It is with great delight that we relay the information that Scottish designer and artist Andrew Crummy has been awarded the MBE in the new King’s first New Year Honours list for ‘Services to Art and to Cultural Heritage’ in Scotland. Perhaps best-known for his outstanding work on The Great Tapestry of Scotland, Andrew Crummy has […]
“Do not be discouraged, this world Is just as beautiful, just as good As it was before those who would make it otherwise Began their work; at the end of the day, Dear friends, love and the peace that goes with love, Will, triumph over those other things. That make most of us so very […]
Alexander McCall Smith THE NO.1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY @ 25 Friday 26 May 2023, 5.30pm Venue 1 The perfect gift for 2023 – ready for Christmas stockings this year! Alexander McCall Smith’s much loved character Precious Ramotswe first came to life on the pages of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency 25 years ago. Join us as we […]
Tonight, 8 December 2022, Alexander was presented in absentia with the Saltire Society’s Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts. The award ceremony took place at the Traverse Theatre in the centre of the city of Edinburgh as part of Scotland’s National Book Awards. The event was attended by the great and […]
It seems to be the season for Lifetime Achievement Awards. In the same week in which Alexander McCall Smith was recognised by the Saltire Society for his life-long contribution to the arts, good friend to Alexander and his books – Alan Steadman – received the Lifetime Achievement honour at the Scottish Jazz Awards. Alan is […]
Where is Alexander this week? On the high seas between New York City and Southampton in England on the stunning Cunard ship, ‘Queen Mary 2’. He is crossing the ocean as part of The Times/Cheltenham Festival on the Waves. He reports that all is going well on the voyage and he is delighted to spend […]
Book your place now for an online event to lift the spirits pre-Christmas. Alexander McCall Smith will be live in an online event with Fane Productions. Book your ticket now for 14 December, 6.30pm UK time, then available for two weeks to give access to readers across the world. https://www.fane.co.uk/mccall-smith Join best selling author Alexander McCall […]
Domenica Macdonald, anthropologist, resident of Edinburgh, observer of humanity and believer in the old-fashioned and increasingly rare virtue of tolerance, looked out of her window onto the cobbled street below and wondered what to cook for dinner. It was not a question on which she would spend much time – nor was it one with […]
