th May, and has the themes of 'Film, Food & Fun. Ann talks about those themes and how the programme relates to them before the two go through just some of the highlights of this year's festival, which include The Orkney Dive which celebrates the sustainability and value of scallop diving and low-impact seafoo

For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali spoke once again to Jess Orr, the Associate Programmer for the Paisley Book Festival, to learn all about this year's programme - and what a programme it is! Jess explains this year's theme 'Everyday Heroes, Everlasting Icons' as well as breaking down the various strands of the festival which include Reclaiming History's Heroines and What Nature Does For Us before the two go into details about just some of the individual events across

For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali headed to Stirling to talk to writer Donald S. Murray about his new novel The Loch Of The Bees , which is published with Saraband Books . The two met at the lauded venue the Tolbooth as Donald is a member of the Metagama Ensemble who are behind Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey , a piece of theatre which mixes music, song, and spoken word, and which was playing the venue on the last night of its current tour. Donald tells us all about

📸 - credit Christopher Bowen For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali spoke to Lesley Davidson, who is the co-director of the Beacon Arts Centre , to talk about the inaugural Beacon Book Festival which runs from Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd February. Lesley tells us why now is the right time for the Beacon Arts Centre to host a book festival, and what the challenges were in programming, before talking about that programme - who is on, and when, and taking us through the vari

It doesn't feel like the year has actually got going until Celtic Connections begins. This year it's on between the 15th Jan and the 1st Feb, and it once again has a varied, vibrant, and eclectic line-up to suit most musical tastes. The festival is a joyous celebration of live music which is as precious and important as ever. To get involved further you can become a Celtic Rover which supports Celtic Connections and its Education and Outreach Programmes. With so much going

For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali spoke to Jane-Ann Purdy & Douglas Robertson to learn all about this year's Edinburgh Tradfest,...

For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali spoke to CD Boyland to hear all about The Glasgow Review of Books, and particularly the Live...

This year marks 40 years of the Edinburgh International Book Festival (12–28th August) and you can join in at The Festival Village at...

For the latest SWH! podcast Ali caught up with Gaelic poet Niall O'Gallagher to talk about his book of Selected Poems The Sounds Of Love...

Taking on literary classics can be a tricky. Audiences are likely to not only be familiar with the story, but have their favourite...

For the last in our Best Books of 2022 podcasts, Ali caught up with poet, writer, singer/songwriter, and previous podcast guest, Marcas...