9th June 2025
Review: I Don’t Do Mountains by Barbara Henderson
Our nine-year old reviewer who definitely does 'do' mountains shares their take on this Cairngorms adventure tale.
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29th May 2025
Review – Upland: A Journey through Time and the Hills by Ian Crofton
Meet meet a cast of characters and landscapes in Ian Crofton's memoir of a lifetime of walking.
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25th November 2024
Book review: The Cairngorms & North-East Scotland (SMC)
The new Scottish Mountaineering Club guide to the Cairngorms and North-East Scotland is a visual feast, says Ken Daykin.
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20th October 2024
Book Review – Doubling Back: Paths Trodden in Memory
This 10th anniversary edition is a welcome ‘doubling back’ over Cracknell’s walks and words.
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20th August 2024
Mountains before Mountaineering: The Call of the Peaks before the Modern Age
Dawn Hollis journeys through the mountains, long before Everest was ‘discovered’ as the highest, to tell the story of how our love of the mountains has always been part of us.
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24th June 2024
Book Review – Packrafting: a UK manual
Jason Taylor has written the first comprehensive British guide to inflatable boats for adventure travel. Packrafter David Lintern takes a look.
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22nd January 2024
Book review – Time & Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape by Fiona Stafford
Ronald Turnbull praises the literary history in Fiona Stafford's Time & Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape.
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1st February 2023
Book review: Scene and Unseen by Sidney Scroggie
Our contributing editor David Lintern remains moved by Scene and Unseen, Sidney Scroggie's revived 1989 post-war Scottish hill memoir.
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31st January 2023
Book review: The Path of Peace by Anthony Seldon
Megan Carmichael reviews The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way by Anthony Seldon.
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31st January 2023
Book review: SOLO by Jenny Tough
Alex Roddie reviews SOLO by Jenny Tough, an adventure athlete who traversed six mountain ranges on six continents.
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29th October 2020
Review: Orchard by Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates
Is the traditional orchard one of the most valuable havens for wildlife? Alex Roddie’s review of Orchard reveals a powerfully-argued book with a fascinating premise.
