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Kenny MacAskill

    Kenny MacAskill is a distinguished legal professional and former politician. His career includes significant roles in the Scottish Government, where he served as Cabinet Secretary for Justice. Before entering public service, he established a successful legal practice after studying law at the University of Edinburgh.

    Glasgow 1919
    Jimmy Reid
    The Lockerbie Bombing
    Radical Scotland
    • 2020

      Radical Scotland

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      The first single-volume history of Scotland's hidden radical past.

      Radical Scotland
    • 2019

      Kenny MacAskill skilfully retells the events of January, 1919 and describes how this working-class protest became embedded in the political narrative and mythology of Glasgow.

      Glasgow 1919
    • 2017

      First biography of one of Scotland's most remarkable political and public figures over the past one hundred years. A timely book, that captures both the public and private Jimmy Reid, and a life that mirrors the politics of Scotland.

      Jimmy Reid
    • 2016

      The Lockerbie Bombing

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Former Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill MSP's definitive account of the atrocity and aftermath of the Lockerbie Bombing.

      The Lockerbie Bombing