Edinburgh Twilight
EDINBURGH TWILIGHT As soon as I discover I’m reading a mystery that involves a serial killer, especially if the murders sound gruesome, I put the book in my discard pile. Imagine my surprise when I couldn’t put Carole Lawrence’s Edinburgh Twilight down at all. Midway through the book, I even looked to see what else […]
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
Readers of Scottish ancestry should not miss Arthur Herman’s How the Scots Invented the Modern World. His thesis confirms what my bagpipe-loving father and my Highland/Glaswegian grandparents insisted throughout my youth – Scots are special. We should be very proud of our heritage; we must always strive to uphold the high standards that characterize our […]