Feature writer with The Courier
BOOKS: Neil Lancaster on the journey from investigating serious crime to plotting his own best-selling thrillers
April 16 2022
Paul Whitelaw: Freeze the Fear leaves our critic cold
April 16 2022
Paul Whitelaw: Screen schadenfreude reigns in The Fall of the House of Maxwell
April 2 2022
Paul Whitelaw: A glimpse into the strange world of Mary Whitehouse
March 26 2022
BOOKS: Fiona Gibson on writing with a healthy helping of humour
March 19 2022
FIONA ARMSTRONG: At home in the family seat
March 19 2022
Paul Whitelaw: Don’t miss Then Barbara Met Alan and Witchfinder.
March 19 2022
PAUL WHITELAW: Captivated by Joanna Lumley’s Paris and comedy drama Holding
March 12 2022
PAUL WHITELAW: A new comedy following the adventures of a hapless witchfinder is pick of the week
March 5 2022
BOOKS: Zoe Somerville’s The Marsh House is a haunting tale of two women of different eras
March 5 2022
BOOKS: Divine debut from Mary Grundberg is inspired by fascinating family history
February 26 2022
PAUL WHITELAW: At last – a genuine talent show in Rock Til We Drop
February 26 2022
Paul Whitelaw: Turn on to the tale of our 2002 Olympic gold-winning curling team and some heart-warming holy man banter this week
February 19 2022
BOOKS: Denise Mina on writing Rizzio, a novella designed to be devoured in one sitting
February 19 2022
Paul Whitelaw: TV for the week to come with fictional and fly-on-the-wall looks at the NHS
February 12 2022
Paul Whitelaw: This Is Going to Hurt is a timely transmission from the NHS front line
February 5 2022
BOOKS: Freya North on new novel Little Wing and why writing sustains her
February 5 2022
Paul Whitelaw: Don’t miss The Responder and The Teacher, or Mary Beard on wanton bodily functions.
January 29 2022
FIONA ARMSTRONG: Tottering trees and signs of spring punctuate Fiona’s week
January 29 2022
PAUL WHITELAW: Don’t miss Martin Freeman nailing a career-best performance in The Responder.
January 22 2022
The Auchtermuchty Food Museum: A paean to food through the ages
January 22 2022
BOOKS: Nita Prose on blurring the line between fact and fiction
January 22 2022
PAUL WHITELAW: Ease into 2022 with some feel-good programming writes our TV critic
January 15 2022
BOOKS: Jen Williams on fairy tales and folklore and why we should all be afraid of the big bad wolf…
January 8 2022