by Gordon Mackay | May 1, 2021 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture
‘I’m awfa happy that someone has done this amount o’ work for the Doric. I left Rosehearty in 1984 fan I was 20 and have lived a’ ower the island, fae Glaisga to London but I’m currently resident in Govan working as an archaeologist for the...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 7, 2023 | Doric TV, Language / Culture, Latest Episodes, People / Culture
Gordon Hay, Aberdeenshire has translated the entire Bible into Doric. In this short video interview Gordon talks to Jill of Doric TV about his long standing achievement . Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join our Doric TV Community by...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 15, 2023 | Doric TV, Latest Episodes, Music / Culture, Uncategorised
15th November 2023 Doric TV visits the Islands of Unst, Yell, and Fetlar which are off mainland Shetland. Doric TV provides a variety of content and on occasion visits other parts of Scotland. Especially those posts that are similar in nature to presenter Jill’s...
by Gordon Mackay | Oct 29, 2023 | Doric TV, Latest Episodes, Uncategorised
29th October 2023 Jill McWilliam, presenter of Doric TV has been recording oral history for a number of years now . Three years ago she interviewed Mr Jim Taylor, who is a well known retired farmer at Stoneyhill, Hatton /Cruden Area . Mr Taylor recalls life from his...
by Gordon Mackay | Oct 8, 2023 | Doric TV, Language / Culture
To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Episode 1 11th April 2020 Ethel Reid – Pitullie, Aberdeenshire – Oral History. Ethel is of a fishing background, she speaks of her family life in Pitullie and past generations. Ethel and Jill...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 19, 2023 | Press Release
Doric TV has been nominated in the People’s Choice category at this year’s Creative Lives Award. By Dawn Renton 11th Jan 2023, 7:19am The winners will be announced and celebrated on March 7 at an inspirational ceremony at Aspire in Leeds, as part of the...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 17, 2023 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - Latest Blogs, Doric Blog - People / Culture
Gordon M Hay was brought up on the family farm in the parish of Inverkeithny, Banffshire. He spent his working life as solicitor in general practice in Peterhead, retiring in 2013. Gordon is a native Doric speaker and considers himself bi-lingual in English and Doric....
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 6, 2022 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - Language and Culture, Doric Blog - Latest Blogs
6th November 2021 Following our success earlier this year at the Doric Film Festival, we were delighted to receive this letter of support from Gillian Martin MSP. Please wait while flipbook is loading. For more related info, FAQs and issues please refer to DearFlip...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 5, 2022 | Doric TV, Language / Culture
5th November 2022 I was delighted to interview a fellow Doric Film Maker called Jericho Reid from Aberdeen.We have two things in common – we both entered the Doric Film Festival – at different levels and both see the need for collaboration to ensure there...
by Gordon Mackay | Oct 1, 2022 | Press Release
by Dawn Renton Jill rises to the challenges of promoting Doric Some of the Doric TV Team proudly show off their plaque. Doric TV recently won the Group category at the 2022 Doric Film Festival. This year’s film festival was based around the theme ‘ A Sense...
by Gordon Mackay | Sep 15, 2022 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - RGU Students, Uncategorised
The Consultancy Team By Jill McWilliam Doric TV was delighted to have been chosen for a consultancy project with some very enthusiastic Management students . Their work and final executive report was of a very high standard. Included in the report were some...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 17, 2022 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - Walking / Well Being
Doric Futures, Jill McWilliam speaks frankly to the Foyer in Aberdeen about the challenges she has faced with a lifelong bipolar condition and about her recovery...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 9, 2022 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - People / Culture, Doric TV, Language / Culture, People / Culture
9 Aug 2022 Mike Gibb The Forgotten Heroines of The North East Having been born and brought up in Aiberdein I never thought that I spoke Doric. Indeed it probably only dawned on me when, as a 17 year old, I was sent out with a director of the company (on temporary...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 9, 2022 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210321-scotlands-little-known-fourth-language By Mike MacEacheran22nd March 2021 Doric, a little-known form of North East Scots, is undergoing a pandemic-inspired renaissance. “Slaverin, slubberin, gibberin, gabberin, roon...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 24, 2022 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - People / Culture
Goose Rock 2022Cam Cameron , who entered the 2022 Doric Challange with his recital of the poem ‘Oor Tatty Al flag ‘ a tribute to the Gordon Highlanders flag, endeavoured to do another even greater Challange this year ‘The Rockall’ Challange. Cam originally fae Buckie...
by Gordon Mackay | Jul 24, 2022 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - People / Culture
Irene Addison – (originally a country quine fae Dufftown, moved to Cullen when she got married, spent 10 years at Yondertonhill, Hatton – now retired to the Banchory area.) Irene writes –I hadn’t heard of Doric Future till It popped up on Cullen Past and Present...
by Gordon Mackay | Jun 25, 2022 | Doric TV, People / Culture
We are proud to announce that the Doric TV Team has been successful again this year in winning 1st prize in the ‘Group’ category with our short film ‘Doric Future’. This year’s theme really played out well for us as it was to be based around ‘A Sense O’ Time’, and the...
by Gordon Mackay | Jun 9, 2022 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - People / Culture, Doric Blog - RGU Students
Robert Gordon Student’s – present a snap shot view of Aberdeen , also featuring Dr. Peter Reid and Doric Actor Alec Westwood...
by Gordon Mackay | May 30, 2022 | Doric TV, Walking / Well-being
May 2022 A magical mystery walking tour in the Highlands of Scotland with presenter Jill McWilliam. Although Aberdeenshire born and bred, Jill moved from her homeland in Buchan and worked in Inverness with the forestry commission for 10 years. A nostalgic trip back to...
by Gordon Mackay | Apr 17, 2022 | Doric Blog - People / Culture, Uncategorised
Walking / Exploring as I do extensively, I recently came across an interpretation board on the path to Findlater Castle, Cullen which fascinated me. Little did I know that my friend’s mum had researched and brought the following story of Charlie, the most legendary...
by Gordon Mackay | Mar 7, 2022 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - People / Culture, Uncategorised
I was born and brought up in Keith. I have always spoken Doric and English, but I love Doric because it is so descriptive. We must keep using our Doric language or we will lose the nuances of the words. If you look up bosie in the dictionary it translates as hug or...
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