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...
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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...
Alexander McCall Smith and Scotland Street on BBC’s The One Show
30 Jan '23
A much anticipated interview with Alexander McCall Smith was aired on BBC’s The One Show this evening. You can watch it here (towards the...
The Palace of Holyroodhouse
14 Sep '22
An extract from Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary Queen of Scots by Rosemary Goring A great many of the thousands lining the Royal Mile in...
ALL TOGETHER NOW… Edinburgh International Book Festival is Back (let summer begin)
09 Jun '22
2022 Programme announced and live for ticket booking! All Together Now is the rallying call from the Edinburgh International Book Festival which...
The Story of Wojtek the Bear to hit the Big Screen
11 Oct '21
Once upon a time there lived a bear…. only this is no fairy tale and the bear in question smoked cigarettes, drank beer and worked for the...
One Author, One Week, THREE MAJOR AWARDS
08 Oct '21
Over the last week, our beloved author Alexander McCall Smith has received not one, not two but THREE major awards for his writing and wider work....
Alexander McCall Smith honoured by City of Edinburgh
29 Sep '21
Last night, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Frank Ross, presented the Edinburgh Award to Alexander McCall Smith at a ceremony held at the City...
Crime, Confidence and the Court of Mary Queen of Scots
30 Aug '21
‘A quiet Saturday evening supper party in the heart of an Edinburgh crammed with visitors suddenly descends into violence and mayhem ending...
Poem of the Week: ‘Arthur’s Seat and Geology’ by Alexander McCall Smith
10 Aug '21
Alexander McCall Smith’s 2020 poetry collection In a Time of Distance contains a sequence of seven poems, each about one of Edinburgh’s...
After Flodden: Women’s History Month IV
23 Mar '21
This week, in our series of Women’s History Month extracts from Rosemary Goring’s Scotland: Her Story, we encounter an instance of women...
Alexander McCall Smith to receive 2020 Edinburgh Award
22 Dec '20
Internationally-admired Edinburgh-based author Alexander McCall Smith CBE has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the...
