A four-part series about the relationship that Scotland’s writers have with Scotland itself. Presented by Kirsty Wark. Episode 3 – Urban Scotland.

Kirsty takes us through the literary rivalry of Scotland’s two biggest cities.

Few cities have been imagined by its writers as successfully as Edinburgh - from Robert Louis Stevenson, to Muriel Spark and Ian Rankin, the city is truly a product of the imagination of people who have lived there.

Glasgow, by comparison, can seem neglected, yet the city gave the world Tartan Noir and in the years up to 2021 all of the Makars, or National Poets of Scotland, have been from Glasgow.

Producer: Brian McCluskey
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