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Hello!  In this very special episode, the Perth Podcast have come along to Perth Museum & Art Gallery to chat with Dr Mark Hall about Romans: Edge of Empire. Romans: Edge of Empire is on until 6th February 2022. Support the work Culture Perth and Kinross does by donating here.  The Perth Podcast covers local events, happenings and news with Ian and Stobbie, as they talk to local guests about their views of Perth and roles in the community. Find out more here. 

Continuing our theme of remembrance we are joining Dr Nicky Small in thinking about the impact of the First World War legacy project, Perth and Kinross Remembers. Lots of people, community groups, schools and researchers got involved over the centenary of the Great War to take part in commemorative projects. They have created exhibitions, published books, held all kinds of events and the work they have carried out has all been collected and added to the Perth and Kinross Archive. Carrying on from our last podcast, Nicky is reflecting on the project work and we are hearing from people involved in the legacy work.  --- Find out about Perth and Kinross Remembers on our website - https://www.culturepk.org.uk/archive-local-family-history/projects/perth-and-kinross-remembers/ Support Culture Perth and Kinross https://culturepk.enthuse.com/#!/ www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

Continuing our special three-part series, in the second episode that looks at the Perth and Kinross Remembers Project, we join Dr Nicky Small as she reflects on the project. We also hear from various groups and people on what their thoughts and feelings have been on completing their First World War commemorative work. ----  Find out about Perth and Kinross Remembers on our website - https://www.culturepk.org.uk/archive-local-family-history/projects/perth-and-kinross-remembers/ Support Culture Perth and Kinross https://culturepk.enthuse.com/#!/ www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

Dr Nicky Small is catching up with Perth and Kinross Remembers First World War legacy project officer Fiona Hall, discussing Fiona’s role in the project, the groups who have donated their project work to the archive and how people can find out more about our unique great war legacy collection.  ------ Find out about Perth and Kinross Remembers on our website - https://www.culturepk.org.uk/archive-local-family-history/projects/perth-and-kinross-remembers/ Support Culture Perth and Kinross https://culturepk.enthuse.com/#!/ www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

In this episode of the Culture Perth and Kinross podcast, Dr Nicky Small revisits the Culloden Letters, a key focus of the Jacobite Clans exhibition in 2019.  ---------- Buy your Perth Museum and Art Gallery Ticket - https://bit.ly/pmagtixnow Support Culture Perth and Kinross https://culturepk.enthuse.com/#!/ www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

As part of Strathearn Festival of the Arts (S.O.F.A.), senior Librarian Kirsty Brown caught up with Strathearn based crime writers Helen Grant and Tracey Emerson as part of the S.O.F.A. Literary showcase hosted by Culture Perth and Kinross. In this episode, Helen and Tracey discuss the influence Strathearn has had in their work and the effect lockdown has had on them as authors. This podcast was created using audio from the event, which took place 18 July 2020.  Find out more about SOFA on the Strathearn Arts Website. https://www.strathearnarts.org/sofa ---------- Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO Find out about Culture Perth and Kinross' reopening plans on their website https://www.culturepk.org.uk/libraries/ak-bell-library-reopening/

In the final part of a very special episode, as part of Strathearn Festival of the Arts, Dr Nicola Small chats with Gil Martin from the Drovers Tryst as they walk the Drove Roads of Strathearn. Find out more about SOFA on the Strathearn Arts Website. https://www.strathearnarts.org/sofa ---------- Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

In part 2 of a very special episode, as part of Strathearn Festival of the Arts, Dr Nicola Small chats with Gil Martin from the Drovers Tryst as they walk the Drove Roads of Strathearn. Find out more about SOFA on the Strathearn Arts Website. https://www.strathearnarts.org/sofa ---------- Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

In part 1 of a very special episode, as part of Strathearn Festival of the Arts, Dr Nicola Small chats with Gil Martin from the Drovers Tryst as they walk the Drove Roads of Strathearn. Find out more about SOFA on the Strathearn Arts Website. https://www.strathearnarts.org/sofa ---------- Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

You join us again to hear Dr Nicky Small chatting with retired forester Syd House. Syd spent 35 years with the forestry commission and was especially inspired by a local writer, Thomas Hunter and his book which chronicled all the great Perthshire estates, the tree planting and specimen trees. We re-join Syd and Nicky in the garden as they discuss planting in the Carse of Gowrie.  Nicky is currently searching for people who have worked in forestry, or in woodland management or on estates for a Forest Memories project- we hope to hear from people if they have any stories or experiences of working in the sector – we would like to interview people and hear their stories, so please get in touch. You can email Nicky NMSmall@culturepk.org.uk ---------- Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

Dr Nicky Small is currently working on a project to collect Forest Memories, we want to hear from anyone in Perth and Kinross, who has worked in forestry with the Forestry Commission or anyone who has worked on estates or woodland management - we hope to interview people and we also hope they have maybe photos or memorabilia to share with us. So, on a forestry theme, this week Nicky is interviewing retired forester Syd House. Syd worked with the Forestry Commission for 35 years and was awarded an MBE for his services to the sector and he and Nicky are chatting in Syd’s garden about a book, a very old book, which has been a particular inspiration to him in his career. Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

