Edinburgh through Robert Louis Stevenson
Few writers are as closely connected to Edinburgh as Robert Louis Stevenson. Born here in 1850, Stevenson grew up between the elegant streets of the New…
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Poor Things in Glasgow: Following Bella Baxter and Alasdair Gray
Although Yorgos Lanthimos’s film removes Glasgow from the story, Alasdair Gray’s original novel ”Poor Things” is deeply rooted in the city of Glasgow. Victorian terraces, medical…
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The Architect’s Apprentice Bookish Tour in Istanbul
Elif Shafak’s The Architect’s Apprentice takes us into sixteenth-century Istanbul, where the young Jahan arrives from India with his beloved white elephant, Chota. At the Ottoman…
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Barcelona of Carlos Ruiz Zafón
A Literary Journey into The Cemetery of Forgotten Books In Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, Barcelona is alive, mysterious, wounded and fascinating…
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Istanbul through the Bastard of Istanbul – Elif Shafak
One day through cafés, bookshops, Armenian heritage and food, searching for Elif Shafak’s Istanbul. In The Bastard of Istanbul, the city is not simply a background….
