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A gripping tale with a murder mystery on Islay

A gripping, gruesome tale of five corpses that are dug up by a peatcutter on Islay. The pace of the first few chapters feels a...
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YORStory Storytelling Festival runs this weekend

A number of Scots are playing their part in this weekend's YORStory Storytelling Festival. To coincide with World Storytelling Day on March 20, and with...

The battle of humanity vs nature on South Uist

Documenting the fragility of life on South Uist in the 1950s, modernist photographer Paul Strand spent three months on the island. Here, he took the...

A memoir account of dealing with grief

Marram: Memories of Sea and Spider-Silk is a candid memoir of Leonie Charlton’s experiences in the Outer Hebrides in 2017. Seven years after her mother’s...
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Five reasons why Sir Walter Scott still matters today

This year marks 250 years since the birth of Sir Walter Scott. Born in Edinburgh in 1771, Sir Walter Scott is regarded as one of...

A gripping thriller in the Scottish Highlands

Fantastically eerie and atmospheric, this Gothic thriller set in the Highlands had me hooked from chapter one. Following the life of ten-year-old Lauren, who lives...


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