In this episode of Perspectives, author Clare Hunter, joins Kate Anderson, in front of an artwork at the National Galleries of Scotland that caught her eye — Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542 - 1587. Reigned 1542 - 1567, created about 1610 - 1615.

Clare Hunter is a community textile artist, textile curator and author of Threads of Life and Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power.

In this episode of Perspectives, artist Rachel Maclean, joins Tor Scott, in front of an artwork at the National Galleries of Scotland that caught her eye — The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania, Sir Joseph Noel Paton,1847.

Rachel Maclean is an artist who lives and works in Glasgow. She has shown widely in the UK and internationally, in galleries, museums, film festivals and on television.

In this episode of Perspectives, actor John Bell, joins Stefan Kellhofer in front of an artwork at the National Galleries of Scotland that caught his eye — Kite Flying, Japan by Edward Atkinson Hornel.

John Bell is a actor noted for his roles in Outlander (2017-present), Wrath of the Titans (2012), and Battleship (2012).

In this episode of Perspectives, musician & composer Francis Macdonald, joins Freya Spoor in front of an artwork at the National Galleries of Scotland that caught his eye — early 20th-century painting Pas Mèche by Jules Bastien-Lepage.

Scottish BAFTA-nominated composer Francis Macdonald drums with Teenage Fanclub and makes music for film & TV. He has worked with a range of artists in different capacities including Camera Obscura, The Vaselines, Laura Cantrell, Julie Fowlis, Alex Chilton, Robert Forster, Dan Penn, Edwyn Collins, Max Richter, The Cairn String Quartet and Belle & Sebastian.