Author:Lorraine Kelly
From childhood family day trips to Loch Lomond, to her days as TVam’s roving correspondent, Lorraine Kelly has covered the length and breadth of Scotland. But certain special places tug at her heartstrings and lure her back time and time again. Travelling to the highlands and islands and all her favourite places in between, this is Lorraine’s personal journey around her beautiful and beguiling country.
Each and every stop gives rise to fascinating stories and memories along the way, from her adopted home of Dundee to the wild and remote islands of St Kilda. She revisits childhood haunts in Glasgow, indulges in a spot of whisky-tasting on the island of Islay and reveals what led her to once arrive in Edinburgh pushing a pram and wearing a pair of rollerskates. She rediscovers the joys of the natural wilderness in the Highlands, visits a dramatic Viking fire festival in Shetland and recalls the week she and her family spent hunting the Loch Ness monster . . .
Beautifully illustrated with stunning original photographs, Lorraine Kelly’s Scotland is a celebration of a gloriously diverse country with a deep and rich heritage, told with all Lorraine’s characteristic warmth and humour.
Lorraine's love for her homeland shines out of every page of this lovely book. Packed with stunning photographs, it's a real insider's guide, brimming with warmth, knowledge and passion.
—— Hello!A clear voice of reason and critical thinking in the middle of today's neomania
—— Nassim Taleb, author of 'The Black Swan'consistently enthralling memoirs by leading thinkers...the result is a remarkably dud-free collection
—— ObserverThis is a book that bursts into life from the first page… Rousing, fascinating… Utterly engaging
—— Camilla Cavendish , Sunday TimesThis book is a sobering, riveting read: part quest, part travelogue, part scientific debate and part much-needed environmental call-to-arms
—— Sarah Barrell , National Geographic TravellerI loved this book. This is natural history at its funniest, most curious, enlightening and heartfelt. I couldn’t put it down. It was like going on safari with Gerald Durrell, Rachel Carson and Redmond O’ Hanlon … I was alternately wide-eyed with wonder, appalled and then tickled to laughter. It’s beautifully written. And it’s powerful. An elegy to every living thing on this remarkable planet. Impossible to finish without being uplifted by the wonder of the natural world and driven to do something about its plight.
—— Nicholas Crane, writer and co-presenter of CoastA gloriously readable, boundlessly fascinating shaggy dog story about the author's quest for one of hte world's more recently extinct species...what makes this book so wonderful: using his eye for detail, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, teaching you to care about the little things.
—— James Delingpole , Mail on Sundaydelightfully written and a splendid romp through one man’s mole-hunting search among the wilds of animal taxonomy
—— Daily ExpressAt the heart of this delightfully meandering book is a history of how we find and catalogue species, and a thought-provoking examination of our changing attitudes to wildlife
—— BBC FocusFascinating
—— New InternationalistElegiac and personal… Highly recommended
—— Henry Nicholls , BBC WildlifeA stirring tribute to the marvel of all living creatures
—— Sunday Times Summer ReadingEntertaining and provocative
—— Robin McKie , ObserverExciting, breathless
—— Kate Saunders , Saga Magazine[Girling] writes with verve and passion and he makes his case persuasively, with knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment… Brimful with facts and arguments
—— UK Press SyndicationA thought-provoking study
—— Julia Richardson , Daily MailA delight to read
—— 4 stars , Independent On Sunday
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