Linda McDonald-Brown
Main Details
| Full name | Mrs. Linda McDonald-Brown |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Primary language | English |
| Specialist areas |
All rural issues for rural trade magazines, lifestyle magazines and newspapers. Particularly interested in Green issues, pigs and celebrities with their animals. Very interested in crofters and unusual farming stories. I have recently been employed to write a monthly art column for our local newspaper, therefore need releases about art galleries, exhibitions, local authors to the area which is dumfries and galloway as well as information regarding things are interest for the arts column. This is ongoing. |
| Editorial work | News writing, Features writing, Radio |
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| Last updated | 28-09-2011 18:09 |
Biography
I have made TV and radio appearances and I often advise television production companies on pig keeping for lifestyle and rural programmes. I have written two books, Choosing and Keeping Pigs published by Gaia to good reviews. My second book Pigs For the Freezer, a Smallholders guide, was published by The Crowood Press with good reviews so far. My work regularly appears in trade, rural and lifestyle magazines and newspapers as well as on occasion national newspapers.
MEDIA EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Onscreen TV Experience: Yes
TV, RADIO & MEDIA EXPERIENCE
I have also written articles in the past on interior design, Cookery and Travel for monthly magazines such as Devon Life and on occasion national newspapers.
I have appeared on BBC Breakfast on a piece they were doing on Urban Pig Keeping and in 2007, Irish radio covered my campaign
In 2007 and 2008 I was interviewed by Country Channel for an item on Pig Keeping for a smallholding programme and in 2009 I was featured on Rural TV talking about pigs and pig keeping
August 2009, I was interviewed on UR05 Ulster Radio in connection with two articles that appeared about our company and pig keeping in general in the Daily Mail and the Guardian
September 2009, I appeared on Sky News for a feature on urban pig keeping.
I have contributed towards articles in the Times, The Guardian, Best Magazine and the Telegraph newspapers as well as other provincial magazines.
My work can also be seen in the Galloway Gazette where I write a monthly Arts Column.
Part of the 2009 Wigtown Book Festival where I gave a reading on setting up a smallholding