More Scottish history than your body can handle! Jk, it is a lot, but we believe in you. Michael Nardone is here to shower us with oodles of fun Fife facts and historical anecdotes inspired by myths, stories from Grandpa, and his own one-man historical and musical show: A Dram O'History. 

Our lovely guest, Michael Nardone
Map of The Kingdom of Fife and its main towns
Map of Scottish provinces circa 1689, feat. the earldom of Fife
Lochore Castle
The real King MacBeth and his queen, Lady Gruoch
Gruoch’s Well, Ballingry Fife (video)
Fife coat of arms
Shared History episode on Emperor Domitian

More on Michael:

Michael Nardone is a time served Actor from Scotland. HBO’s Rome and BBC’s Line of Duty are among his many credits. Michael performs his very popular live one man show ‘A Dram O’ History’ (2000yrs of Scottish History in 60mins) regularly to visitors in Edinburgh. 

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This week, it's personal. Mark Bonnar joins to share with us the history of Scottish New Towns -- more specifically, the art of Scottish New Towns and his father's art in Glenrothes during his tenure as a Town Artist in particular. What follows is a heartfelt and hilarious discussion on public art and the importance of art to the human psyche as a whole. 

Our lovely guest, Mark Bonnar
Mark & his dad, Stan, at the hippos
Stan Bonnar, returns to the hippos in Glenrothes (Meet You At The Hippos doc) - Video
Dundee Pyramid and Canopies by Stan Bonnar
Glasgow murals mentioned: Billy Connolly, Girl w/ magnifying glass, daffodil girl
Ben Wilson, Muswell Hill chewing gum artist
Chewing gum paintings (one, two)
Jim Bachor, Chicago pothole mosaics
Pothole mosaics (one, two)

The Rig trailer - Video
Litvinenko trailer - Video
Scotland from the Sky trailer (doc Adam mentions) - Video
Buy Rob Delaney's book A Heart that Works

More on Mark:

Mark is an award-winning, ubiquitous Scottish actor known for a host of roles incl. Shetland, Operation Mincemeat (for which he was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA), Guilt, Catastrophe and truly an ungodly amount of other credits. His latest projects include, Litvinenko, a miniseries on the death of Alexander Litvinenko (ep. 1 available now on Amazon) and The Rig which premieres this Friday, January 6 on Amazon Prime Video.

Watch The Rig
Watch Litvinenko

Follow Mark @Mark_Bonnar on IG and Twitter

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CREDITS:

• Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man”
• Additional Music: Garreth Spinn
• Original Art: Sarah Cruz
• Producers: Kathleen Mueller Mason & Natalie Younger

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UK history is rife with excuses to keep a boot on the neck of Scotland, our guest this week is shedding some light on one of the go-to anecdotes on Scotland’s so-called failure to launch. This week, we’re joined by Andy Clark and we’re chatting about the oft bemoaned Darien Scheme.

Our lovely guest, Andy
Gulf of Darien map (see dotted area)
William Paterson
'A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America', Lionel Wafer, 1699
One of the founding documents for the Company of Scotland aka the Darien company
Map of 'New Calidonia" c 1699

More on Andy:

Andy is originally from Blairgowrie, Perthshire and has been a professional actor for 25 years. He trained at Dundee College and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music Drama (now the Conservatoire) and has worked extensively in Theatre, TV, Radio and the occasional film predominately in Scotland but also throughout the UK. He is a keen Arab (a Dundee United fan rather than of Middle Eastern descent) & lives in Glasgow with his partner, Kirstin, an artistic director, and their two girls, Frida & Maya.

Right now you can catch Andy in Mother Goose, The Glasgow Life panto touring community venues in Glasgow throughout December 2022.

Follow Andy @blairgadgie on Twitter

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CREDITS:

• Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man”
• Additional Music: Garreth Spinn
• Original Art: Sarah Cruz
• Producers: Kathleen Mueller Mason & Natalie Younger

SPONSORS: Direct sponsorship inquiries and other questions to underthekiltpod@gmail.com