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Zara Janjua

Leading Scotswomen feature on Ask For More podcast

An inspirational podcast series featuring star-studded Scots are lining up for International Women’s Day 2020. The second series of the Ask For More podcast with...

Books explores Sir Walter Scott’s love of fishing

While on a tour of Scott’s glorious Abbotsford, Keith Harwood stumbled on the first hint of the writer’s life beyond poetry and literature, finding upon...

Meet the Wicker Man from the south of Scotland

Working with willow enables Trevor Leat to weave his magic and create stunning sculptural works of art. From giant sculptural pieces to the ancient craft...
William Laird McKinlay on the right smoking his pipe

The Scot who was left out in the cold

The ill-fated Arctic voyage of HMCS Karluk was the first in a series of tragedies to befall Glaswegian adventurer William Laird McKinlay and his family....

A celebration of all 282 Scottish Munros

The result of a labour of love – and many long walks and aching legs – this colourful compendium maps all 282 Munros in all...

A Scots crime thriller packed full of suspense

Set in the familiar backdrop of bonnie Scotland, Mark Douglas-Home has ingeniously tapped into the country’s intrinsic qualities to create a crime novel full of...


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