The Lay of The Land

“We invited the winners of the ‘My Land, My Story' competition, Kemnay Academy, to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to meet Scottish Land Commissioners Andrew Thin and Lorne MacLeod. The pupils shared the influential story of Kemnay Quarry and their vision for the future of land around them.

This month, we speak to Shaheena Din, National Project Manager for Scottish Empty Homes Partnership. Tune in to hear all about the incredible work happening across the country to get private empty properties back into use.

This month we speak to Judith Doherty the founder and co-artist director of site specific theatre company Grid Iron. Listen in to hear all about storytelling using the land around us.

This month we talk to Joe Gibbs, founder and landowner of Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, discussing how he used the land to create one of Scotland's biggest open-air music events

Welcome to Episode 5  of The Lay of the Land podcast from the Scottish Land Commission. In this episode, Calum speaks to Boots and Beards, a walking group based in Glasgow. Listen now as Calum speaks to Boots and Beards founder, Naveed Baksh PLUS many more guests, as they discuss the importance of engaging with more diverse audiences in land conversation as well as the future of the land in Scotland...

Welcome to our Episode 4 of The Lay of the Land podcast from the Scottish Land Commission. This episode, Calum speaks to Col Gordon. Col is a seed researcher, baker and farmer's son, now living in the Scottish Highlands close to his family farm, Inchindown. Col has his own podcast, Landed, which is a personal exploration of land ownership and colonial legacy.In this latest episode  Col talks about farm life, opportunities for climate change in rural Scotland, and everything from the history of land ownership to the future of farming… 

This episode Calum speaks to author, musician and social commentator Darren McGarvey. Darren has made moving documentaries on the root causes of anti-social behaviour and social deprivation, the causes of increasing inequality, homelessness and community centres.Earlier this year Darren made a documentary for BBC called class wars which delved into contentious subject of rural land ownership and we're keen to find out a bit more about his experiences. So hold tight for this episode as we take a deep dive into inequality, land ownership, derelict land and the effect that all this can have on communities.  

Welcome back to episode two of The Lay of The Land - the MyLand podcast, brought to you by the Scottish Land Commission!For episode two, our  host Calum Maclean catchup up with the incredible Amar Latif, Scottish entrepreneur and broadcaster, to chat about how Amar as a man living with blindness, experiences the land around him!

Welcome to episode 1 of The Lay of The Land podcast, created by MyLand.Scot and hosted by the incredible Calum Maclean!For our debut episode we caught up with the team behind After the Pandemic - a Glasgow based initiative that's looking at how to re-use vacant land in the city for community building purposes.