- Dishonesty Is The Second-Best Policy and Other Rules to Live By” by David Mitchell
- “Michael Palin In Venezuela” by Michael Palin
- “Happiness: Lessons From A New Science” by Richard Layard
- “The People on Platform 5” by Clare Pooley
- “Encyclopaedia of Narrow Gauge Railways of Great Britain and Ireland” by Thomas Middlemiss
- “Moscow Coup: The Death of the Soviet System” by Martin Sixsmith
- “The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged Thirteen and Three-Quarters” by Sue Townsend
- “The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole” by Sue Townsend
- “Adrian Mole: The Collected Poems” by Sue Townsend
- “How To Live Like A Stoic” by Tom Hodgkinson
- “The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass aged 37 3/4” by Adrian Plass
- “This Present Darkness” by Frank Peretti
- “Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes” by Daniel Everett
- “Brutal Scotland” by Simon Phipps
Started: 6th April 2026
Finished: 6th April 2026
5/5 stars
There’s currently a fantastic photo exhibition running in Glasgow to launch this book, and that’s where I picked up my copy. I’ve long been a huge fan of Brutalist architecture, and this book does a great job of cataloguing the best examples in Scotland.
The book doesn’t contain much text – it’s mainly devoted to very high quality black and white photographs that really speak for themselves, with a helpful index of all the buildings featured. It’s split into three main sections, the north of Scotland, the Central Belt and the Lowlands/South.
Highly recommended. I very rarely give books five stars, but it’s beautifully designed and put together, and I’m sure I’ll leaf through it often.