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‘An Odious Campaign’ by Rob McInroy – Why a 1936 By-Election Still Resonates
‘This enraged the locals and he came close to being run out of town on several occasions.’
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‘‘That’s right, Bobby,’ he growled. ‘I haven’t seen you in – well, since you decided to kill me.’ ‘
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David Robinson Reviews: Solitary Agents by David Goodman
‘This is very much an up-to-the-minute story of spycraft, positively revelling in all the things tha …
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The Savage Landscape by Cal Flyn
‘It is their resistance to the intrusions of the outside world − culturally, economically, environme …
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The Shortest History of Scotland: A Q & A with Murray Pittock
‘We need to be better aware of that to understand the challenges and achievements of the past, and t …
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David Robinson Interviews: John Lister-Kaye
‘I enjoy stillness. It creeps up on you and becomes almost a force. I’ve had squirrels run over my f …
FEATURED AUTHOR:
Val McDermid
Crime novelist Val McDermid grew up in Kirkcaldy, and spent a lot of her childhood with her grandparents in East Wemyss. At High School she was placed in an experimental high-IQ stream, taught separately from the other children; the Prime Minister Gord …
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Birlinn
Birlinn Ltd is an independent publishing house based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company is built on traditions of the written and spoken word and is constantly looking to the future. Established by Hugh Andrew (2022 recipient of the Royal Scottish Geo …