Kinloch Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Cheann Locha) is a late Victorian mansion located on the Isle of Rùm, one of the Small Isles off the west coast of Scotland. It was built as a private residence for Sir George Bullough, a textile tycoon from Lancashire whose father bought Rùm as his summer residence and shooting estate. Construction began in 1897, and was completed in 1900. Built as a luxurious retreat, Kinloch Castle has since declined. The castle and island are now owned by Scottish Natural Heritage, and part of the castle operates as a hostel. The Kinloch Castle Friends Association was established in 1996 to secure the long-term future of the building.

Kinloch Castle is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.

Rùm was owned by Alexander Maclean of Coll in the early 19th century. At that time, during the Napoleonic Wars, kelp from the Scottish islands was a valuable commodity, being used to produce soda ash for use in explosives. After the war, prices collapsed and Maclean was forced to lease the island to a relative, Dr Lachlan Maclean, for sheep farming. As a result, the entire population was cleared from the island by 1828, only for new tenants to be brought in from Skye and Muck to service the sheep farm.

Lesley Riddoch (born 1963 in England) is a British radio broadcaster and journalist who lives in Perth.

Lesley Riddoch was born in England in 1963, spent her childhood in Belfast then moved to Glasgow in 1976 where she attended a local fee-paying private school. In 1978 she attended the University of Oxford and graduated with an honours degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. She was also elected president of the student union in 1981, although she was neither the university's first female president nor its first non-Conservative president as she has sometimes claimed. After graduating she studied for a postgraduate diploma in journalism at Cardiff University.

She founded and directed a feminist magazine known as Harpies and Quines which during its lifetime was sued by the publication Harpers & Queen. The magazine was later declared bankrupt for unrelated reasons.

During the years 1993 to 1999 she was the contributing editor of the Sunday Herald and assistant editor of The Scotsman. She was editor of a special one-off edition of the Scotsman known as The Scotswoman produced by the paper's female staff.