Alan Taylor

Oct 4, 2024 | booksfromscotland.com | Patrick E. Jamieson |Alan Taylor |Alistair Moffat

‘It’s hard to imagine any city getting two such excellent books about it at the same time, and they complement each other perfectly.’2024 marks 900 years since Edinburgh was first named and recorded in a letter by King David I, and to celebrate the occasion a number of excellent books on Auld Reekie’s history have been published. In his latest review, David Robinson compares two of these, their contrasting approaches, and the storied city they mythologise.

Oct 2, 2024 | birlinn.co.uk | Alan Taylor

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Sep 13, 2024 | thetimes.com | Alan Taylor

“A mad god’s dream,” is how Hugh MacDiarmid described Edinburgh, and who would argue with that. It is the kind of place that seems to demand such a response. Disgorged from Waverley station, visitors new to the city can scarcely believe what lies before them. On high is the Castle Rock glowering in the murk of an early autumn morning. A few steps away, the Scott Monument, posing like a black rocket on the launchpad at Nasa, is shrouded in mist.

Jul 30, 2024 | urotoday.com | Alan Taylor

Read the Full Video TranscriptOliver Sartor: Hi, I'm Dr. Oliver Sartor. And coming here from UroToday, we have a very special guest, Alan Taylor, the Executive Chairman of Clarity Pharmaceuticals from Australia, doing some really interesting things. And so first of all, delighted to have you here, Alan. Alan Taylor: Oliver, thank you. And it's great to be here. Thank you for the invite. And always looking forward, always looking forward to catching up with you. So looking forward to our conversation.

Jun 3, 2024 | theguardian.com | Alan Taylor

Being John Burnside was a remorseless exercise in human resilience. Even after he left behind childhood deprivation and became a professor at an ancient university, there were always demons to be banished, myths to be busted and issues urgently to be addressed for Burnside, who has died aged 69 after a short illness. Writing was his best revenge, the means by which a sense of stability could be imposed on personal turbulence.