In episode 11 of the Culture Perth and Kinross podcast, Perth Librarian, Elaine Blair sits down with CPK Marketing Officer, David McLeod, to discuss 5 Books That Mapped Out His Life The five books David has chosen are: The Witches by Roald Dahl The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematorium by Caitlin Doughty A Culture Perth and Kinross library membership is completely free and you can join online https://www.culturepk.org.uk/libraries/join-the-library/ Donate to our #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

Those familiar with the life story of Beatrix Potter will know that she holidayed with her family near Dalguise and her love of nature was inspired by the countryside in Perthshire. What many people may not know is that she was encouraged in studying nature by a very talented local man, Charles MacIntosh of Inver. Dr Nicky Small chats with David McLeod, about how Charles MacIntosh overcame a terrible accident as a young man to become a talented musician, a keen naturalist, a composer, and who worked in the area for the Post Office all his life. A part of that life was helping young people to study and enjoy the natural world around them and this, in turn, led a young Beatrix to write the Peter Rabbit stories we all enjoy today. Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero www.culturepk.org.uk Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

In the ninth episode of the Culture Perth and Kinross podcast, Perth Librarian, Elaine Blair sits down with Reading Development Officer Jan Hay,  to discuss 5 Books That Mapped Out Her Life The five books Jan has chosen were: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman. The Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King. A Culture Perth and Kinross library membership is completely free and you can join online https://www.culturepk.org.uk/libraries/join-the-library/ Donate to our #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero Sign up to our mailing list and get the latest news straight to your inbox - http://bit.ly/2LFB8wO

Culture Perth & Kinross have been making films! Our latest podcast looks at our own short history film series used in our galleries and online. Dr Nicky Small explains to David McLeod, Marketing Officer, how our collections teams got together to work with professional filmmakers Keathbank Media to create these unique films showcasing the history of Perth and Kinross. We talk about how the films came about and how the film making process works - from finding good locations to writing scripts and Nicky explains how she went from writing content to presenting on camera!  Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero You can see the full Highland Perthshire video on our YouTube - https://youtu.be/6loXR2nNOvA

In the latest episode of the Culture Perth and Kinross Podcast, Dr Nicky Small sits down with Perth and Kinross Archives, Assistant Archivist, Sarah Wilcock. They will be discussing the archive collection of John Alex Veitch, a solider from Pitlochry who fought in the First World War. You can read Sarah’s blog here – https://www.culturepk.org.uk/archive-local-family-history/projects/perth-and-kinross-remembers/blog/first-world-war-education-resource/ You can watch the YouTube video here – https://youtu.be/2T9SAuFi4uU  Perth and Kinross Archive and Local History collections date back to the 12th century and include manuscripts, books, pamphlets, photographs, maps, plans, film and sound recordings. Perth and Kinross Archive preserve, conserve, catalogue and digitise these unique collections, making them freely available to anyone who is interested in finding out about their past. Find out more - https://www.culturepk.org.uk/archive-local-family-history/ Read more about Culture Perth & Kinross' Covid-19 Collecting project here - https://www.culturepk.org.uk/museums-galleries/perth-kinross-covid-19-collecting-project/ Complete our survey here to help us gain an understanding of how the pandemic has affected Perth & Kinross - https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CPK-COVID-19 Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero

In the sixth episode of the Culture Perth and Kinross podcast, Perth Librarian, Elaine Blair sits down with CPK Chief Executive Helen Smout,  to discuss 5 Books That Mapped Out Her Life The five books Helen has chosen were: Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl Ten Rillington Place by Ludovic Kennedy Judy by David Shipman True Confessions & New Clichés by Liz Lochhead Knots & Crosses by Ian Rankin A Culture Perth and Kinross library membership is completely free and you can join online https://www.culturepk.org.uk/libraries/join-the-library/ Donate to our #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero

In the fifth episode of the Culture Perth and Kinross podcast, Perth Librarian, Elaine Blair sits down with colleague, Louise, a library assistant with CPK Libraries, to discuss 5 Books That Mapped Out Their Life The five books Louise has chosen were: The Midnight Folk – John Masefield Mansfield Park – Jane Austen Collected Ghost Stories – M.R. James The Master and Margarita – Mikhail Bulgakov The Shadow Over Innsmouth – H.P. Lovecraft A Culture Perth and Kinross library membership is completely free and you can join online https://www.culturepk.org.uk/libraries/join-the-library/ Donate to our #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero

David and Nicky sit down to chat safely and through the magic of social distancing, about Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch (1748-1843) in the second of two podcasts exploring the life of this Scottish aristocrat, politician, and British Army officer. The second episode charts the military life of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, and explores his role in raising the 90th Regiment Perthshire Volunteers.  This episode looks at Lynedoch's achievements and traces the locations in Perthshire where we can revisit his life story - from monuments to mausoleums to the memories of Lynedoch Cottage. Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero

David and Nicky sit down to chat safely and through the magic of social distancing, about Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch (1748-1843) in the first of two podcasts exploring the life of this Scottish aristocrat, politician, and British Army officer. The first episode looks at his early life, his home in Perthshire, his marriage to Mary Cathcart, the beautiful Mrs. Graham, and how he worked tirelessly to improve his Perthshire estates. The death of his beloved wife in traumatic circumstances saw him change direction completely and embark on a military career. Donate to the #BookHero campaign https://culturepk.charitycheckout.co.uk/bookhero