JK Rowling has a house here, and one of McCall ... None of this, however, would ever have happened in Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh. His is a gloriously anachronistic, genteel landscape ...

ALEXANDER McCall Smith, the celebrated Scottish author, has invested in a long-established Edinburgh tailor which ... The best experience, though, is still in-house – you can’t beat the ...

The Edinburgh-set series of novels written by Alexander McCall Smith will become a TV series ... cracking cases while living alone in a large, ageing house in Edinburgh’s Merchiston.

Author Sir Alexander McCall Smith is to be knighted at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. He will be given the honour for services to literature, academia and charity at an investiture ...

To celebrate the release of Alexander McCall Smith’s new Edinburgh-based novel, a competition has been launched offering a money-can’t-buy literary-themed prize – including afternoon tea ...

Author Sir Alexander McCall Smith has said his knighthood is a ... at an investiture ceremony at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Tuesday. Sir Alexander is the creator of The No ...

Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh-set Isabel Dalhousie series of novels — also known as the “The Sunday Philosophy Club” series — is being brought to the small screen.

In 1980, Alexander McCall Smith, a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, visited friends in Botswana. One day, he ordered chicken for lunch. He watched in amazement as a woman ...

She is a philosopher in her early 40s turned amateur sleuth, cracking cases while living alone in a large, ageing house in Edinburgh ... the adventures of Alexander McCall Smith’s delightful ...