Northwords Now Issue 40 is out now: for this issue I interviewed poet Christopher Whyte. It was a fascinating interview to do, and it covers a lot. Christopher Whyte talks specifically about his collection “Ceum air Cheum / Step by Step”, but also more generally about writing poetry, about Gaelic and languages in Scotland, about … More Interview with Christopher Whyte
A #ThrowbackThursday post to an article I wrote a few years ago about Bonfire Night: “How God gave a small Scottish town advance notice of the Gunpowder Plot” – what’s the link between Dornoch and Guy Fawkes? You can still read the full article online by following this link: https://www.thenational.scot/news/15640739.how-god-gave-a-small-scottish-town-advance-notice-of-the-gunpowder-plot/ And my original blog post … More Bonfire Night – #TBT
Next Saturday, 24th October, I will be taking part in an online session to showcase the launch of the new issue of Northwords Now magazine. The launch is part of Dingwall’s “Word on the Street” book festival, which this year is reimagined online as “Word Off the Street”. You can check out the full programme, … More Word Off the Street
This week, I returned to the Highland Archive Centre for the first time since lockdown. To research the biography and non-fiction that I write, I often use archives and libraries to look at original documents and reference books. Obviously all of these places have been closed over the last few months due to the coronavirus … More Return to the Archives
There are new plans for the site of Josephine Tey’s family shop on Castle Street. In my biography of Josephine Tey, I describe how her father Colin owned a fruit shop on Castle Street in Inverness, and also rented out flats above the shop. Here on this blog, I’ve talked before about what has happened … More Josephine Tey’s Castle Street
