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Tom Morton's various verbal meanderings and musical choices


    • Sep 26, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    Strange Tales from Thin Places: Spite. All Hallow's Eve

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 25:10


    As published in the October 2020 edition of Discover Scotland Magazine. A man alights from the train at Culrain on the Far North Line, in the shadow of Carbisdale Castle, known locally as Castle Spite. Where is he going? What is in his rucksack? And who is the strange figure pursuing him across the hills as he heads west? Full text at Discover Scotland Magazine or on Tom's blog - thebeatcroft.com

    Strange Tales from Thin Places: Ghost Car

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 12:42


    As featured in the September 2020 edition of Discover Scotland Magazine (formerly Scotland Correspondent. Listen here or read it at www.scotlandcorrespondent.com

    Strange Tales From Thin Places: Sea Monsters for Lunch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 13:54


    As featured in the August 2020 edition of Scotland Correspondent Magazine. Thomas MacCalman Morton dives into the terrifying world of Shetlandic sea monsters. Read the story in the magazine or listen online here.

    Samuel Pepys's Shetland war crime

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 10:41


    Another strange tale from one of Scotland's thin places, by Tom Morton, as published at scotlandcorrespondent.com

    Strange Tales from thin Places: The Brogans

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 15:33


    A Strange Tale from one of Scotland's Thin Places. Written and read by Thomas MacCalman Morton. for the full text and illustrations, got to scotlandcorrespondent.com. It appears in the June 2020 edition.

    Strange Tales from Thin Places, by Thomas MacCalman Morton - volume three: George Rae, the unpaid plague doctor of Edinburgh

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 12:38


    As seen in May's edition of Scotland Correspondent Magazine. https://scotlandcorrespondent.com/

    Strange Tales from Scotland's Thin Places, Episode Two: An Up Helly Aa Souvenir

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 24:55


    Thomas MacCalman Morton's Strange Tales from Scotland's Thin Places takes you to the parts of Scotland where the barriers between the natural and the supernatural, the earthly and the spiritual, the magically monstrous and the everyday, are thin or barely exist at all. Places where the past mingles with the present, peculiar creatures arise, ghosts and apparitions walk and festivals may represent more than at first may be evident. In An Up Helly Aa Souvenir, Thomas takes you to the side of Shetland and the viking festival of Up Helly Aa which is never mentioned: the obscure, lost rituals of a tiny Shetland community where Up Helly Aa could have meant much more than dressing up as a viking and burning a boat. Much, much more...

    Strange Tales from Scotland's thin Places. Episode One: The White Wife

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 9:34


    Thomas MacCalman Morton retells stories from throughout Scotland, all of them centred on the 'thin places', where folklore comes to life, the barriers between the natural and the supernatural vanish, and the paranormal becomes the new normal. Hhosts, apparitions, history impinging on the present, and the magically monstrous making uncanny appearances. Each month a new tale. Episode One takes you on a journey to Unst in Shetland, Scotland's northernmost inhabited island. And the appearances there of the White Wife. Which continue to occur.

    The Sound of Scotland Correspondent - an introduction, March 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 26:18


    Scotland Correspondent is the world's only free, online monthly magazine for those interested in all things Scottish. Every month, the team behind the magazine will bring you insights into what is online right now and what you can look forward to in the future. In this first podcast, Paul Kelbie, editor and founder, and Stewart Cunningham, photographer, talk to columnist Tom Morton about how the magazine styarted, what's available currently and what will be coming up in March and in the future. Check out the magazine at scottishcorrespondent.com, and our other podcasts available here at Scotland correspondent Sounds

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