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Boxing Clever: A Review of Stuart Cosgrove’s Cassius X: A Legend In The Making…
Stuart Cosgrove’s ‘Soul Trilogy’ (Detroit 67, Memphis 68, Harlem 69) offered readers an alternative history of the USA in the late 60s...
Jan 7, 20212 min read
2020 Vision: Looking Back At The Cultural Year…
A wee bonus SWH! podcast for the end of the year… Earlier this year we recorded podcasts with Ali and his brother Andy (right) where they...
Dec 30, 20202 min read
That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Books (Part II)…
This year was such a great one for Scottish writing that we had to split our Best Books of 2020 podcast into two parts to fit in...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Books (Part I)…
This year was such a great one for Scottish writing that we had to split our Best Books of 2020 podcast into two parts to fit in...
Dec 4, 20202 min read
The Good Word: SWH!’s 10 Best Books Of 2020…
There are plenty of ‘Books Of The Year’ lists around this time competing for your time and attention, but we like to think that Scots...
Dec 3, 20208 min read
Young Guns: A Review Of Andrew O’Hagan’s Mayflies…
With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
Dec 2, 20204 min read
Obsessive & Compulsive: A Review Of Tom Gillespie’s The Strange Book Of Jacob Boyce…
With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
Nov 30, 20202 min read
Daydream Believer: A Review Of Stewart Ennis’s Blessed Assurance…
With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
Nov 27, 20203 min read
Ballads For The Bereaved: A Review of Peter Ross’s A Tomb With A View…
With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
Nov 25, 20202 min read
Real Life Story: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Angela Hughes & Paul Docherty…
For the latest podcast Ali spoke to writer Angela Hughes and husband Paul about her memoir My Heart’s Content: A Journey to Transplant....
Nov 17, 20202 min read
The Big Scottish Book Club: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Damian Barr…
For the latest podcast Ali caught up with writer and presenter Damian Barr to talk all about the second series of The Big Scottish Book...
Oct 23, 20201 min read
Spanish Fly: A Review Of Morgan Cry’s Thirty-One Bones…
Over the years I have spent more than a few holidays in that part of Southern Spain which stretches from Malaga to Puerto Banus, an area...
Oct 22, 20202 min read
The Sensual World: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Jenny Sturgeon…
Image credit: Anne Campbell For the latest SWH! Podcast Ali spoke to Jenny Sturgeon about her latest project The Living Mountain, which...
Oct 20, 20202 min read
Intimate Voice: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Graeme Armstrong…
Pic Credit – Robin Farquhar-Thomson For the latest SWH! podcast Ali spoke to writer Graeme Armstrong about his novel The Young Team and a...
Sep 22, 20202 min read
A Matter Of Death & Life: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Peter Ross…
For the latest SWH! podcast Ali was joined by writer and journalist Peter Ross to talk about his latest book A Tomb With A View. It was...
Sep 2, 20202 min read
Talk The Walk: The SWH! Podcast Talks To John Scott…
For the latest podcast Ali spoke to writer John Scott about his re-published memoir To The Woods: A Journey Along The Appalachian Trail,...
Aug 19, 20202 min read
Growing Up: A Review Of Graeme Armstrong’s The Young Team…
A Scottish novel where pals who have known each other from school fight, drink, and take drugs together, with a central character who...
Aug 18, 20203 min read
The Write Stuff: Scots Whay Hae!’s Top 10 Picks Of The Edinburgh International Book Festival…
Usually for SWH! August means Edinburgh, and especially the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Of course this year there will be no...
Aug 14, 20205 min read
Holding Court: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Kirstin Innes…
Pic credit: Becky Duncan For the latest podcast Ali spoke to writer Kirstin Innes about her acclaimed novel Scabby Queen. The two discuss...
Aug 11, 20202 min read
This Woman’s Work: A Review Of Kirstin Innes’s Scabby Queen…
To call Kirstin Innes’s Scabby Queen one of the most eagerly awaited novels of 2020 is a sizeable understatement. She had the not...
Aug 9, 20203 min read
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