Scotland consistently produces world-class writers.
It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book.
History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.
Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.
Aunts offer kids an opportunity to try out ideas that don't chime with their parents and they also demonstrate that people can get on, love each other and live together without necessarily being carbon copies.
There is something particularly fascinating about seeing places you know in a piece of art - be that in a film, or a photograph or painting.