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“Our Storied Town”: Donald Smith on Edinburgh’s Explosive Literary Past

Ear Read This by Ash Caton

Apr 23, 202544:32Arts

S3E101 Donald Smith takes us on a literary tour of Edinburgh's Old Town, touching on the stories of writers including Robert Louis Stevenson, J. K. Rowling, Naomi Mitchison, Robert Burns and many more. To order a copy of...

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