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River Dee Trust Tackling Declining Salmon Numbers
Approximately 60 years syne, aroon 40% o salmon smolts that went tae sea, wid return tae the River Dee in Aibeirdeenshire as adults. According tae Sandy Bremner, the Chair o the River Dee Trust, that figure is noo sits at 2-3%, an the survival rate for maist ither...
Cameron McNeish takes on new role
The author an mountaineer, Cameron McNeish is set tae become Patron o the Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust (PKCT). The PKCT is a charity which aims tae improve access tae rural Perthshire an it his a significant focus…
The National Library of Scotland has announced the appointment of Alison Miller in the role of Orkney Scriever.
The one-year Scriever residency was created to celebrate the richness of the Orcadian dialect, acknowledging the islands as a stronghold for the Scots language. It is based at the National…
Celtic Media Festival Nomination
We are delighted tae announce that Scots Radio has once again been nominated fur an ‘Excellence Award’ at the Celtic Media Festival 2021. If ye want tae hear oor nominated programme ye can lug intae Episode…
Doric Phrase Week Article
Fae the 24th April tae the 1st May the Doric Board is holding Doric Phrase Week tae encourage fowk tae share their favourite phrases fae the North-East. On behalf o the Doric Board, thank you tae the Press & Journal fer their article aboot Doric Phrase Week an...
Jock Duncan
We were aa sair grieved tae hear o the passin o national treisure an bothy ballad maister Jock Duncan. We hiv featured Jock's buikie, "Jock's Jocks", pit thegither wi his guid freen, folklorist Prof. Gary West, on oor programmes a puckle times. Read aa aboot thon an...
Sheena Blackhall – New Buik Release
The North-East makar, Sheena Blackhall, is releasing a new buik ca’d “A Baird’s Life”. It taks the reader through her life in poyems, short stories an images. Below is a press release fae Alan Spence an Rymour Books, explainin mair: SHEENA BLACKHALL is a...
Scots Leid Recongnised by Spotify
There wis some guid news oer the last few days fer the Scots leid as Spotify announced that artists wid finally be able to tag their sangs under the tag a Scots. A campaign tae mak Scots a leid category had been led by Iona Fyfe, folk sangster fae Huntly in...
A Life on the Sea
James George Addison, fae Cullen on the North East Coast, spiks wi Frieda Morrison aboot his life on the sea. James George kindly contributed the unique photographs an cinematic footage, included in this film. On behalf of the SRTV team - thank you for the...
The Future o Scots – survey
The fowks at Glesga Universitie, the Royal Society o Embra, Eddication Scotland an Oor Vyce haes jined thegither on a new projeck tae forder the Scots leid, stertin aff bi askin spikkers whit they think aboot whit’s gaein on the noo
Spotify tae Scotify
Scots sangster Iona Fyfe haes bin makkin waves on social media the lest wee whilie, takkin on the micht o the fowk at Spotify. Wi her new sang, an owersettin o 'In the Bleak Midwinter' intae Scots, she gaed tae pit it up on the platform but couldna fin the wey tae tag...
James Hogg Jubilee | 1770-2020, 250 year
The day is a big ane fur the fowk celebratin the life an wark o the Ettrick Shepherd, poet, sang collector an novelist, James Hogg. Fur the 250th anniversary o his birth, Dr Valentina Bold an freens is haudin a special online gaitherin via Eventbrite. Amangst ithers,...