Arran Paul Johnston

Arran Paul Johnston was born in Derbyshire in 1985. He moved to Scotland at age 18 to attend the University of Edinburgh and remained there after completing his studies. Johnston is an active historian and author of two books on Scottish history, "Blood Stained Fields" and "Valour Does Not Wait: the Rise and Fall of Charles Edward Stuart", as well as editing further titles. His work as an historian led to opportunities to work with the media, and to interviews and appearances for TV and radio, both as an historian and in character. In 2013 he wrote and voiced the narration for the animated film of The Prestonpans Tapestry.