Store Cupboard Recipes: Guest Post by Sue Lawrence
26 Mar '20
In the second instalment of our guest blog posts, Scotland’s best-loved cookery writer Sue Lawrence shares some tips to help you cook your way...
Tea Time Treat
Interesting Times: Iain Maloney’s Guest Post
23 Mar '20
Iain Maloney at Aye Write Book Festival 2020. Credit: Robbie Boyd Over the next few weeks we’ll be featuring guest blog posts by our authors as...
Taste test for Shrove Tuesday
21 Feb '20
Shrove Tuesday is fast approaching. Try a Birlinn recipe for your pancakes this year!
The Lost Poets: Found
07 Feb '20
There was a decidedly celebratory air at the National Library of Scotland yesterday afternoon as crowds gathered for a momentous occasion: the...
We’re starting a NEW Valentine’s Day Tradition
01 Feb '20
Join us in a new tradition, starting this year. Claim Valentine’s Day as Friendship Day as well as a day for celebrating romantic love. And...
A Little Light Relief on Brexit Day
31 Jan '20
In 2007, Alexander McCall Smith wrote a short story, Brussels for Beginners, which was read on BBC Radio 4. We include it here as we mark Brexit Day...
Jane Haining Remembered – an Extract
27 Jan '20
‘A biography as calm, meticulous and movingly humane as Jane Haining herself. Mary Miller has reclaimed the life of a woman who embodied the finest...
Alexander McCall Smith on Robert Burns
25 Jan '20
Robert Burns was the author of a famous poem about dogs: ‘The Twa Dogs’. That was anthropomorphic, of course, as it consisted in a...
Selecting the Perfect Dram for Burns Night
24 Jan '20
Need a helping hand when selecting the perfect dram for Burns Night? Turn to our whisky experts Charles MacLean and Blair Bowman for guidance. The...
Burns Night in a Bowl!
24 Jan '20
Celebrate Burns Night on 25 January with a recipe from Sue Lawrence’s book – A Taste of Scotland’s Islands – for a wonderful...
More Discerning Tipplers in the Decade?
31 Dec '19
Over the last ten years the UK’s approach to alcohol has changed with folk wanting to know more about the drinks they enjoy and to try...
Good President Wenceslas and more – seasonal treats from Alexander McCall Smith
27 Dec '19
Alexander McCall Smith’s Christmas story was published in the ‘i’ on 26 December. Take a moment to enjoy by clicking on this link....
