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The Red Squirrel by Polly Pullar

Book Review – The Red Squirrel: A Future in the Forest

Books | Online Features
The Red Squirrel: A Future in the Forest is the Big Picture’s first launch in a series of breathtakingly astonishing conservation books. Before you start...
Downhill From Here, by Gavin Boyter

Book review: Downhill From Here

Books | Online Features | Walking
As he approached his mid-forties, Gavin Boyter wondered what his life was all about. This is the tale of an ordinary runner undertaking an extraordinary...
St Valery and its Aftermath, by Stewart Mitchell

Book review: St Valery and its Aftermath

Books | Online Features
In many histories of the Second World War, much is written about great generals and momentous battles while the story of the ordinary soldier goes untold....
Making For Home: A Tale of the Scottish Borders. by Alan Tait

Book review – Making For Home: A Tale of the Scottish Borders

Books | Online Features
A former art historian, farmer and writer, Alan Tait has lived in the Moffat Water Valley for over 40 years. He describes his third book...
WHisky

Book review: A Field Guide to Whisky

Books | Whisky
From the general to the specific, this book by Hans Offringa has the answers to all the questions you can possibly think of relating to...
Spirit

Book review – Spirit of Place: Whisky Distilleries of Scotland

Books | Whisky
Scotland’s whisky industry is a fascinating area, not just with the tipple itself, but also the surrounding industry. In Spirit of Place, Charles Maclean, the...
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