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Summer in the City

3 Jul 2007

It’s summer. Well, as close as it gets to summer in Scotland. Sunshine is carefully rationed so when it does make an appearance you’d better be prepared to make the most of those breaks in the cloud. Here we present some of the best ideas for enjoying…

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett (1771)

Tobias Smollett - The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

Tobias Smollett's last and best novel is misleadingly named. Clinker - a comically over-enthusiastic Scottish manservant - does not appear until a third of the way through the book, and is often conspicuous by his absence. Instead, the central figure is…

Nan Shepherd - The Quarry Wood (1928)

Nan Shepherd - The Quarry Wood (1928)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

Nan Shepherd spent most of her life teaching English in Aberdeen, walking her beloved hills and mountains and encouraging other writers. Yet she will be remembered for the three works of prose fiction she wrote in a five-year burst of creativity in her…

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