MacCloud falls is an absorbing and pleasant read

Scottish antiquarian Gilbert travels to British Columbia to research an early settler he believes may have been his runaway grandfather. Here, he strikes up an...
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Sheila Fleet opens stunning new jewellery retail gallery

Orkney-based jewellery designer Sheila Fleet OBE has opened a brand-new gallery in the heart of historic St Andrews. After over a year in development, Sheila...

A handy guide on teaching yourself new life skills

When this breezeblock-sized hardback book – subtitled ‘214 Things You Can Actually Learn How to Do’ – slammed onto my desk I must admit that...
Artist blend No Shadow

Whisky tributes released for Glasgow and Edinburgh

A pair of whiskies celebrating Scotland's two largest cities have been released, with Compass Box Artist Blend and Glasgow Blend. Artist Blend (formally Great King...

The incredible life of Scottish icon Stanley Baxter

This authorised biography has generated headlines because in it 95-year-old Stanley Baxter comes out as gay, yet there is so much more to this account...

Clanlands is an astonishingly gripping travelogue

Sometimes you just have to admit when you are wrong, and this is one of those (rare) occasions. I started this book with a heavy...


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