DVD: SHETLAND (The Complete Series 1-3)
starring Douglas Henshall, Alison O’Donnell, Steven Robertson
amazon.co.uk: £17:77
An impressive Douglas Henshall stars as DI Jimmy Perez, leading his team investigating crime within an isolated, sometimes inhospitable and yet hauntingly beautiful landscape. Based on the novels by award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, the…
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BOOK: MAPPING THE ISLANDS
Christopher Fleet, Margaret Wilkes, Charles W J Withers (Birlinn)
www.birlinn.co.uk: £30.00
Following on from successful volumes on Edinburgh and Glasgow, this sumptuous coffee-table book features maps from the National Library of Scotland’s extensive collection, along with informed text by three eminent specialists…
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CD: VARMINTS
Anna Meredith (Moshi Moshi)
https://shop.moshimoshimusic.com/Shop/: £7.99
The former composer-in-residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has been described as “one of the most innovative minds in modern British Music,” and this collection of songs—which won her the Scottish Album of the Year 2016—provides ample proof of…
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DVD: STILL GAME (The Complete Series 7)
starring Greg Hemphill, Ford Kiernan, Jane McCarry
www.amazon.co.uk: £12.99
Compared with the BBC’s recent revival of 1970s’ hit sitcom Porridge, the nine-year gap since the last series of this particular Scottish comedy favourite might appear short, yet it’s still a Lazarus-like return for life-long friends Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade who…
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BOOK: INFINITE GROUND
Martin MacInnes (Atlantic Books)
www.atlantic-books.co.uk: £12.99
The Inverness-born, Edinburgh-based author’s first novel is a surreal mystery set in the sweltering heat of South America. MacInnes’s tale focuses on a semi-retired detective’s quest to locate a man called Carlos, who unexpectedly…
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CD: CALEDONIA CANTATA
Dougie MacLean (Dunkeld)
www.allcelticmusic.com: £13.10
This new album from the acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter, composer and music producer—still best known for wistful love song “Caledonia”, considered by many to be Scotland’s best unofficial national anthem—unites MacLean with…
Full reviews published in Nocturne #4 (Winter 2016-17).
