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A new episode every week, deep dives into Scottish history, culture, travel, food, language, and interviews with remarkable Scots.

Long reads, travel essays, guides, and personal stories. Written for people who want to go beyond the surface and understand what makes Scotland genuinely extraordinary.

Hollywood has been coming to Scotland for decades. Sometimes it gets it spectacularly right. Sometimes it gets it spectacularly wrong. And sometimes it sends thousands of people to a castle in Lanarkshire hoping to find a shirtless man raking hay in the courtyard. He is never there. Lesley has checked.

In this episode, Lesley goes through Hollywood's Scotland honestly and with genuine affection for both films. Braveheart gets the fact-and-fiction treatment: the kilts are wrong, the face paint is wrong, Princess Isabella of France was three years old and in France, and the Battle of Stirling Bridge was won because of a bridge that the film removed entirely. Oh, and the title has never referred to William Wallace. That one still stops guests in their tracks.

Outlander gets the personal treatment: Lesley was a sceptic who read all the books, manages disappointed guests who come looking for standing stones that don't exist, and has watched Outlander fans arrive at Midhope Castle and completely lose their composure.

What Hollywood consistently gets wrong about Scotland (the accents, the history, the kilts, the weather). What it occasionally gets right (the scenery, the castles, and the Scottish humour that creeps in uninvited). Plus Brave, Rob Roy, Brigadoon, Local Hero, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Game of Thrones, and why Glasgow has been quietly playing American cities in blockbusters for years and is very good at it.

Scots Word of the Week: Havering

A Scottish copper turned kilt-wearing tour guide, Lesley Kennedy, has been living and breathing Scotland her whole life. From leading tours across this magnificent country to hosting Everything Scotland, she's on a one-woman mission to share every story, fact, and hidden gem Scotland has to offer.

New podcast episodes, long reads, travel guides, and Lesley's personal picks, all delivered free every Friday morning to people who love Scotland as much as we do.