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Midwinter wishes

December 24, 2020
Warm wishes and some inspiring books for winter reading
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Festive Greetings

December 21, 2019
for Christmas and the New Year...
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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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Innerpeffray: Scotland's oldest free lending library

August 14, 2016
By the quiet waters of the River Earn is an unexpected treasurehouse of books. Step inside and prepare to …
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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 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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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
  • Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow
  • The fragrance of juniper
  • The song of the aspen
  • A wand of hazel
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Rosslyn Castle – falling shadows
  • Doune Castle: seat of power
  • Duart Castle, Isle of Mull
  • Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe
MEGALITHIC
  • Nether Largie: secrets in stone
  • Croft Moraig: circle of light
  • Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck
  • The stone circles of Fortingall
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Kirkstall Abbey – ancient heart of Leeds
  • St Bride’s revisited
  • Kilbride Kirk, Lerags
  • Wenlock Priory: hauntingly beautiful
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