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Ian Rankin recalls tough year being unable to hug son
Updated / Saturday, 23 Jan 2021
17:47
Ian Rankin
Best-selling Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin has described the tough situation of being unable to touch or hug his disabled son for almost a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rankin said his son Kit, who has the genetic condition Angelman syndrome, does not understand the circumstances but is well looked after by staff at his care facility, where he has a safe and pretty full life.
In an interview with
Times Radio, Rankin highlighted the difficulties faced by families with vulnerable relatives. We ve seen images on TV and we ve heard from people about the problems they have visiting elderly relatives, but there are lots of us out there that have less elderly relatives who are also in full-time care and it s tough on these families as well, he said.
Historian Sir Tom Devine among line-up for Highland literary festival By Val Sweeney Published: 18:00, 16 January 2021
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Sir Tom Devine will be a guest at the Ullapool Book Festival.
Best-selling Scottish historian Sir Tom Devine and Irish writer and broadcaster Peter Geoghegan are among the names lined-up for this year s Ullapool Book Festival.
Leela Soma, the 2021 Scriever for the Federation of Writers Scotland, will also appear at the festival due to take place May 7-9.
It will feature writers all living in Scotland to overcome potential travel difficulties arising from coronavirus restrictions.