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Alistair Heather

@Historic_Ally • 15,909 subscribers

Writer & Presenter. Columnist, documentaries on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Scotland TV

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Your Next Breath by Kenny Hunter is an amazing set of sculptures in Edinburgh

Your Next Breath by Kenny Hunter is an amazing set of sculptures in Edinburgh

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Tomorrow the Festival of Broadcasting begins in NLS Kelvin Hall 📽️🎞️ 2 free events start us off: 1-2pm The radical potential of community television (talk) 🔥📺 3-4.45 BBC Scotland's Rewind project (drop in) National Library of Scotland

Tomorrow the Festival of Broadcasting begins in NLS Kelvin Hall 📽️🎞️ 2 free events start us off: 1-2pm The radical potential of community television (talk) 🔥📺 3-4.45 BBC Scotland's Rewind project (drop in) National Library of Scotland

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Mad that Tenerife flies the Scottish flag everywhere They must think we’re class… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😂
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Mad that Tenerife flies the Scottish flag everywhere They must think we’re class… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😂

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231,917 views • 1 year ago

How do you pronounce this place? And names like Dalziel, MacKenzie, Menzies… It’s all about the letter that disappeared from our alphabet, the ȝ
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How do you pronounce this place? And names like Dalziel, MacKenzie, Menzies… It’s all about the letter that disappeared from our alphabet, the ȝ

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148,029 views • 1 year ago

Ten years since I voted for Scottish Independence. Mulling it over this morning in sunny Dundee, things have changed. But my core motivations for wanting Scotland to be a small, independent European nation remain the same
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Ten years since I voted for Scottish Independence. Mulling it over this morning in sunny Dundee, things have changed. But my core motivations for wanting Scotland to be a small, independent European nation remain the same

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109,339 views • 1 year ago

Used to work near here, just off the Royal Mile, and this story always blew my mind
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Used to work near here, just off the Royal Mile, and this story always blew my mind

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106,316 views • 1 year ago

Today’s the day! My new Radio 4 programmes broadcast at 4pm 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 Is a poetry tour through Scotland. We hear Dundee, Angus, Aberdeen and Orkney poets read poetry that brings their place and their dialect to life 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟰𝗽𝗺 BBC Sounds & Radio 4
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Today’s the day! My new Radio 4 programmes broadcast at 4pm 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 Is a poetry tour through Scotland. We hear Dundee, Angus, Aberdeen and Orkney poets read poetry that brings their place and their dialect to life 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟰𝗽𝗺 BBC Sounds & Radio 4

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25,865 views • 1 year ago

I see the King and Keir Starmer are taking heat today over Britain’s role in the Slave Trade. This famous beauty spot in the Scottish Highlands has its own slavery story: Caesar, the man who fled after being forced to cook for the rich for 6 years
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I see the King and Keir Starmer are taking heat today over Britain’s role in the Slave Trade. This famous beauty spot in the Scottish Highlands has its own slavery story: Caesar, the man who fled after being forced to cook for the rich for 6 years

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20,986 views • 1 year ago

𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 Is a poetry tour through Scotland. We hear Dundee, Angus, Aberdeen and Orkney poets read poetry that brings their place and their dialect to life 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟰𝗽𝗺 BBC Sounds & Radio 4
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𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 Is a poetry tour through Scotland. We hear Dundee, Angus, Aberdeen and Orkney poets read poetry that brings their place and their dialect to life 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟰𝗽𝗺 BBC Sounds & Radio 4

Alistair Heather

11,316 views • 1 year ago

The sun's oot! To celebrate, here's 'May' a poem fae Scotland's Makar Kathleen Jamie 🌞
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The sun's oot! To celebrate, here's 'May' a poem fae Scotland's Makar Kathleen Jamie 🌞

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13,714 views • 3 years ago

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