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Updating the Dictionary: New Edition of Ian Crofton’s A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable

21 Oct '21

From ‘Aald Rock’ to ‘Zeenty-teenty’, author Ian Crofton has cast his eye across Scottish life, history, language and culture to produce a...

14 Oct '21

Blood and Gold by Mara Menzies This is a book that you won’t be expecting. But it is a book that you need – indeed that we all need. It is a book...

08 Oct '21

Take a walk down the High Street on Bookshop Day and get lost in your Local Bookshop Launched in 2016, Bookshop Day 2021 takes place on...

07 Oct '21

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark – first published SIXTY YEARS ago this week. Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, set...

15 Sep '21

Britain’s Emma Raducanu from Bromley has etched her name into Tennis history books this week in spectacular style, just as the teenager Lottie...

09 Sep '21

Neville Chamberlain is remembered today as Hitler’s credulous dupe, the man who proclaimed in September 1938 that the Munich agreement guaranteed...

31 Aug '21

Mara Menzies The live audience at the EIBF Sculpture Court theatre were held in suspenseful silence by Mara Menzie’s performance reading of a...

31 Aug '21

On August 31st, 1969 Brazil clinched qualification for the 1970 World Cup Finals by beating Paraguay 1-0 at the Maracana. After a disastrous World...

24 Aug '21

This year, The Edinburgh International Book Festival are staging a hybrid programme of over 250 events from their new home at the University of...

16 Aug '21

Last Tuesday, we caught up with Denise Mina and Ghillie Basan at their events at the Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick's annual arts and culture...

03 Aug '21

We are delighted to announce the signing of a new historical crime series from Steven Veerapen to the Polygon list. Inspired and insightful, the...

28 Jul '21

I’m a bit hit and miss with BBC Radio 4 these days. Some of the programmes are truly world class, others leave me cold and struggling to understand...

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Updating the Dictionary: New Edition of Ian Crofton’s A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable

21 Oct '21

Growing up Black in a White World

14 Oct '21

Bookshop Day – A beautiful poem in support of your Local Bookshop – we agree with every word!

08 Oct '21

Sixty Years on and STILL in its Prime

07 Oct '21

Game, Set… and a slightly older Match

15 Sep '21

Reappraising the caricature – Extract from Neville Chamberlain: The Passionate Radical

09 Sep '21

Highlights from EIBF 2021

31 Aug '21

August 31st, 1969 – PELE’S ROAD TO GLORY

31 Aug '21

A New Chapter for The Edinburgh International Book Festival

24 Aug '21

Denise Mina & Ghillie Basan at Fringe by the Sea

16 Aug '21

Polygon signs new historical crime series from Steven Veerapen

03 Aug '21

Have you heard it? The Parting Glass on BBC Radio 4

28 Jul '21

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