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Everyone knows the history of Scotland: the romance of the highlands with Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Northern Isles with their Pictish and Viking heritage, Dundee with Jute and Jam, Glasgow and its shipyards and Edinburgh and the New Town Enlightenment. But what of the Borders? A published historian and archivist, Mary, and her friend, Doug, explore the less well-trodden paths of Scottish history and folklore as they shine a light on some of the best kept secrets of times past and present in the Scottish Borders. Join them as they chat and natter about the chequered history of the Borders region and reveal that, despite the best efforts of Hollywood, not all of the dramatic, historical intrigue and derring-do took place in the Scottish Highlands.
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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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Doug and Mary discuss the Arthurian legend. Who were Arthur and Merlin and what were their Scottish Borders connections?
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Mary and Doug blether about holidays, past and present.
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