Biography & Travel Writing

After 20 years working as a professional biologist, the author decided to ‘retire’ to...

When Billy set out from Glasgow as a young man he never looked back. He played his...

CROWDIE AND CREAM: Peopled with characters like Great Aunt Rachel, 'built like a...

The classic story of Robert Blair Mayne, late commanding officer of the first Special...

When Malcolm Alexander saw the job advert, 'urgent: island doctor needed', he applied...

A farmer's daughter from Galloway in south-west Scotland, Jane went to work at the...

A seasonal meander through the wilds of Scotland. 'If Clanlands was a gentle road...

A powerful journey of sea and self, trial and hope on the islands of Shetland On the...

In 2021, Ruby Free, 21, got her dream job working on an RSPB reserve. But this position...

Book by Samuel Johnson, published in 1775. The Journey was the result of a three-month...

In 1969, John McPhee moved his family from New Jersey across the Atlantic to live in...

As a barefoot lad in the Outer Hebrides, Bill Innes dreamed the impossible dream of...