‘Josephine Tey, A Life’ by Jennifer Morag Henderson (Sandstone Press)
‘Josephine Tey, A Life’ by Jennifer Morag Henderson (Sandstone Press) This is an important book. Not because it is unusually well-written or edited, and not…
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It’s Tempting Fate to Say It
It’s tempting fate to say it, but the toxic trinity of COVID-19, a tanking economy,…
My wife and I argue far more about politics than we…
My wife and I argue far more about politics than we used to. Trump does…
John MacKay ‘Notes of a Newsman, Witness to a…
John MacKay ‘Notes of a Newsman, Witness to a Changing Scotland’, John MacKay (Luath Press)…
Don Paterson ’40 Sonnets’ by Don Paterson (Faber…
Don Paterson ’40 Sonnets’ by Don Paterson (Faber and Faber) ‘A Man Passing Through, Memoir…
June 2021 Home Become a Friend The pandemic has…
22 June 2021 Home Become a Friend The pandemic has produced many casualties, but music…
With His Thumping Win in Indiana
With his thumping win in Indiana, and his confirmation as presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump…
Let me take you back to 1942.
Let me take you back to 1942. It was not a good time and there…
In the Summer of 2020
In the summer of 2020, the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society was planning to hold its…
‘Arts and the Nation’ by Alan Riach with Alexander Moffat and John Purser (published by Luath Press)
‘Arts and the Nation’ by Alan Riach with Alexander Moffat and John Purser (published by…