Message from the Skies: Mara Menzies responds to the climate emergency
26 Jan '22
We were thrilled to hear that our author Mara Menzies, whose recently published Blood and Gold has been met by much acclaim, was commissioned to...
COP26
COP26: Extract from Of Stone and Sky
12 Nov '21
Merryn Glover is an award-winning writer of fiction, drama and poetry. Her stories are widely anthologised and her plays broadcast on BBC Radio. She...
COP26: Robin Crawford on Scotland’s peatlands
10 Nov '21
In Into the Peatlands, Robin Crawford explores the peatlands over the course of the year, explaining how they have come to be and examining how peat...
COP26: Weathering The Storm: Scottish Poets Discuss Climate Change Resilience and Adaption (with Roseanne Watt)
09 Nov '21
On Saturday, Shetlandic poet Roseanne Watt (Moder Dy, 2019) was joined by Pàdraig MacAoidh and Donald S. Murray, both from Lewis, to give readings...
Poem of the week: ‘Only One Home’ by Alexander McCall Smith for the WWF
08 Nov '21
Our poem of the week was written exclusively for the World Wildlife fund by Alexander McCall Smith. ‘Only One Home’ is featured as part...
COP26: Merryn Glover on living in harmony with nature
08 Nov '21
Set on a farming estate in the upper reaches of the River Spey, Of Stone and Sky by Merryn Glover follows several generations of a shepherding...
COP26: Andrew Painting on regeneration and biodiversity in the Mar Lodge Estate
07 Nov '21
In 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquired Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms. Home to over 5,000 species, this vast expanse of...
COP26: Polly Pullar on hedgehog rehabilitation and climate change
06 Nov '21
Polly Pullar is a field naturalist, writer, photographer and wildlife rehabilitator who grew up in Ardnamurchan. She works tirelessly advocating for...
COP26: Marian Pallister on Argyll’s mining past and clean energy future
04 Nov '21
Marian Pallister is the author of a number of highly acclaimed books including Cruachan: The Hollow Mountain, The Crinan Canal and Not...
COP26: What does the 1.5°C warming target mean?
01 Nov '21
Today marks the beginning of formal discussions between world leaders at the COP26 climate change conference being hosted in Glasgow. In...
Alastair McIntosh on COP26 and the Climate Crisis in the Latest Episode of the Birlinn Podcast
03 Nov '20
Photo by Jaz King on Unsplash In the latest episode of the Birlinn Limited Podcast, environmental campaigner and writer Alastair McIntosh speaks from...
