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Before we dive into this week’s episode - recorded live at Aberdeen’s Granite Noir festival - a reminder that if you’re in or around Glasgow on the afternoon of March 1st, we’d love to see you at the Glad Cafe for A Kick Up The Arts live with award-winning poet and writer Michael Pedersen - Alan Cumming loves him, Shirley Manson from Garbage loves him, Nicola Sturgeon loves him - everyone loves him, and little wonder…

Michael will be chatting about a favourite Scottish album, film and book along with his wider life and work, and we’ll also have live music - playing covers from his chosen album - from the brilliant Siobhan Wilson and Raveloe. We’ll be there from half two onwards, Michael and the gang will hang around afterwards for a drink, and to sign books and records, and I’ll be DJing too - it’ll be a lovely afternoon, and we’d love to see you…

But onto this episode, and the wonder that is actor Dawn Steele, who joined me and a glorious audience - thanks so much if you were with us - at Aberdeen Music Hall on Sunday…

Dawn first arrived onto our screens, and into our hearts, as Lexie in Monarch of the Glen, followed by starring roles in Wild at Heart, Holby City, Shetland, and Aberdeen’s own Granite Harbour - and that’s not to mention various film and theatre credits, including John Byrne’s Cutting A Rug AND Tutti Frutti - and myriad connections to Aberdeen - but we’ll come to all of that…

We were in the Music Hall’s Big Sky Studio, but Dawn whisked us away to her home - virtually speaking - for an A Kick Up The Arts: All Back To Mine special, choosing us a Scottish album to play us, screen classic to show us, and a Booker prize-winning novel no less, for some bed-time reading…

We also touched on Dorothy Paul, Paolo Nutini, hyenas, crisps, and lemon trees - obviously...

Anyway... What a woman… here she is - and thanks so much again, if you were in our fabulous audience…