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Donald Reid, Rob Humphreys, et al’s The Rough Guide to Scotland

Posted on 10th February 2023 by Diverse Voices

Rebecca Swain wrote this review. Yes, The Rough Guide to Scotland is great; buy it if you’re planning to go to Scotland. It has maps, information about each part of the country, phone numbers, history, everything you could possibly want … Continue reading →

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Charles Stross’ The Halting State 

Posted on 7th May 2016 by Cat Eldridge

Sunshine, The Halting State is the best near future thriller I’ve read since first encountering John Brunner’s The Shockwave Rider nearly thirty years ago. Indeed I’m quite surprised that it’s being marketed as sf genre fiction and not as a mainstream novel! Like The Shockwave … Continue reading →

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Various Artists’ The Battle of Prestonpans 1745: Music and Songs of the Campaign

Posted on 31st March 2011 by Peter Massey

The album is subtitled as “A Companion to the Prestonpans Tapestry.” If you do not know what the Prestonpans Tapestry is, briefly it’s a tapestry instigated by Gordon Prestoungrange. In about 2002, at the Prestoungrange Arts Festival he commissioned Andrew … Continue reading →

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