Latest Feature Festive Greetings December 21, 2019 336 Views 16 Comments for Christmas and the New Year...
Wildlife & Nature An exciting new project: a book about Britain’s trees January 21, 2019 3827 Views 35 Comments I'm delving into the traditions associated with Britain's trees for this new book to be published by the National Trust
Reviews Book review: ‘Island of Dreams’ by Dan Boothby September 18, 2016 1044 Views 11 Comments At the end of August I went to the Edinburgh Book Festival to see a joint talk by two authors …
History Innerpeffray: Scotland's oldest free lending library August 14, 2016 1485 Views 0 Comment By the quiet waters of the River Earn is an unexpected treasurehouse of books. Step inside and prepare to …
Reviews Book review: ‘Scotland’s Merlin’ by Tim Clarkson July 14, 2016 1324 Views 14 Comments “And in the battle of Arfderydd my torc was of gold…” From ‘Yr Afallennau’ (‘The Apples’), a poem in the …
Reviews Book review: ‘The Rainforests of Britain and Ireland’ by Clifton Bain April 21, 2016 1204 Views 4 Comments You might remember that, back in the summer of last year, I wrote about the oak woods of Taynish in …
Reviews ‘Bonnie Scotland’ by A R Hope Moncrieff and Harry Sutton Palmer January 11, 2016 994 Views 13 Comments “The tartans are dyed by the blood of a hundred battlefields, as by memories of green braes and purple moors.” …
Reviews A new treasure: ‘Trees and How They Grow’ by G Clarke Nuttall May 25, 2015 946 Views 14 Comments At a show last weekend I picked up this gorgeous old book from a second-hand book stall. Written by Gertrude Clarke Nuttall, …
Reviews Book review: ‘Strathclyde and the Anglo-Saxons in the Viking Age’ by Tim Clarkson January 23, 2015 1487 Views 0 Comment This fascinating new book by Tim Clarkson, an expert on early medieval Scotland, throws some light on the little-known Kingdom …
Reviews Book review: ‘Moonwalker – Adventures of a Midnight Mountaineer’ by Alan Rowan October 20, 2014 860 Views 0 Comment Climbing Scotland's highest mountains is a serious challenge for any walker… but would you climb them at night? Alan …
Reviews Book review: ‘The Old Straight Track’ by Alfred Watkins July 14, 2014 2632 Views 0 Comment One of my very favourite books… for many people, 'The Old Straight Track' will need no introduction. This is …
Reviews Book review: ‘The New Sylva’ May 07, 2014 1250 Views 0 Comment In 1664, horticulturalist John Evelyn published 'Sylva', a comprehensive study of Britain's trees; and in 2014, to mark the …
Reviews Book review: ‘In Search of the Dark Ages’ by Michael Wood February 02, 2014 3762 Views 0 Comment I've just finished 'In Search of the Dark Ages' by Michael Wood, and I can totally recommend it as a …
Reviews Book review: ‘The Scottish Malcontent’ by Colin Macaulay October 03, 2013 1151 Views 8 Comments Set in Edinburgh in the late 1700s, when the flame of the Jacobite rebellion was still glimmering in Scottish hearts, …
Reviews Book review: ‘Keepers: The Ancient Offices of Britain’ September 24, 2013 1130 Views 15 Comments If you’re at all interested in history and pageantry, or if you love British eccentricity, you will adore this book …
