Alexander McCall Smith

I’ve also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give…

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society…

It’s through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can…

My Botswana books are positive, and I’ve never really sought to deny that. They are…

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

One of the most destructive things that’s happening in modern society is that we are…

It seems to me that we’re in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic…

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

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

Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age…

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