International Book Festival. Edinburgh, 17 August 2021
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Pictured: Alexander McCall-Smith
Author Alexander McCall-Smith visited the Book Festival today were he linked up with Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the UK government Oliver Dorwood
Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer, raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and these days an Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. "McCall" forms part of his surname.
Oliver James Dowden, CBE is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport since 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament for Hertsmere since 2015.
Ger Harley | EEm 17 August 2021
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