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  Treat the designated drivers a little with Rosie Birkett’s berry-packed non-alcoholic cocktail with a touch of fizz.   Ingredients 500g caster sugar 1.5 litres of Highland Spring Sparkling water juice of 1/2 a lemon   Method Chop the rosehips and crush the juniper berries. Bring half the water to the boil and add the rosehips and juniper, returning the mix to the boil and simmering for 8 minutes. Strain the liquid through muslin, then return the pulp to the pan with the other half of wat...

Scottish Bookshelf – Latest Releases From April By     Kevin Sullivan Allison & Busby From the first page, the reader is immediately immersed in 19th-century Glasgow through author Kevin Sullivan’s lyrical descriptions and incredible eye for detail. This skill for observation is mirrored in main protagonist Juan Camarón, a keen photographer from Spain, who, despite his reluctance, is fast making a name for himself as a sleuth. Juan is merely in Glasgow to clear up some personal errands ...

Scottish Bookshelf – Latest Releases From February By     CanELO It’s always a little exciting when books or films are set in places you know well. When characters visit shops or cafés you’ve frequented – whether on screen or page – it further immerses you in the story. And when that story is a page-turning crime novel… you’re hooked. What They Knew is the fourth instalment in the gripping D.I. Clare Mackay series from promising author Marion Todd. The series is set in St Andr...

Scottish Bookshelf – Latest Releases From January By     Polaris Publishing You’d be forgiven for thinking there weren’t many running records broken in 2020 since most major sporting events cancelled. But you’d be wrong. Prior to the “year of the pandemic” long-distance running was a fairly underground endeavour, with only the hardiest of souls training for grueling hill races over tens of miles. The summer of 2020, however, saw an unprecedented rise in attempts to break long-dis...

Tom Weir | The Sage of Glen Coe By   I AM not a pessimist, but I couldn’t help wondering if I was wasting my time as I packed crampons, ice-axe, head torch, gaiters, climbing helmet and other gear. For the rain was battering on my window, and the weather forecast promised nothing better in the next 24 hours. I was bound for Fort William, to give a lecture, and Fort William and Ben Nevis go together. There was plenty of snow on the Ben, and I had thought it just possible that there could be ...