DVD: DOCTOR WHO – SERIES 9, PART 1 starring Peter Capaldi & Jenna Coleman, with Maisie Williams, Michelle Gomez, Rufus Hound, etc. BBCShop.com : £16:99 Regardless of whether you view these episodes as the first six in Doctor Who’s ninth series (since 2005) or its 35th season (since 1963), it’s clear that Peter Capaldi’s second […]
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Hooked on Scotland
The colder, wetter weather associated with the first quarter of the year doesn’t inspire many into sporting activity, but for fishermen, it’s a prime time to look out the waders. Character actor Paul Young has enjoyed a 60+ year career on stage, television and radio but, to many of his fellow Scots, he’s best known […]
Race to the North
In the late 19th century, competing railway companies raced – unofficially – to Scotland from London… and helped cement the routes in the public’s consciousness. Speed has always been important in the history of Britain’s railways, but no more so than during the great days of steam in the late 19th century, when groups of train […]
