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‘The Sisters – Olive trees of Noah’: poem by Sudeep Adhikari

May 05, 2016
Just recently I was contacted by a poet named Sudeep Adhikari, who wondered if I would like to publish a …
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

Dryburgh Abbey

September 11, 2015
The pink sandstone ruins of Dryburgh Abbey stand in their own little pool of time, listening for the gentle chant …
  • Wildlife & Nature

The Birnam Oak: in the presence of greatness

May 11, 2015
Did this majestic tree - or the forest in which it stood - inspire Shakespeare with an idea for 'Macbeth'?
  • British trees , Wildlife & Nature

The darkness of the yew

October 26, 2014
Evergreen, toxic, and able to live for thousands of years… it's no wonder the yew tree was revered in ancient …
  • Wildlife & Nature

The Fortingall Yew: symbol of eternity

March 26, 2014
This yew tree in a Perthshire churchyard may be 5,000 years old: it's astounding to think how much human …
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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 song of the aspen
  • Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow
  • The majesty of the beech
  • The holly bears the crown
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • The Palace of Holyroodhouse
  • Falkland Palace: power and glory
  • Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard
  • Dunyvaig Castle, Isle of Islay
MEGALITHIC
  • Camas nan Geall: ‘the Bay of the Strangers’
  • Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors
  • The Tuilyies stones
  • Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Tullibardine Chapel
  • St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral
  • Skipness Castle and Kilbrannan Chapel
  • St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore
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