S3E3 Professor Donna Heddle and great Scottish stories (Fife, Papa Westray, Iona, Lochindorb, Elderslie, St Margaret's Chapel, St Magnus Cathedral)

If you had just 24 hours in Scotland where would you go? Add in teleportation, time travel and even the magic of pausing time you can conjure up the day of your dreams.

That is what Our Scotland is all about, highlighting the places and people that are memorable.

My name is Alison Fraser and I love all things Scotland, the people, the food, the music and the places.

In this episode I’m joined by Professor Donna Heddle who is going to take us on a historic 24 hours around Scotland and share some fascinating stories with us, some you may know, and some you might not.

Professor Donna Heddle is the Director of the Institute for Northern Studies at University of the Highlands and Islands. 

Based on the UHI Orkney campus, her research interests include Scottish and Northern isles cultural history, small island studies, Scottish language and literature, and Old Norse. 

Donna’s links:

Links to papers and talks https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/institute-for-northern-studies/staff/donna-heddle/ 

UHI Profile https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/persons/donna-heddle 

Email: [email protected]

Places Donna took us:

Cluny in Fife https://www.welcometofife.com/ 

Papa Westray, Orkney https://www.orkney.com/explore/papa-westray 

Iona http://www.welcometoiona.com/visiting-iona/

Lochindorb Castle https://www.scotland-inverness.co.uk/Chatelaine/LOCHINDORB.HTM

Elderslie https://paisley.is/visit/wallace-monument/ 

St Margaret’s Chapel, Edinburgh Castle https://www.edinburghcastle.scot/see-and-do/highlights/st-margarets-chapel 

Leith for seafood https://www.timeout.com/edinburgh/restaurants/edinburghs-best-seafood-restaurants 

Milnes Bar, Rose St, Edinburgh https://www.belhaven.co.uk/pubs/midlothian/milnes-bar 

St Magnus Cathedral https://www.stmagnus.org/ 

Torvhaug Bar https://www.kirkwallbid.co.uk/business/torvhaug 

Stories she mentioned:

Wolf of Badenoch https://hiddenscotland.com/journal/the-wolf-of-badenoch-and-the-burning-of-elgin-cathedral 

Archie the Grimm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Douglas,_3rd_Earl_of_Douglas 

Bell the Cat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Douglas,_5th_Earl_of_Angus

Robert Henderson, Testament of Cresseid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Testament_of_Cresseid 

Neil Gunn, Highland River http://www.neilgunn.org.uk/works/forewords/highlandriver.html

Anon, Sir Patrick Spens https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/sir-patrick-spens/ 

Hugh McDiarmid, The Bonnie Broukit Bairn https://www.poemist.com/hugh-macdiarmid/the-bonnie-broukit-bairn 

Rögnvald Kali Kolsson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6gnvald_Kali_Kolsson 

Music:

Simple Minds https://www.simpleminds.com/2024/01/27/global-tour-2024/ 

Runrig - Loch Lomond (Live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzQ1pNfbe3Q 

Dougie McLean - Caledonia https://www.dougiemaclean.com/ 

Flower of Scotland as sung by the Tartan Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClLLJc16Rzk 

The Proclaimers https://the.proclaimers.co.uk/ 

Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOpafs_mwpo 

ACDC - Problem Child https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOpafs_mwpo 

If you want to share your ideal 24 hours in Scotland with me, or suggest a future guest, please do get in touch. 

You can email [email protected] or DM me at https://www.instagram.com/ourscotlandpodcast/