Edinburgh

The award-winning novelist selects Muriel Spark’s terse and exquisite novel ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ as a book that always repays with fresh pleasure on rereading. 


With a violent poltergeist, known to harm late-night visitors, and a history of stolen bodies, it’s no wonder Greyfriars Kirkyard is one of the most haunted cemeteries in the world.

Alexander McCall Smith, the prolific author of the ‘No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency’ series, picks his favourite reads about the art world.