A Narrator at the Height of His Powers tells Denzil Meyrick’s Story
23 Jun '21
Sit back with a dram and enjoy this beautiful video with voice-over from none other than David Monteath, the hugely popular narrator of the audio...
Tea Time Treat
‘The Midsummer Music’ from An Orkney Tapestry by George Mackay Brown
21 Jun '21
An Orkney Tapestry by George Mackay Brown is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet, and is now back in print for the first time in over...
Poem of the Week: The Poet by George Mackay Brown
11 Jun '21
The title of our new volume of selected poems by Orcadian writer George Mackay Brown, Carve the Runes, comes from the words inscribed on his island...
Poem of the Week: Moment Musical in Assynt by Norman MacCaig
31 May '21
Henry Morton described Skye’s Cuillin ridge as ‘Wagner’s ride of the Valkyries frozen in stone and hung up like a colossal screen...
Recipe of the Week: Raspberry Shortbread from Sue Lawrence’s Scottish Baking
31 May '21
Scotland is basking in the first of the summer sunshine this week, a much welcome change to the very soggy May we have left behind. Summer berries...
Poem of the Week: ‘Scaffolding’ by Eveline Pye
18 May '21
Two poetry anthologies for key workers are published this week – To Learn the Future: Poems for Teachers and To Mind Your Life: Poems for...
It’s World Whisky Day! What’s your Dram?
15 May '21
Whisky is just the best go-to tipple on cold days, fireside evenings, after long walks on the beach or in the hills, sitting with a good book…...
Poem of the Week: ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers
11 May '21
Celebrations of the NHS have special resonance in 2021. Our newest poetry collection, published in partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library, is...
‘This sceptred isle’: Extract from Fringed with Mud and Pearls
11 May '21
In the newly published Fringed with Mud and Pearls, Ian Crofton embarks on a personal odyssey to a number of the islands encircling England,...
Espresso Martini from the Scottish Brunch Bible
11 May '21
As well as an enticing array of brunch recipes, The Scottish Brunch Bible by Ghillie Basan includes quite the selection of boozy accompaniments. Of...
Extract from The Heart Remembers by Jan-Philipp Sendker
04 May '21
The Heart Remembers, set against a backdrop of political and family turmoil in Burma, follows the story of twelve year old Ko Bo Bo. Bo Bo has an...
Scotch Pancakes with Smoked Trout and Horseradish from A Taste of Scotland’s Islands
04 May '21
The Tobermory Fish Company sells their famous smoked trout, haddock and salmon all over Scotland, and since they were founded 50 years ago have...
