The Sunday Philosophy Club series

Thank you for joining Sir Alexander McCall Smith on his Positive Distraction podcast.

You can find Alexander's books and details of all his forthcoming events on his website, www.alexandermccallsmith.com. All are available to purchase in your local independent High Street bookshop, on Amazon, or on bookshop.org. Alexander is the much-loved author of global bestseller The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, the long-running 44 Scotland Street serial novel, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the new Perfect Passion Company series, and many standalone novels and short story collections.

In addition, he is known throughout the world for his reassuring, restorative poetry collections.

In moments of darkness in the world, readers turn to his work to lift them from the gloom.