Easy Kale, Tomato and Cashew Nut Stir-up
22 Feb '21
As well as its significance as a period of fasting in the Christian calendar, Lent is often used as an opportunity to abstain from something we...
Lifestyle
‘Movement is Life’: Run Forever
15 Feb '21
Amby Burfoot, author of Run Forever: Your Complete Guide to Healthy Lifetime Running, first competed in the Boston Marathon in 1965. He won that race...
Two Love Poems by Edwin Morgan
08 Feb '21
As Jackie Kay writes in her introduction to twenty poems by Edwin Morgan about love, ‘Edwin Morgan knew all about love: its mysteries, its...
In Flower in February: Alder from Scottish Plant Lore
02 Feb '21
It is finally February, and the earliest signs of spring are beginning to appear, if you know where to look. The alder tree flowers this month, with...
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...
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....
Your Guide to Festive Fizz
15 Dec '20
Davy Zyw’s 101 Champagnes and Other Sparkling Wines offers a handy guide to the festive season. It’s also the perfect stocking-filler for...
Getting Over Christmas (in Japan)
15 Dec '20
Iain Maloney moved to Japan in 2005. This year, we published his memoir The Only Gaijin in the Village, the story of moving out of the city to the...
A Wee Bird Was Watching
09 Dec '20
Karine Polwart tells and sings the ‘Tale of the Wee Bird ‘in the Royal Lyceum Theatre Christmas season for all ages in a beautiful and...
Birlinn Books – Notes from the Basement, 8 December 2020
08 Dec '20
Just starting your Christmas shopping? Here’s Part I of our behind-the-scenes list of personal Christmas gift recommendations from...
Staff Picks for Christmas Pressies! (Part one)
08 Dec '20
We asked members of our staff team to select two books that they would give as Christmas presents this year. And here is what they said (some got...
A Message that Stands the Test of Time
07 Dec '20
The demands of publishing and the constant need for new books can often be an exhausting and demanding process. One of its great pleasures is when...
