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Diary of a Shopkeeper, 19th April
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 19th April

Part 316: The price of wine…is not always what it seems

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Duncan McLean26 April 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 12th April
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 12th April

Part 315: Tourism: One Big Idea.

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Duncan McLean18 April 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 5th April
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 5th April

Part 314: Captain Puggie and his Yellow Friends

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Duncan McLean11 April 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 29th March
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 29th March

Part 313: Spring Flings

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Duncan McLean5 April 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 22nd March
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 22nd March

Part 312: Laura Drever and the poetry of placenames

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Duncan McLean28 March 2026 Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 15th March
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 15th March

Part 311: Lost?

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Duncan McLean20 March 2026Comment
Le Journal d'un Boutiquier, 8 mars
Le Journal d'un Boutiquier, 8 mars

Part 310: Le Menu Parisien

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Duncan McLean15 March 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 1st March
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 1st March

Part 309: Not that kind of club

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Duncan McLean7 March 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 22nd February
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 22nd February

Part 308: Groucho and Willie

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Duncan McLean27 February 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 15th February
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 15th February

Part 307: Jim Wallace was not George Bush

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Duncan McLean22 February 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 8th February
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 8th February

Part 306: Holy Cow!

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Duncan McLean15 February 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 1st February
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 1st February

Part 305: Eye to eye with tragedy, from Auschwitz to Rojava

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Duncan McLean8 February 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 25th January
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 25th January

Part 304: Sign of the times

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Duncan McLean1 February 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 18th January
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 18th January

Part 303: Intercept, decrypt, translate

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Duncan McLean25 January 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 11th January
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 11th January

Part 302: Skis, freeze and teabags

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Duncan McLean18 January 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 4th January
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 4th January

Part 301: Pure hen-arky

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Duncan McLean11 January 2026Comment
Blast from the Past: a snowy tale from 2021
Blast from the Past: a snowy tale from 2021

A mysterious figure emerges from the blizzard…

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Duncan McLean5 January 2026Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 21st December
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 21st December

Part 300: Ola Gorie, Orkney jewellery, and a dazzling display of history

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Duncan McLean24 December 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 14th December
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 14th December

Part 299: The king of cheeses

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Duncan McLean21 December 2025Comment
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 7th December
Diary of a Shopkeeper, 7th December

Part 298: A round robin

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