Armistice Day
When I was young we called Remembrance Day ‘Armistice Day’, which reminded us that the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month was neither Peace nor Victory,... Read More
From the Archives
Catriona Child: On Music, Harry Potter and Inspiration
On Wednesday 19 August, we headed down to the Edinburgh Book Festival to watch Catriona Child perform her short story ‘Diamonds in the Rough’ as part of Story Shop, a series of events... Read More
Stuart McHardy: Scotland’s Future History
‘The whole notion of this book, Scotland’s Future History, is a simple question; what should we be teaching future generations about Scotland’s past?’ During his talk at the Edinburgh Book Festival,... Read More
#WorldBookDay Competition
World Book Day is here! I hope you are all finding time to celebrate by immersing yourself in the pages of a good book. Here at Luath we have decided to... Read More
Launch of How David Cameron Saved Scotland
The launch event of Owen Dudley Edwards’ How David Cameron Saved Scotland, And May Yet Save Us All at Blackwell’s on Thursday 5 February was hugely successful. As the event was about... Read More
100 Weeks of Scotland by Alan McCredie
This is photographer Alan McCredie’s visually powerful contribution to the ‘national conversation’ at this important time for Scotland. His 100 Weeks of Scotland is a weekly portrait charting 100 weeks in the... Read More
Exclusive Preview - 100 Days of Hope and Fear by David Torrance
Reading this diary back during the editing process it was clear that, like [Nate] Silver [the US polling guru whose view was that the Yes campaign had virtually no chance... Read More
This is Scotland – Book Week Scotland Competition
Keeping up with tradition, this Book Week Scotland, we are running a very special competition. This year our competition is themed around the book This is Scotland by Daniel Gray and Alan McCredie. In This is Scotland McCredie’s... Read More
THE 18 DAY #INDYREFCHALLENGE
With just 18 days left to the referendum, can you come up with 18 reasons for or against independence? The rules are simple. 18 days. 18 tweets. Use the... Read More