Tag Archives: Ian Rankin

Auld Reekie is not so reekie now!

Auld Reekie is not so reekie now!

Andrew Silk visits Edinburgh Auld Reekie is an affectionate nickname given to the grand old city of Edinburgh. It translates to ‘old smoky’, referring to the smoke from the many chimneys that used to ...
Making Hay while the sun (hopefully) shines

Making Hay while the sun (hopefully) shines

26 May to 4 June Hay-on-Wye, Wales The Hay Festival is one of the world’s top literary festivals, staged in the small town of Hay-on-Wye on the Wales-England border. This year the Hay Festival i ...
A birth, a death and a hint of madness

A birth, a death and a hint of madness

Tina Foster reviews: Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries by Helen Fielding, Rather be the Devil by Ian Rankin and Can’t Touch Us Now by Madness Bridget gives birth to a book Bridget Jones is a diarist w ...