At a natural waterhole we stopped to look at the hippo before noticing an elephant approaching and a number of crocodiles in the mud. A nice amount of birdlife too with oxpeckers, queleas, doves, and ...

As 44 Scotland Street returns to The Scotsman, David Robinson talks to its prolific author Sir Alexander McCall Smith about The Prime of Bertie Pollock, the latest edition of the world’s longest-runni ...

“Where can I go for a jog?” I ask naively. “You can’t jog here,” the ranger says.