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Book review: ‘Island of Dreams’ by Dan Boothby

September 18, 2016
At the end of August I went to the Edinburgh Book Festival to see a joint talk by two authors …
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Book review: ‘Scotland’s Merlin’ by Tim Clarkson

July 14, 2016
“And in the battle of Arfderydd my torc was of gold…” From ‘Yr Afallennau’ (‘The Apples’), a poem in the …
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Book review: ‘The Rainforests of Britain and Ireland’ by Clifton Bain

April 21, 2016
You might remember that, back in the summer of last year, I wrote about the oak woods of Taynish in …
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‘Bonnie Scotland’ by A R Hope Moncrieff and Harry Sutton Palmer

January 11, 2016
“The tartans are dyed by the blood of a hundred battlefields, as by memories of green braes and purple moors.” …
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Book review: ‘The First Blast of the Trumpet’ by Marie Macpherson

July 24, 2015
The first in the 'Knox Trilogy', this riveting story of 16th century Scotland will sweep you into the court of …
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A new treasure: ‘Trees and How They Grow’ by G Clarke Nuttall

May 25, 2015
At a show last weekend I picked up this gorgeous old book from a second-hand book stall.  Written by Gertrude Clarke Nuttall, …
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Book review: ‘Strathclyde and the Anglo-Saxons in the Viking Age’ by Tim Clarkson

January 23, 2015
This fascinating new book by Tim Clarkson, an expert on early medieval Scotland, throws some light on the little-known Kingdom …
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Book review: ‘Moonwalker – Adventures of a Midnight Mountaineer’ by Alan Rowan

October 20, 2014
Climbing Scotland's highest mountains is a serious challenge for any walker… but would you climb them at night? Alan …
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Book review: ‘The Old Straight Track’ by Alfred Watkins

July 14, 2014
One of my very favourite books… for many people, 'The Old Straight Track' will need no introduction. This is …
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Book review: ‘The New Sylva’

May 07, 2014
In 1664, horticulturalist John Evelyn published 'Sylva', a comprehensive study of Britain's trees; and in 2014, to mark the …
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Book review: ‘In Search of the Dark Ages’ by Michael Wood

February 02, 2014
I've just finished 'In Search of the Dark Ages' by Michael Wood, and I can totally recommend it as a …
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Book review: ‘The Scottish Malcontent’ by Colin Macaulay

October 03, 2013
Set in Edinburgh in the late 1700s, when the flame of the Jacobite rebellion was still glimmering in Scottish hearts, …
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Book review: ‘Keepers: The Ancient Offices of Britain’

September 24, 2013
If you’re at all interested in history and pageantry, or if you love British eccentricity, you will adore this book …
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Mr Wood’s Fossils

January 07, 2013
Step inside a crystal cave of enchantment in Edinburgh's Old Town...
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The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen

February 09, 2012
Bending my mind to astrophysics could lead me into a lot of trouble, but I'm going to give it a …
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Not a film review: Spartacus

September 17, 2011
Let me be absolutely clear:  this is not a film review.  There can’t be many people less suited to be …
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I'm honoured to be Writer in Residence at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. This book celebrates the lives of 50 great explorers......
BRITISH TREES
  • The enchantment of the rowan
  • The fragrance of juniper
  • The song of the aspen
  • The power of the elder
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Smailholm Tower
  • Dunnottar: the last bastion
  • Loch Avich and the Castle of the Red-haired Girl
  • Castle Stalker: plenty to brood on
MEGALITHIC
  • The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness
  • Diarmuid and Grainne: a boar hunt and a tragic love story in Glen Lonan
  • Callanish: a ring to rule them all
  • The Tuilyies stones
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore
  • Dunkeld Cathedral: Scotland’s sacred heart
  • Tullibardine Chapel
  • Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary
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