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RHASS 12: History and Heritage of The Highland Society

RHASS 12: History and Heritage of The Highland Society

OnFarm - Scottish rural stories


Published: 27 July 2020 at 04:30 Europe/London

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Episode notes

We look back at the Highland Society’s history all the way back to 1784, on a tour of Ingliston House with RHASS chairman Bill Gray. It's Bill's first visit to the Society's boardroom since the momentous decision to cancel the 2020 Royal Highland Show due to Coronavirus.

For this episode, Monty also speaks to:

Farming journalist and writer Andrew Arbuckle
Ken Fletcher, editor of the Scottish Farmer

There is a short clip of an episode of BBC Scotland's Landward, which is all about RHASS, and can be seen in full at this link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000k75v/landward-2020-episode-10

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