Alexander McCall SmithA collection of 11 posts

Technology

Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technolog...

Society

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Society

It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic ...

Society

One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is th...

Positive

But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books...

Positive

I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of...

Positive

My Botswana books are positive and I've never really sought to deny that. ...

Imagination

It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination so tha...

Famous

My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us...

Amazing

I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to ...