Welcome to a new series of Love Scotland.
In this week’s episode, Jackie is joined by Professor Dauvit Broun of the University of Glasgow to discuss the life of Robert the Bruce.
Robert, King of Scots from 1306-1329, led a fascinating life full of changing allegiances, shifting power and military victories.
How much of our common understanding of this Scottish ruler is based in fact? What motivated him to switch sides, on several occasions, in the wars of the 13th and 14th centuries? And why has his legacy had such a lasting effect on the nation’s history?
Next week, Jackie and Dauvit continue their conversation, charting the events that followed Bannockburn.
To find out more about visiting Bannockburn, click here.
Time travelling through Gladstone's Land
Our CEO reflects on 90 years of the National Trust for Scotland
Seabird city: the colonies at St Abb's Head and Staffa
Safeguarding the Scotland we love with Stuart Brooks
Ana Sanchez on the extraordinary life of Miss Agnes Toward
The story of the Glencoe Massacre
Is Robert Burns and his poetry more popular now than ever?
On location - the Trust on the big and small screen with Anna Rathband
Total Wipeout: Tackling invasive plants with Rob Dewar
Caring for Scotland's footpaths with Helen Cole
Facing our past with Jennifer Melville
90 years since the evacuation of St Kilda with Susan Bain
1745: Raising the Jacobite Standard at Glenfinnan - Professor Murray Pittock
Scotland's wild spaces with Mark Beaumont
Protecting Culloden Battlefield - Raoul Curtis-Machin
Caring for Scotland's environment with Jeff Waddell
Meet Derek Alexander - Scotland's Indiana Jones
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