by Jill McWilliam | Dec 24, 2020 | Doric Blog
Festive Greetings to all our Doric TV CommunityCheck out Doric TV's unique Christmas messages from David Wilkie our man in the Philippines, and also from Santa's cousin Angus, our man in Whinnyfold. We also have a great wee interview with Karen Barrett Ayres - no...
by Jill McWilliam | Dec 3, 2020 | Doric Blog
Although a ‘Toon Loon’ I came from countra’ stock spending many of my holidays on farms at Westhill Murtle, Skene or Fordoun near to Lewis Grassick Gibbon territory, where I had an uncle who was a tractorman. Although used to Aiberdeen Doric I was attracted to the...
by Jill McWilliam | Nov 10, 2020 | Doric Blog
I grew up in Buckie with an English mum and Scots dad, and consider myelf “bi-lingual”. As a student in St Andrews, I recall phoning my parents from the payphone in the corridor on my first night away from home and prattling away in my native dialect, much to the...
by Jill McWilliam | Oct 29, 2020 | Doric Blog
At present, Jill McWilliam, presently of Cruden Bay, has nurtured and created Dorictv which she runs from her studio in the village. It’s in its infancy, but already she has interviewed many local celebrities and was able to provide an hour long interview with...
by Gordon Mackay | Oct 20, 2020 | Doric Blog
I am Gordon Mackay, part of the Doric Future Team, and Kenny Davidson was a great friend of mine. He was a charismatic man, around 20 years my senior. We met first met when I moved to the North East in 1981, sadly Kenny passed away in 2011, but during these 30 years I...
by Jill McWilliam | Oct 1, 2020 | Doric Blog
I wis born and broucht up in Tornaveen in rural Aiberdeenshie, wi parents fae Buchan wi i doric aye being spoken and encourged tae use it. Nooadays I sing sangs that tell i stories o i North East and beyond in Doric and Scots, It a vital pairt o the culture and...
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