A Story for Young Readers on World Book Day
04 Mar '26
A World Book Day story to share with sleepy heads and enquiring minds and spark great imagination. What would you do if you found yourself face to...
Alexander McCall Smith
The Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh marks 60th Season
19 Jan '26
– And asks Alexander McCall Smith to take theatre into the home The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh Theatre Announces Writers for their Exciting New Project...
Simon Callow reads Alexander McCall Smith
09 Dec '25
Something very special for Christmas 2025 – Alexander McCall Smith poems at the Westminster Carols by Candlelight MS concert, 2025 – with Simon...
Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards – Tripping the light fantastic at The Great Tapestry of Scotland
24 Jul '25
We are delighted to report that – for the second year running – The Great Tapestry of Scotland centre in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, has...
Sir Alexander McCall Smith returns to Botswana
24 Apr '25
Sandy is back in his happy place! He has returned to Botswana (setting for his globally-adored No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series) for a...
Celebrate British Pie Week with a Pure Dead Brilliant Scotch Pie
13 Mar '25
This week is British Pie Week, a perfect opportunity to celebrate the wide variety of pies to be savoured in the UK. Of course in Scotland we have...
Celebrate Burns Night with Cock-a-Leekie soup from The 44 Scotland Street Cookbook
24 Jan '25
Tomorrow is Burns Night, a traditional celebration of the life and work of Scotland’s bard, Robert Burns. This typically involves a hearty meal...
A HEARTY welcome to St Andrew’s Book Festival, London
06 Dec '24
There’s a new kid on the block, or at least on the very busy calendar of book festivals taking place annually across the UK. The inaugural St...
Launched! A new Scottish Tapestry Trail
06 Dec '24
On WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2024, Sir Geoff Palmer and Andrew Crummy launched The Scottish Tapestry Trail at The Great Tapestry of Scotland in...
Happy World Embroidery Day!
30 Jul '24
Today is World Embroidery Day. Set up in 2011 by a group of passionate stitchers in Sweden, this day of stitch-creation has now spread right round...
Knighted by King Charles III
02 Jul '24
Alexander McCall Smith is formally Knighted in Edinburgh Polygon author, Sir Alexander McCall Smith has been Knighted by King Charles III at the...
Poem of the Week: ‘In A Time of Distance’ by Alexander McCall Smith
13 Mar '24
Our poem of the week is the titular poem from Alexander McCall Smith’s debut poetry collection In A Time of Distance, which we have just...
