Scots Radio | Episode 126 | February 2026

In this special Episode, Willie Johnston is spikin tae the  new writers faa are the recipients o the annual awards fae the Scottish Book Trust.  Frieda Morrison looks oer the sna laden landscape at the Culloden Battlefield in the company o Valerie Whistler and Philip Nicol, fa are part o the team lookin efter the […]

STORMS AN PLYTERS. Wiv hid high weens an sna storms, followed bi stormy rain plumps, floods an plyters. Bit the licht is changing! In this episode wi hear the story ahin the re-masterin o a CD o Burns songs, sung bi Andy M.Stewart. Aboyne fairmer, David Winton tells us aboot foo he an faimley are […]

Welcome to this Scots Radio Special Feature. I’m Frieda Morrison and a wee while ago, me an oor very talented soon sorter, fa guides us through the wiggley waves – Richie Werner – were presented wi a gem o a new album.  It’s caad the ‘Songs o Robert Burns – bi Andy M.Stewart’.  As a […]

Inspire | Happy New Year! A programme set tae inspire ye.  It’s yir ain choice, bit faan ye hear fit fowk are daein ye micht wint tae jine in.  Wir at the ‘Far North Retreats’ wi Abbey Arkotka and Fin Moor. Inside the Belmont Cinema wi CEO Matt Buchannan.  Searchin for the licht in Dumfires […]

CHRISTMAS CRACKER An if iver ye winted tae jump-start  yir Christmas spirit, yiv come tae the richt place.  In this episode oor special guest is Fiona J Mackenzie – fa his jist been counted amung ‘the List’s Top 100 Arts & Culture contributors in Scotland for  2025’.  We will be spikkin aboot her new book […]

SCOTS IN EDUCATION: THE BOOK O KELLS AN THE STORY O THE SHIP THE LISBON MARU Wir celebratin the Scots Language in Education at a Landmark event, in recognition o Scots as an official language, on a par with Gaelic an English.  Time tae set oot the plans for the future. Wir at the Wigton Book Festival hearin aboot the Book o Kells. And as the Nation commemorates and remembers its war […]

Scots language Awards an Banff Academy Book. The line up in this episode includes a visit tae the Scots Language Awards in Dundee. An spikkin wi some o the fowk involved – Sheena Wellington – Ellie Beaton an Taylor Dyson. An oor special guest is een o the winners – Clare Yuille, fae the Braw […]

Stravaigin roon Cullen an Portknockie. In ess new episode, poet Jim Mackintosh jines Frieda Morrison tae wanner aroon the fishin villages o Cullen an Portknockie, on the East coast o Scotland in Aiberdeenshire.  Enjoy the stravaig an hear aboot the hidden stories. There’s mair than Cullen Skink tae this area. With thanks tae the team […]

Stravaigin Aroon Dunkeld – Episode 1 In this new series, Frieda Morrison and poet Jim Mackintosh stravaig aroon pairts o Scotland spikkin aboot the hidden stories o the area. In this first episode they’re enjoyin the fascinatin  history o Dunkeld. Wi thanks for the support fae Creative Scotland an Hands Up For Trad.

Bonny Days. Fit wye dis athin happen at eence. The Scottish Languages Bill wis passed in the Scottish Parliament an wir gettin reaction fae Dr Jamie Fairbarin. Oor Doric Film Festival raises the curtain again. Fowk gaither at Ingliston outside Edinburgh for the Heilan Show. Willie Johnston spiks tae fairmer Andrew McCornick. An Judith Taylor […]