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A fascinating study of an important Scots figure

Books | Reviews
Mary Queen of Scots’ Secretary: William Maitland is a long overdue account of a man left out of the history books. William Maitland was a...

The Highland Battles chronicles Scottish wars

Books
Chris Peers is an expert at bringing medieval warfare to life and The Highland Battles is no exception. He delves into the rarely studied wars...

Kirsty Wark to explore literary landscape in new radio series

Culture
A new four-part series, Written In Scotland, presented by Kirsty Wark will show how the nation is uniquely defined by its writers. Starting on 24...

Game of Thrones star and Victorian society in our podcast

Culture
Hopefully it's not an unlucky thirteen, as Scottish Field's latest podcast arrives. In our 13th edition of the Scottish Field podcast, Morag Bootland has a...

A fascinating focus on the fantastic funghi

Books
Who’d have thought mushrooms could be poetic? Fungi-obsessed Whiteley takes us on a lyrical, fascinating exploration of this weird organism which she says has a...

Weaving fact and fiction for St Andrews Castle siege

Books | Reviews | Scotland
For his debut novel, The Castilians, author V E H Masters cleverly weaves fact with fiction in a detailed story of the siege of St...
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