The worm-eaten Old Lodge is reborn… as a kit house! When it came to “renovating” one of the dilapidated houses on the Straloch estate, north of Pitlochry, Lucy Holt was faced with an option she really didn’t like – to demolish and start again. “When we had professionals look at the houses it was discovered […]
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The Kingmaker
“I decided when I was eight I was going to be a novelist,” explains Rona Munro. “The late great writer and novelist Angus MacVicar was a family friend and relative and he encouraged me from that very early age. I’m sure his support played a huge part in my determination to tell stories to an […]
Duncan Lunan Interview
Duncan Lunan has many strings to his bow, as a researcher, tutor, critic, editor, lecturer and broadcaster – chiefly on astronomy, spaceflight and related subjects. Best known today as a non-fiction author, his books include Man and the Stars (1974), Man and the Planets (1984) and Incoming Asteroid! (2013). Yet his influence on science fiction writing, […]
Nocturne #1 Review
DVD: DOCTOR WHO – SERIES 9, PART 1 starring Peter Capaldi & Jenna Coleman, with Maisie Williams, Michelle Gomez, Rufus Hound, etc. BBCShop.com : £16:99 Regardless of whether you view these episodes as the first six in Doctor Who’s ninth series (since 2005) or its 35th season (since 1963), it’s clear that Peter Capaldi’s second […]
Hooked on Scotland
The colder, wetter weather associated with the first quarter of the year doesn’t inspire many into sporting activity, but for fishermen, it’s a prime time to look out the waders. Character actor Paul Young has enjoyed a 60+ year career on stage, television and radio but, to many of his fellow Scots, he’s best known […]
Race to the North
In the late 19th century, competing railway companies raced – unofficially – to Scotland from London… and helped cement the routes in the public’s consciousness. Speed has always been important in the history of Britain’s railways, but no more so than during the great days of steam in the late 19th century, when groups of train […]
May the Force be with you
When Jennifer Landa married Joshua Busch in Los Angeles early in 2015, she probably didn’t expect images of their wedding to pop up around the world, courtesy of the internet. But that’s what happens when you opt for a Star Wars-themed wedding that manages to combine both elements of the iconic film series with an […]
