https://adamstoner.com/

I make [ambitious, story-led shows on location](/about/) for broadcasters, brands and cultural organisations. [Tens of millions of people](/about/) have heard, seen, read, or played something I’ve made.

## Podcasts

- [Great Escapes](/great-escapes/)
- [Historic Scotland Podcast](/historic-scotland-podcast/)
- [Forestry England Podcast](/forestry-england-podcast/)
- [The Week Junior Show](/the-week-junior-show/)
- [Dino Quest](/dino-quest/)
- [Activity Quest](/activity-quest/)
- [Mysteries of Science](/mysteries-of-science/)

## Web

- [idle minutes](https://adamstoner.com/idle-minutes/): creating [alphaguess](https://adamstoner.com/alphaguess/) and other word and puzzle games, enjoyed by hundreds-of-thousands of people a month
- [weeknotes](https://adamstoner.com/weeknotes/): one note, once per week. what did you do, what are you thinking about, and what might be next? i’m [@adam](https://weeknotes.me/adam).

## Photos

- [Looking through a car windscreen, its edge still frosted, down a road that runs between tall pines heavy with snow, one car far ahead.](/shooting-film-in-scotland/#scotland-01-snowy-forest-road)
- [Adam Stoner in a blue and yellow hooded jacket and Sarah MacGillivray in a red beanie and long grey scarf, grinning in a snowy car park outside a Premier Inn.](/shooting-film-in-scotland/#scotland-02-hotel-car-park-snow)
- [Adam Stoner, Sarah MacGillivray and Zoe Samuels-Lyons from Historic Scotland talking on a wide green lawn beside a white flagpole flying the saltire, bare trees and picnic benches behind them under a grey sky.](/shooting-film-in-scotland/#scotland-03-caerlaverock-saltire)
- [Looking up at a roofless red sandstone facade, rows of empty windows each topped with a carved stone pediment, lichen on the stonework.](/shooting-film-in-scotland/#scotland-04-caerlaverock-nithsdale-lodging)
- [Adam Stoner, Sarah MacGillivray, Mark Watson from Historic Scotland and Ian Sheerer from Kinneil House gathered on a path among trees at Kinneil House, one of them in a flat cap reading from an open book, the sandstone wall of the house at the right edge.](/shooting-film-in-scotland/#scotland-06-castle-tour-group)
- [Taken from a moving car, green fields running down to the Firth of Forth, the white towers of the Queensferry Crossing and the red Forth Bridge on the horizon, a wing mirror in the corner.](/shooting-film-in-scotland/#scotland-07-three-forth-bridges)
- [Smailholm Tower seen from below, a small stone silhouette on top of a dark rocky outcrop against a pale streaked sky.](/shooting-film-in-scotland/#scotland-08-smailholm-tower)
- [Sarah MacGillivray, Julia Hasse, Adam Stoner and an interviewee at black railings on a red gravel path, rolling hills behind them white with frost.](/shooting-film-in-scotland/#scotland-09-borders-frosty-viewpoint)
- [A snow-covered hillside dotted with small pines rising into low cloud, a thin band of warm light on the right horizon.](/shooting-film-in-scotland/#scotland-cairngorms)
- [A snowy slope looking out over a dark forested valley towards distant white hills under long bands of cloud.](/shooting-film-in-scotland/#scotland-cairngorms-02)

[See all 48 ›](/photos/)

## Writing

- [Shooting film in Scotland](/shooting-film-in-scotland/) — 14 Sep 26
- [The rise of humans](/the-rise-of-humans/) — 12 Sep 26
- [In the Historic Scotland magazine](/historic-scotland-magazine/) — 01 Sep 26
- [Going South](/going-south/) — 29 Aug 26
- [Automating the boring](/automating-the-boring/) — 28 Aug 26
- [The Big Bang](/big-bang/) — 14 Aug 26
- [Luck](/luck/) — 17 Jul 26
- [Revisiting 10 predictions for 2023](/revisiting-10-predictions-for-2023/) — 21 Jun 26
- [The Cottingley Fairies](/the-cottingley-fairies/) — 18 Jun 26
- [Harry Styles at Wembley](/harry-styles-at-wembley/) — 17 Jun 26

[See all 93 ›](/writing/)

## Also

- [Now](/now/)
- [Uses](/uses/)
- [llms.txt](/llms.txt)