Celebrate Burns Night with an extract from Tam o’Shanter
24 Jan '22
Funny, scurrilous, chilling and gloriously inventive, Tam o’ Shanter is widely regarded as Robert Burns’ masterpiece, and one of his...
Tea Time Treat
Filo haggis with bacon and pea purée from The Macsween Haggis Bible
24 Jan '22
Go all out this Burns Night with these moreish filo haggis parcels from The Macsween Haggis Bible. This recipe uses the Macsween vegetarian haggis,...
Black Pudding with Marinated Burnt Tomatoes and Feta on Toast from A Taste of the Highlands
17 Jan '22
Take your brunch to the next level with this recipe from A Taste of the Highlands by award-winning food writer Ghillie Basan. Featuring a hundred...
Spicy Parsnip Soup from The Scottish Vegan Cookbook
09 Jan '22
If you are trying Veganuary this year or simply looking for some hearty winter recipes, The Scottish Vegan Cookbook by Jackie Jones is packed with...
10th January 1969: George Harrison quits the Beatles in this extract from ‘And In The End’
07 Jan '22
The 10th January 1969 has gone down in history as a significant moment in the Beatles’ final acrimonious months as a band. On this day, George...
Christmas Poem 2021: ‘Tinker Talk’ by George Mackay Brown
21 Dec '21
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Tinker Talk George Mackay Brown I saw the four shepherds, black In the sun’s ruin. Four star-cut shadows, soon. Folk...
Twenty-minute tattie and leek soup from The William Shearer Tattie Bible
20 Dec '21
This quick and easy tattie and leek soup is the perfect way to use up all those leftover Christmas vegetables in the few post-Christmas days where...
The Ultimate Crab Brioche from The Tobermory Seafood Bible
13 Dec '21
Impressive but easy to recreate, this Crab Brioche from The Tobermory Seafood Bible by Sally MacColl is the perfect Christmas party food to delight...
Poem of the Week: ‘House of Winter’ by George Mackay Brown
07 Dec '21
Introducing a new volume of poetry The Wreck of the Archangel in 1989, George Mackay Brown wrote ‘There has been no book of poetry from me...
Beet Leaf and Haggis Dolma from A Taste of the Highlands
06 Dec '21
The Christmas party season is upon us, and if you are entertaining, we have the perfect canape to serve your guests. A Taste of the Highlands by...
St Andrew’s Day Poem: ‘Canedolia’ by Edwin Morgan
30 Nov '21
Edwin Morgan(1920-2010), Scotland’s first modern Makar, was one of the country’s most playful and curious poets. His vast body of work...
Recipe of the week: Haggis Lasagne from The Macsween Haggis Bible
29 Nov '21
Celebrate St Andrew’s Day with Scotland’s national dish in our recipe of the week from The Macsween Haggis Bible. Jo Macsween brings her...
