Biography & Travel Writing

A powerful journey of sea and self, trial and hope on the islands of Shetland On the...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands?...

At the age of 10, Rowna Farre left her parents' home in India and was sent to live with...

The story of the vivacious, confident and striking Sheila Chisholm. From meeting her...

A memoir and investigation exploring loss, community and the climate crisis in the...

They say that being a good doctor boils down to just four things: Shut up, listen, know...

This is the fascinating story of a man, John Morton Boyd, who flung himself at life and...

Christina MacDonald MacQueen (1884–1959) was born on St Kilda and grew up there at the...

In May 2018 NASA called a press conference to announce the successful test-run of their...

In her late twenties, poet Jen Hadfield moved to Shetland to make a new life. Here, in...

In an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall....

Victoria Whitworth began wild swimming in the seas of Orkney to escape her failing...