John of John by Douglas Stuart and occasionally – to modern

and occasionally – to modern eyes – bizarre customs that grew up around death and mourning in Victorian Britain

is a song of praise

it's a thoughtful and literary-inspired gift

Esben and Karen announce their plan to get married at the end of the week

The vile sequel to the equally revolting A Stinky History of Toilets

John of John by Douglas Stuart and occasionally – to modernOut of money and with little to show for his art school education, John Calum Macleod takes the ferry home to the island of Harris to find that not much has changed except for him. In the windswept croft where he grew up, Cal resumes his old life, caught between the two poles of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, weaver, and pillar of their local Presbyterian church, and his Glaswegian grandmother Ella, who has kept a faltering peace with