Episodes
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Mary and Doug discuss the Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century, the Naval press-gangs and how they impacted the Scottish Borders.
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Join Doug and Mary as they explore the life of the autodidact James Hogg: genius, poet, ballad gatherer, song creator and writer of articles and novels.
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The Bondagers - Mary and Doug explore the world of the bondagers: female rural workers in the Borders.
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Join Mary and Doug as they discuss the battle of Philiphaugh, its causes and its aftermath.
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Listen in as Mary and Doug discuss Burgundy wine, Borders wool and the Order of the Golden Fleece.
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Join Mary and Doug as they talk about all things macabre, graverobbing and the surgeons of Edinburgh University.
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Join Mary and Doug as they discuss a gypsy battle, murder most foul and even a missing body in the late 17th century.
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John Buchan - Novelist, historian, journalist, intelligence officer, politician and Borderer.
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Mary and Doug discuss the reality of the rough wooing and how the Borders bore the brunt of a marriage proposal gone wrong.
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What were the consequences of the aftermath of the Great War in the Scottish Borders?
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How the Great War affected the Scottish Borders.
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Doug and Mary discuss the artisan croppers who fought for their way of life.
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Join Mary and Doug as they look for Santa whoever and wherever he may be.
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Doug and Mary revisit the case of the Murder in Stow with new evidence of the aftermath.
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Join Mary, Doug and Tom as they discuss the Borders Ballad 'the Dowie Dens 'o Yarrow'
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Mary and Doug blether about Guy Touzeau and his travels, with his donkey Rosie, through the Scottish Borders.
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Join Mary and Doug as they tell some Border tales.
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Mary and Doug discuss the tragedy of the Eyemouth fishing disaster of 1881.
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Doug tells Mary all about Florence Dixie the great pioneer of women's football.
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Doug and Mary Merlin and Lailoken- were they one and the same?
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