Poem of the Week: Summer by Alexander McCall Smith
20 Jul '21
This poem captures the calm of a perfect summer day – how the sky and sea are so still that time seems to have permanently stopped. This...
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Poem of the Week: Adelstrop Revisited by Alexander McCall Smith
08 Jun '21
Travelling on public transport brings with it a particular set of rules and etiquette, and for many, a small silver lining to the past year was the...
Spring Comes, Even This Year
19 Mar '21
This weekend we mark the Spring Equinox and International Day of Happiness on Saturday (20 March), and World Poetry Day on Sunday (21 March). It...
A Valentine’s Day Gift from Alexander McCall Smith
12 Feb '21
Alexander McCall Smith woke up one morning – about a week ago – with a new poem fixed firmly in his mind. It had revealed itself to the...
A Time of Distance
09 Apr '20
Our own Alexander McCall Smith, author of 44 Scotland Street, wrote a poem for readers last week. It was read on BBC Radio 4 PM and appeared in the...
