‘Abbotsford to Zion, The Story of Scottish Place Names Around The World’, Elspeth Wills (Birlinn) Reading Elspeth Wills’s book reminded me of a reaction I had to something I’d recently…
I’ve known for years that Culross, on the Firth of Forth in the Kingdom of Fife, is reputed to be the best-preserved example of a small Scottish town in the…
‘Thomas Muir of Huntershill, Essays for the Twenty First Century’, edited by Gerard Carruthers and Don Martin (humming earth) The degree to which Thomas Muir was or is a forgotten…
‘Union and Revolution, Scotland and Beyond, 1625-1725’ by Laura A M Stewart and Janay Nugent (published by Edinburgh University Press) This book is Volume five in a series called The…
The Megrahi forum ANDREW HOOK Andrew Hook is former professor of English literature at Glasgow University [click here] for Jill Stephenson 26.08.09 Issue no 130 THE CHANGING MOOD Kenneth Roy assesses…
For a list of the current Friends of the Scottish Review, click here Kenneth Roy Paul Cockburn The Cafe Thom Cross Islay McLeod Andrew Hook Alan Fisher Andrew Sanders Barney…
The Scottish Reviewers I The two faces of the BBC Andrew Hook WEEKEND INBOX STOP PRESS Kenneth Roy on the uncertain future of a great newspaper [click here] THE POLITE…