IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to talk about Sam Heughan without mentioning the television phenomenon Outlander, currently filming its eighth series. Based on the romantic novels by Diana Gabaldon, the drama follows the story of a Second World War nurse who, while on honeymoon in Scotland, falls through ancient standing stones and travels back in time to 1743 where she meets the Highland warrior Jamie Fraser, played by Heughan, and falls headlong in love.
The popularity of the show is illustrated by Heughan’s four million Instagram followers and the hordes of ‘Heughligan’ fans around the world. However, his life
