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Back in the 1970s, 80s and 90s Corrie Capers was a week-long summer celebration of exuberant games, mischief, community spirit and committed partying. Corrie is one of Arran’s most picturesque villages and I’m fair chuffed to hear just how much is going on these days.
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My interview with Michael Russell MSP and a report from the Scottish Cabinet public meeting on Arran chaired by First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
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Much of the food and drink produced on Arran starts with fermentation – food that fizzes. The ones made to a commercial scale include beer and whisky, which are obvious enough. But there’s bread, cheeses, pickles, chocolate and then there’s a community of obsessed home-producers who love nothing better than their own kombucha, kefir and yoghurt, sauerkraut and kimchi.
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Although born in Canada Graham Chappell now lives and works on Arran. He’s a car enthusiast and every year he takes a road-trip. This year’s going to be something special. Following Graham’s first car-delivery trip in Canada and years of driving in the south-west states of America this is the road-trip of a lifetime from St. John’s to Vancouver and…
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Music and song are a lifelong, fundamental part of Tim Pomeroy’s life. He says as much during this episode, but in a more considered sleeve note to one of his CDs Tim acknowledges that the meaning of the songs to him is incalculable. He inhabits his songs.
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We’ve come to regard some foods as totems of our culinary heritage. We may regard them with reverence. We may hold them in contempt. Almost by definition they’re less than haute cuisine. I explore four of the Scotland’s guilty food secrets and ask how to counter their adverse effects.
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Tim Pomeroy, one of the UK’s foremost sculptors, lives and works on the Isle of Arran. Tim talks honestly about his work, his inspirations and his ambitions.
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The Isle of Arran depends on tourism for its lifeblood. Brodick pier is the main gateway to the island, so it was a cause for celebration when it was announced that a new ferry terminal was to be built. Of course there were and still are skeptics.
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The erudite George Grassie bakes wonderful loaves at the Blackwater Bakehouse he owns on the Isle of Arran. We’ve often talked about food, travel and people and now I’ve been able to record our chat about bread – the good, the bad and the ugly.
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I have to hold my hands up that this episode was done as a bit of promotion for the distillery and me wearing a different hat. This was my third outing at the Malt and Music Festival and both the masterclasses about matching whisky with food and whisky with chocolate were sold out. Continue reading “Matching food with whisky”