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The story of a 19th century Scots campaigner
This is a unique and fascinating tale about Mary MacPherson – known as Màiri Mhòr – Skye’s 19th century bard and political campaigner. She made her name by vocalising the plight of crofters through song writing and activism. Her rage and despair at being falsely imprisoned in Inverness led to a poetic outpouring of songs,…
Read MoreMysteries as people vanish on a Scots island
The fictional island of Bancree, a place inspired by the author’s trips to the Scottish isles, plays host to a story of mystery and intrigue about a teenage girl and a string of disappearances. People aren’t only arriving on Bancree – they are disappearing too. When a mysterious man and his daughter move into isolated…
Read MoreThe communities taking ownership of their land
In recent years, communities in the Scottish Highlands and Islands have taken ownership of more than half a million acres – an area equivalent to that of an English county like Nottinghamshire or West Yorkshire. In places long characterised by contracting economies and shrinking populations, this remarkable development has resulted in new homes, new businesses,…
Read MoreThe story of philanthropist A. K. Bell and the Gannochy Trust
There have always been people who are in successful in life, who feel a moral duty of care to help those less well off. In A Roof Over One’s Head, writer Jeremy Duncan narrates the history of the work of A.K. Bell and the Gannochy Trust. The Trust was founded in 1937 by Scottish businessman…
Read MoreThe perfect read if you want to have pigs at home
For the majority of people, pigs are something that live on farms, where they are bred for eating purposes. However, that’s not been the case over the past decade – how often have we seen pictures of celebrities out and about, whilst carrying a micro-pig in their arms? Keeping Pigs is an introductory guide is…
Read MoreA detailed look about women in war and science
Many extraordinary female scientists, doctors, and engineers tasted independence and responsibility for the first time during the First World War. How did this happen? Patricia Fara reveals how suffragists, such as Virginia Woolf’s sister, Ray Strachey, had already aligned themselves with scientific and technological progress, and that during the dark years of war they mobilized…
Read MoreA life-long love of music in a charming autobiography
Scots and music are a combination that’s as old as the hills. Whether singers and groups in the charts today, heading back to the eighties with Simple Minds, the sixties with Lulu, and before that with traditional verse, there is definitely something in our water that makes us musical. The GG and Me is the…
Read MoreAmusing tales from pensioners on the buses
When one hits a more mature number of years, one of the benefits that arises is the free bus pass. Bus Pass Barbara and Bus Pass Molly are a pair of friends who first met in Glasgow’s Buchanan Bus Station, and ever since then, they have been using the (to give it its official title)…
Read MoreDog gone it – a fascinating look at our canine friends
At Scottish Field, we love dogs. All sizes, all breeds – we adore our four-legged friends. And we’re not the only ones – Of Dogs and Men is a collection of lovely anecdotes and mythological stories about our canine companions, which maps the evolution and bond between man and dog. Part autobiography and part history,…
Read MoreA fascinating look around the Scottish coastline
One of the benefits of lockdown was that people who normally struggled to find time to write were finally able to do so. Kevin Scott, from Newton Mearns near Glasgow, took full advantage of this, to write a fascinating insight into Scotland’s many harbours. Volume two runs to 518 pages, covering the area from the…
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