The Invisible Doctrine by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison

EGGHEAD CHOICE - Crack open for a hard boiled think

George Monbiot (George Monbiot) is a British journalist, author, environmental and political activist. He writes a regular column for The Guardian. Peter Hutchison is a critically acclaimed filmmaker, New York Times bestselling author, educator and activist. In this book the authors argue that we live under an ideology that dominates every aspect of our lives: our education and our […]

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And the Land Lay Still by James Robertson

FANTASTIC FICTION - Escapes to other places and other times, SCOTTISH INTEREST

James Robertson (A life in writing: James Robertson | Books | The Guardian) has a special connection to Clydesdale. From 1993 to 1995 he was the first writer in residence at Hugh MacDiarmid’s house at Brownsbank, Candymill near Biggar. Robertson has gone on to publish several novels, short stories and poetry collections. He was born in Sevenoaks, Kent

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The Hollow Tree by Philip Miller

CRIMINALLY MINDED - Tales of the behaviourally challenged, FANTASTIC FICTION - Escapes to other places and other times

Philip Miller (PHILIP MILLER | Writer and Poet (philipmillerbooks.com)) is a writer and poet living in Edinburgh. He was an award-winning arts journalist for 20 years, and his published novels include The Goldenacre (2022), All The Galaxies (2017) and The Blue Horse (2015). His poetry has been published in print and online, and he received a RL Stevenson Fellowship in 2019.

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Speak, Silence: In Search of W.G. Sebald by Carole Angier

LIVES WELL LIVED? A pick from biography and memoir

Winfried Georg Sebald (18 May 1944 – 14 December 2001) (WG Sebald | Books | The Guardian), known as W. G. Sebald was a German writer and academic. After study in Germany he held academic posts in Manchester and The University of East Anglia. His literary output includes celebrated works such as ‘The Emigrants’ (1992), ‘The Rings

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Lila by Marilynne Robinson

FANTASTIC FICTION - Escapes to other places and other times

Marilynne Robinson (Appreciation: Marilynne Robinson, Novelist and Essayist, is an American Original — The National Book Review) is an American novelist and essayist. She has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Robinson began teaching at the Iowa

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God: An Anatomy by Francesca Stavrakopoulou

SPIRIT MATTERS - Reaching for the Divine

Francesca Stavrakopoulou (Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou | Theology and Religion | University of Exeter) is a biblical scholar and broadcaster. She is currently (2024) Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion at the University of Exeter. The main focus of her research is on the Hebrew Bible, and on Israelite and Judahite history and religion. In this book Stavrakopoulou presents Yahweh, the

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