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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 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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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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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
  • Wild cherry: the last snow of spring
  • The darkness of the yew
  • The magic of the birch
  • The fragrance of juniper
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Duart Castle, Isle of Mull
  • Dunollie Castle in Oban Bay
  • Castle Coeffin: guarding a broken heart
  • In a nutshell: Cardoness Castle
MEGALITHIC
  • The stones of Kilmory Oib
  • Diarmuid and Grainne: a boar hunt and a tragic love story in Glen Lonan
  • Kintraw’s lonely watcher
  • Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Dryburgh Abbey
  • The old chapel of Kilvaree
  • Tullibardine Chapel
  • Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan
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