What We Do In The Winter · 59 Charlotte Mellis In this episode I talk with Charlotte Mellis of Larach Mhòr, near Treshnish. Charlotte’s family have had a home on Mull since the 1950’s. Her father was in the Navy when she was wee so she grew up between Mull, Malta and Greece. Charlotte is a... Continue Reading →
Owning Our Future – A Limited Run Podcast Series from the Ross of Mull and Iona
https://soundcloud.com/user-289960168-376442819/sets/owning-our-future I'm really pleased to be able to share this limited run podcast series with you. If you're a WWDitW listener there's a good chance you may find it interesting. It's not so much an oral reminiscence podcast, but more of a journalistic piece about life under Covid in the Ross of Mull, Erraid and... Continue Reading →
58 – Carla Lamont
https://soundcloud.com/user-221373450/58-carla-lamont/s-RxnISFx6dbD This episode is a conversation with Carla Lamont of Fionnphort.Carla originally hails from Canada and chose to come and work in Scotland, starting off on Iona, before coming across to Fionnphort where she and her husband John run the remarkable 9th Wave restaurant. As well as running a very successful restaurant, you may know... Continue Reading →
Tales Fae the East – Alasdair’s new podcast project from Dennistoun, Sighthill and Haghill
https://audioboom.com/channels/5047212 Over the last months I've been working on establishing a new podcast in the East End of Glasgow for Glasgow Life as part of their artist in residence scheme. I share the project with my mate Tim Morozzo. Tim is photographer who will be taking portraits of the participants. Due to Covid, I'm working... Continue Reading →
57 – Dawn Reade
https://soundcloud.com/user-221373450/57-dawn-reade In this episode I talk with Dawn Reade of Tobermory. Dawn comes originally from Belfast in Northern Ireland.We talk about growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, her family, her choice to come and study in Edinburgh, the relative attractiveness of people in rural as opposed to urban settings, the development of the... Continue Reading →