In her latest novel, Ali Smith looks to the past to explore how and why we never seem to learn from historic mistakes.

This second novel in a sharp duology offers a powerful interrogation of language in the age of mechanical mass destruction ...

Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, ...

Ali Smith’s Glyph is the companion novel to her earlier novel, Gliff (2024). Gliff was set in a surreal near-future dystopia.