PENANCE author Theresa Talbot on TV

Theresa Talbot was on STV Glasgow yesterday talking about the inspiration behind her sociological crime novel Penance, which has been causing a stir. Here’s the link to the STV Player – start at 32:58 in. TV was something new for Theresa – her natural environment is radio, thus her humorous memoir This Is What I Look…

Keeping good (BBC) company

Theresa Talbot, Kirsty Wark, Christopher Brookmyre and James Naughtie. All on the same pavement at the same time, and all in Pitlochry. Ok, they’re not there in person. Not yet. But they will be soon – Winter Words at Pitlochry Festival Theatre runs 13-21 Feb 2015. Theresa will be main attraction at the Literary Lunch…

Bonnie Prince Charlie – the truth behind the portrait

The BBC recently unearthed a portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Portraits are often more propaganda than true representation, and few leaders have been more romanticised than Charles Edward Stuart, figurehead for the Jacobite Uprising of 1745 . On 4 March we’re publishing For The Good of the Cause, Seán Damer’s brilliant fictionalised account of the events behind…