Books
A life-long love of music in a charming autobiography
Scots and music are a combination that’s as old as the hills. Whether singers and groups in the charts today, heading back to the eighties with Simple Minds, the sixties with Lulu, and before that with traditional verse, there is definitely something in our water that makes us musical. The GG and Me is the…
Read MoreStepping back in time to the groovy sixties
There’s something rather appealing about the sixties, especially to those who weren’t there. It’s an era which marked an explosion of colour, fashion, music, television, new attitudes and revolution, which were a radical departure from the monotonous austerity of Post-War Britain. Beatniks and Beehive is the follow-up to Bob Dewar’s best-selling Soor Plooms and Sair…
Read MoreAmusing tales from pensioners on the buses
When one hits a more mature number of years, one of the benefits that arises is the free bus pass. Bus Pass Barbara and Bus Pass Molly are a pair of friends who first met in Glasgow’s Buchanan Bus Station, and ever since then, they have been using the (to give it its official title)…
Read MoreDog gone it – a fascinating look at our canine friends
At Scottish Field, we love dogs. All sizes, all breeds – we adore our four-legged friends. And we’re not the only ones – Of Dogs and Men is a collection of lovely anecdotes and mythological stories about our canine companions, which maps the evolution and bond between man and dog. Part autobiography and part history,…
Read MoreChronicle of 175 years of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
A show-stopping, page-turning new book turns the spotlight on the fascinating history of a world-renowned performing arts school and a jewel in Scotland’s cultural crown. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Raising the Curtain, which hits bookshelves on December 7 and is published by Luath Press, showcases 175 years of magic and memories at the nation’s conservatoire.…
Read MoreMiriam Margolyes shares her Scottish roots
TV chatshow favourite Miriam Margolyes delves into her Scots family background this weekend. She joins The Big Scottish Book Club to recount the story of how her family moved to Scotland in the late 19th century, and settled in Glasgow. National treasure Miriam looks back on her extraordinary life and working with everyone from Scorsese…
Read MoreSpace – bringing the final frontier down to Earth
Space – the final frontier, according to the boss of a fictional Scottish starship engineer. Oor Big Braw Cosmos is exactly the kind of book that Montgomery Scott would want to read, combining elements of cosmic science with the Scots language. This book is fascinating collaboration between eminent Scots astronomer John C. Brown and renowned…
Read MoreWhen the capital goes to work – through the years
Edinburgh is a city that’s different from the rest of the UK. It has its own feel about it – so few cities can claim to have a stunning centrepiece like the castle at its heart. It has its festivals in August; it has a proud history; its own myths and legends; and it has…
Read MoreCharity farming books raise over £100,000
A series of three light-hearted books have raised over £100,000 for RSABI, the charity supporting people in Scottish agriculture. The books, which are the perfect Christmas stocking fillers, were compiled by farming journalist Andrew Arbuckle with his late brother John also working on the first two titles. With all profits from the books going to…
Read MoreAn insightful look at ravens – in art and legend
Crows, ravens, rooks and magpies – all birds that tend to get a hard time in myths and stories over the years. They usually tend to be associated as harbingers of doom and oncoming death – there’s no denying that these birds, corvids, play a large role in the human imagination. We keep ravens in…
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