I don't know if the Prime Minister has read the 14th-century Declaration of Arbroath recently. If so, he may feel daunted about finding a simple solution to the national question. W H Auden, who died ...

Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh-set Isabel Dalhousie series of novels — also known as the “The Sunday Philosophy Club” series — is being brought to the small screen.

Preceding each story is a vintage photograph that Smith found while doing research for a... Alexander McCall Smith, illus. by Iain McIntosh. Random/Anchor, $12.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-307-74389-3 This ...

Sir Alexander McCall Smith has criticised the “censoring” of children’s books by authors such as Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton, arguing that they present a “sanitised world view”.

With Bertie’s Theory of Ice Cream, the seventy-something Scottish author continues to delight his fans worldwide The wait is over as a new series of Alexander McCall Smith’s Scotland Street ...

Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh-set Isabel Dalhousie series of novels - also known as the "The Sunday Philosophy Club" series - is being brought to the small screen.