Backbone of the Nation – 50 Years in 50 Books
In his groundbreaking new history, Robert Gildea interviews the miners and their families who fought to defend themselves against Thatcher’s goverment. Exploring mining communities…
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The Story of Auld Lang Syne
Murray Pittock’s Scotland is an engaging and authoritative history of Scotland’s influence in the world and the world’s on Scotland, from the Thirty Years…
August Staff Pick: Travels
This month, Yale University Press London staff voted for their favourite book on the theme of ‘Travels’. Find out which books they recommended and…
November’s Bookshop of the Month – The Forest Bookstore
At the heart of the Scottish Borders, the Forest Bookstore is an independent bookshop that was founded in 2006. It stocks a wide yet…
May’s Bookshop of the Month – Good Press
This month’s Bookshop of the Month is Good Press, a Glasgow-based bookshop and art space specialising in independently produced publications and projects. We spoke…
December’s Bookshop of the Month – Aye-Aye Books
Our final Bookshop of the Month for 2020 is Aye-Aye Books, located in the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow. This independent contemporary art bookshop…
September’s Bookshop of the Month – Far From The Madding Crowd
For September’s Bookshop of the Month, we headed up to Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland, to visit Far From The Madding Crowd. This award-winning…
August’s Bookshop of the Month – The Portobello Bookshop, Edinburgh
We are proud to say that August’s Bookshop of the Month is The Portobello Bookshop, which opened in Edinburgh at the end of last…
Bookshop of the Month – Hyndland Bookshop, Glasgow
For April’s Bookshop of the Month, we took a trip up to Scotland to visit Hyndland Bookshop in Glasgow. Set up by two former…
Bookshop of the Month – Cornerstone Bookshop, Edinburgh
For October’s Bookshop of the Month, we went up to Edinburgh and down into the crypt of St. John’s Church to visit the fantastic Cornerstone…
Bookshop of the Month – Atkinson-Pryce Bookshop, Biggar
We’re heading north for our bookshop of the month for February! Atkinson-Pryce Books is based in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Located in the small town of…
Bookshop of the Month – Lighthouse, Edinburgh
We headed up to Edinburgh for November’s Bookshop of the Month, and chatted to Mairi from Lighthouse, Edinburgh’s radical bookshop. We asked her about…
Bookshop of the Month – Kesley’s Bookshop, Haddington
This month we make our way up to Scotland, and chat to Simon from Kesley’s Bookshop in Haddington about what it’s like to run…
A Brief History of Pevsner’s Buildings of Scotland series
‘It’ll be a sort of Scottish Pevsner, then?’ This was the reaction of an unnamed station master at Dunbar station when, as Colin McWilliam…
Bookshop of the Month – Golden Hare Books, Edinburgh
This month we take a trip up to Scotland to Golden Hare Books for our bookshop of the month! As home to the Edinburgh…
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