Merchiston
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Merchiston is a residential area around Merchiston Avenue in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Merchiston Tower
View towards Holy Corner from Colinton Road
Harrison Park East seen from West Bryson Road
Edinburgh's Old and New Towns
Alexander McCall Smith
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Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was born and brought up in Southern Rhodesia and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edi
Merchiston
…range of recreational facilities including pitches, play area, cycle path and a formal garden. The area is home to writers Lin Anderson, Colin Douglas, Alexander McCall Smith (author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels), politician Sir Graham Watson and comedian Dylan Moran. J. K. Rowling had her Edinburgh home in…
McCall Smith at 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival
McCall Smith speaking at the Library of Congress in 2019
McCall Smith signing books in Helsinki in April 2007