Interview With Liz Dale Discussing Suffragette General Flora Drummond The suffragette movement is rightly remembered as a huge turning point in the way women were both perceived and treated within society. In this interview, Joni Keen intervie

Episode 9 – Sheila Gilmore of Visit Arran

Mar 18th, 2018 54m 14s

VisitArran Promotes Arran To The World – Interview With Sheila Gilmore VisitArran is a vital promotional tool for the island and the organisation’ Executive Director Sheila Gilmore is certainly t

Episode 8 – Claire Reeves of The Bay Kitchen & Stores

Dec 12th, 2017 48m 49s

Working For Laurelle in New York & Running A Store On Arran. What’s The Difference? Many of us think of leaving the rat race and setting up shop in a rural idyll but few actually realise this dream and face up to the reality. Not so when it com

Episode 7 – A Life At Sea – Calmac Skipper Jay Shibel

Nov 29th, 2017 37m 40s

Caledonian MacBrayne’s Man From Iran To Arran It’s fair to say that Caledonian MacBrayne, or Calmac as it’s commonly referred to is a huge part of island life. The ferries that dock in Arran from the mainland of Scotland not only bring visitors

Episode 6 – Reminiscence Of Arran At War & Gamekeeper’s Tales

Nov 13th, 2017 55m 36s

Rosemary and Howard Walker Can Rosemary and Howard Walker have lived on Arran for a very long time and their stories of life on the island is a history class all in itself. From Rosemary’s recounting of German planes overflying the island after

Episode 5 – The Hypnotic World of the Potter’s Wheel

Oct 18th, 2017 33m 31s

Japanese Design & Arran Potter Simon Thorburn Can there be anything more hypnotic than watching a potter at work at the potter’s wheel? Simon Thorburn has been working as a potter since the 1980’s on Arran. His work is known around the world. N

Episode 4 – Lindsay Keir Baking For The World

Oct 16th, 2017 42m 12s

Keeping Arran’s Baking Tradition Alive and Kicking Although not originally from Arran, Lindsay Keir has spent decades on the island bringing up a family and building a business that is known not only in Arran and across Scotland, but also in Eu

Episode 3 – A Taste of Arran With Alastair Dobson

Oct 14th, 2017 52m 23s

Entrepreneurial Spirit With Scotland’s Larder Alastair Dobson is Arran through and through having actually been born on the island he left at aged sixteen only to return and continue the work of his parents building up their milk and dairy busi

Episode 2 – Fred Shortland Fighting For Human Rights

Sep 18th, 2017 43m 18s

Business, Human Rights and Suzanne Vega Fred Shortland lives in Lochranza, one of the most beautiful parts of the island of Arran. Having visited the Holy Isle just off Arran, Fred and his wife then looked at Arran as a potential place to retir

Episode 1 – Musician & Artist Heather MacLeod

Aug 28th, 2017 27m 25s

Interview With Heather MacLeod of Whiting Bay Having known Heather for a long time, interviewing her was just really having a chat with an old friend. Heather is well known on the island for her beautiful artwork which you can view below. As we

Intro From Joni

Aug 4th, 2017 50s

Hello and a warm welcome to my podcast series and website “Stories From a Scottish Island”. My name is Joni Keen and thank you for visiting, please press play to listen to my introduction podcast message. I do hope you’ll subscribe and be a reg

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