Mix the flour, spices, oats and baking powder in a large bowl. Chop the fruit.
Heat oven to 160C.
Cream the butter and sugar. Mix the marmalade with 2 tbsp boiling water and stir into the butter, then add the flour mix and the fruit. Mix until combined (it will seem dry at first, but it will come together after some mixing).
Place a sheet of cling film on the counter, pile the dough in a row on the middle of the cling film then shape the dough in a log with the help of the cling film. Slice biscuits using a knife dipped in flour before every cut.
Bake for 20 mins until the biscuits are golden.
Don’t be tempted to over bake or else they will be dry and hard.
Leave the biscuits to cool on the tray for 10-15 mins as they are very crumbly when hot. While one tray of biscuits is baking, keep the remaining log of dough in fridge. It will then cut easier.