Overview
Michael Portillo falls into line with the University of Glasgow’s Officer Training Corps. Founded in the early 20th century, the Corps flourishes today and Michaels joins students for drill. From Glasgow, Michael heads west along the Firth of Clyde to Helensburgh, where he discovers a pioneering group of artists known as the Glasgow Boys. The idyllic West Highland Line takes Michael deep into the Highlands to Inveraray and the ancestral home of the Clan Campbell and the Dukes of Argyll. Here, he discovers an unconventional royal marriage between Queen Victoria’s spirited daughter, Princess Louise, and a commoner, the Marquess of Lorne, later the 9th Duke of Argyll. Michael’s final stop is Connel Ferry, near Oban, where, on the Achnacloich Estate, he discovers Lily, a pedigree Highland calf. Michael learns how Lily’s herd has been owned continuously by the Nelson family since 1901 and hears how the breed has become an icon of the Highlands.
-
10 - 1Warrington to Preston February 04, 2019 -
10 - 2Blackburn to Manchester February 05, 2019 -
10 - 3Manchester to Elsecar February 06, 2019 -
10 - 4Maltby to Hinckley February 07, 2019 -
10 - 5Birmingham to the Potteries February 08, 2019 -
10 - 6Newry to Portadown February 11, 2019
-
10 - 7Belfast to Portrush February 12, 2019 -
10 - 8Larne to Dumfries February 13, 2019 -
10 - 9Glasgow to Cumbrae February 14, 2019 -
10 - 10Glasgow to Connel Ferry February 15, 2019 -
10 - 11Warwick to Radley February 18, 2019 -
10 - 12Reading to Cookham February 19, 2019 -
10 - 13Ealing Broadway to South Kensington February 20, 2019 -
10 - 14Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend February 21, 2019 -
10 - 15East Malling to Rye February 22, 2019