Nairn Bookshop, Friday 17th June 2016 at 7-8.30 pm. I’ll be talking about my writing life and my books, non-fiction and novels. Books will be available for sale on the night and I’ll be delighted to sign them. Free entry and refreshments will be served. Nairn Bookshop 01667 455528 NTS Visitor Centre, Culloden Moor, Saturday...
Talk at NTS Culloden Visitor Centre
I’m delighted to be giving a talk on Jacobite Women at the NTS Visitor Centre at Culloden on Saturday 5th March from 12.30-1.30. This is as part of a day looking at the lives of women in and around the ’45. More details from NTS Culloden Events....
Neil Munro and the Language of the Garden of Eden
Neil Munro was a Scottish writer who lived from 1863 to 1930. A busy journalist, newspaper editor, loving father and husband, he wrote a clutch of highly-enjoyable and highly-regarded historical novels, which include The New Road, John Splendid and Doom Castle. He’s remembered by many Scots for his humorous Para Handy stories where the...
Remembering The Jacobites of 1715
The Jacobite Rising of 1715 had its formal start on 6th September 1715 when the Earl of Mar raised the standard at Braemar. Prior to the rising of 1745, this was the most significant attempt to win the British throne back from the House of Hanover and restore the House of Stuart. Three hundred...
A Passion for Jacobites
I was 10 or 11 when my father first took me to Culloden. Just east of Inverness, this is the site of the last battle fought on British soil, where Redcoats under the command of the Duke of Cumberland defeated the Jacobite army of Bonnie Prince Charlie. On Wednesday 16th April 1746, the Stuart...