Tom Morton

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Tom Morton
Born
Thomas Morton

1955 (1955)
Carlisle, Cumberland, England
OccupationJournalist, author, broadcaster
Spouse(s)Susan
ChildrenIncludes James Morton
WebsiteBeatcroft.blogspot.co.uk

Thomas Morton (born 1955) is a Scottish broadcaster, journalist, and author. He lives and works mainly in the Shetland Islands.

Life[]

Morton was born in 1955,[1] and moved to Shetland in 1987 three years after his wife Susan who was a General Practitioner (GP).[2]

Until April 2015, Morton presented a BBC Radio Scotland show, broadcast Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am, a Scottish take on rock and pop from obscure blues to mainstream pop and soul and current independent releases.[3]

From November 2011 until January 2015 he edited the magazine Shetland Life.[4]

Morton was a co-author with his son James, of their 2016 book Shetland : cooking on the edge of the world.[5][2] James is known as a runner up in the The Great British Bake Off (series 3) of 2012.

Works[]

Morton's works, which encompass both fiction and non fiction,[6] include:

  • Morton, Tom (2000). Internal combustion : a love story. ISBN 9781840183405. OCLC 48579310.
  • Morton, Tom; McNaught, John (2007) [1992]. Spirit of adventure : a journey beyond the whisky trails. ISBN 9781427620149. OCLC 228073120.
  • Morton, Tom; Allonson, Rob; Hamilton, Ken (2009). Journey's blend : five distilleries, three motorcycles, one whisky. ISBN 9780956308504. OCLC 751627780.
  • Morton, James; Morton, Tom (2018). Shetland : cooking on the edge of the world. London: Quadrille. ISBN 9781787133068. OCLC 1051138004.
  • Morton, Tom (2021). It Tolls for Thee — A Guide to Celebrating the End. ISBN 9781786784780. OCLC 1262792367.

References[]

  1. ^ Morton, Tom (18 May 2016). "Pirate Radio was 'just a noise'. But it was our noise". Scottish review. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Smith, Laura (4 September 2018). "Bake Off finalist James Morton teams up with dad Tom for book celebrating Shetland's fruits of land and sea". Sunday World. DC Thomson Media. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ "Tom Morton stepping down from BBC Radio Scotland show" - BBC Radio Scotland, 13 May 2015
  4. ^ "Broadcaster and journalist Tom Morton is named new Shetland Life editor". The Shetland Times. 7 October 2011.
  5. ^ Morton & Morton 2018, Hello.
  6. ^ "Tom Morton — Shetland Writing and Writers: Tom Morton". Shetland Islands Council. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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