SCOTTISH BLETHERS
Hosts | Liz Lister and Helen Houston
In Scotland, when friends get together they blether. When those friends happen to be Scottish Blue Badge Tourist Guides you can be sure that the country they are so passionate about will be right at the heart of their discussions.
Contemporary and historical; culinary and cultural; reminiscence and anecdote - from accommodation to zoos, the chat will range across the entire alphabet of topics and issues that are live and happening in Scotland right now.
We hope that you’ll join us - there’s nothing to beat a right good blether!
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SB | Episode 49: 250 Years of Sir Walter Scott
August marks the birth of one of Scotland's most successful writers and in this week's episode we blether about his life, his influences, his work, his achievements and the impact he had on creating the image of Scotland that many think of today. Neither of us claim to be experts on his work... but when have we ever let that get in the way of a good blether?
SB | Bonus Episode : Author Mark Bridgeman
Join tour guides Liz, Helen and Susan in their weekly Scottish Blethers podcast.
In Episode 11 we reflect on those who fell in two World Wars and subsequent conflicts. We revisit the ancient people of Scotland and the buildings they left on the landscape. We rediscover one of our most loved of indigenous species - the Highland Cow.
As always, we finish with our Scots words of the episode.
SB | Episode 10: A Right Guid Read
Join Liz, Helen and Susan in their weekly Scottish Blethers podcast.
We have decided to change the format for the first episode of each month and pick our favourite... from a theme. For November, we have chosen contemporary Scottish authors.
Liz kicks off with children's authors, Susan moves into Tartan Noir and Helen focuses on female crime writers and people from abroad who have made Scotland the star in their writing - and yes, we couldn't do this without mentioning Diana Gabaldon and Outlander !