2021 Preview: Arena Sport
26 Jan '21
Discover the magic of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, learn the real story behind one of the world’s most iconic sporting stars as well as one of...
Poem of the Week: Jenni Fagan, Spell for Hope and Renewal
26 Jan '21
Jenni Fagan has brightened the start of 2021 with the January publication of her novel Luckenbooth, which she describes as a “love letter to...
Recipe of the Week: Roasted Beetroots with Marmalade by Shirley Spear
25 Jan '21
Have you, like Liz Hurley, been making marmalade this week? The Seville orange season comes and goes in the blink of an eye, but if you’ve...
Burns Night? It’s Looking a Little Different This Year…
25 Jan '21
A Poem for Burns Night by Alexander McCall Smith Give us your hand – here’s ours: All Scotland, though a little quieter now, Is a bit happier in...
A New Chapter at the National Library of Scotland – with Alexander McCall Smith
22 Jan '21
In Edinburgh, we are incredibly fortunate to have the deep-shelved stacks of the National Library of Scotland – filled with rare manuscripts and...
2021 Preview: History and Current Affairs
22 Jan '21
From books exploring the interwoven history of tea and Scotland to the rise of China’s surveillance state, we have a range of brilliantly...
Notes from the Basement – 19 January 2021
20 Jan '21
THE DYSTOPIAN MASTERPIECE NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR We are proud to announce the publication of our brand new edition of George Orwell’s 1984....
2021 Preview: Crime Writing from Polygon
19 Jan '21
At Polygon we are proud to publish a wide range of crime writing from bestselling authors and exciting new voices. Our 2021 line-up includes...
Poem of the Week: Norman MacCaig, Praise of a thorn bush
18 Jan '21
An Edinburgh school teacher by profession, poet Norman MacCaig spent his summers in Assynt in the far north west of Scotland. From their first visit...
Recipe: Cock-a-leekie Soup (for the Soul)
18 Jan '21
Chicken soup is a global panacea. So much so, in fact, that it’s given its name to a whole self-help franchise, Chicken Soup for the Soul....
Speaking personally: Orwell, Jura and 1984
18 Jan '21
As Polygon publishes a new edition of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece 1984, Managing Director Hugh Andrew speculates on the connections...
Carillion, Three Years On: “Somebody, somewhere getting a million”
15 Jan '21
Today is the third anniversary of the collapse of construction giant Carillion. On 15 January 2018, Carillion went down with debts of more than...
