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As we approach the vote on Scottish independence tomorrow, I can’t help but reflect on the similarities between Scotland, my home, and Spanish Catalonia, which borders the region of France which has become my second home. Catalonia has been a fiercely independent entity in history, and was the only region of Spain to be granted […]

Thanks to French Property News for featuring my house in France in this month’s issue of the magazine. It took a long time and a lot of tears to build, but it is my dream home, and I loved telling them about it! The magazine is giving away copies of Daughter of Catalonia in a

Blackwell’s bookshop in Edinburgh must be one of the nicest possible venues to talk about your book, right in the heart of the Edinburgh Festival. Blackwell’s loyal following among readers in Edinburgh is well deserved, and last Thursday’s ‘Writers at the Fringe’ event drew an impressive audience. Events organiser Ann Landmann had invited me back