The articles are in either typescript and published format and are noted as such. The published articles are from a variety of serial publications. The entries are arranged into four sequences: ‘personal life’, ‘police’, ‘pubs’, and ‘other topics’. Within each sequence, the entries are arranged alphabetically by the title of the periodical.

Articles, 1992-2014, written by Ian Rankin on his personal life. Folios 1-60.

Press cutting of an article, 15 November 1998, ‘Ian Rankin’s Diary’, by Ian Rankin for the ‘Sunday Times’ Ecosse Diary. Folio 1.

Typescripts of an article, 1998, by Ian Rankin for the ‘Sunday Times’ Ecosse Diary, two drafts; with related developmental notes, correspondence, administrative materials, and example columns from other authors (photocopies). Folios 2-16.

Typescripts of an article, 1999, by Ian Rankin on his trip to Australia, for the ‘Sunday Times’, as sent to Joan McAlpine. Folios 17-25.

Photocopy of an article, 27 February 2000, ‘My Hols’, by Ian Rankin on his holidays as a child and an adult, from the ‘Sunday Times’ Travel section. (2 copies). Folios 26-27.

Typescripts of an article, 2001, by Ian Rankin for the ‘Sunday Times’ Ecosse Diary; with related correspondence from Lynn Cochrane, deputy features editor of the ‘Sunday Times’, and example columns from other authors (photocopies). Folios 28-36.

Press cutting and photocopy of an article, 21 November 2004, ‘My hols’, by Ian Rankin on his holidays and childhood, from the ‘Sunday Times’ Travel section. (2 copies). Folios 37-38.

Press cutting of an article, 19 December 2004, ‘Saved by my son from oblivion’, by Ian Rankin about his son Kit and his career, from ‘Sunday Times’ Ecosse. Folio 39.

Typescript of an article, 2004, ‘Saved by my son from oblivion’, by Ian Rankin for the ‘Sunday Times’ Ecosse. Folios 40-45.

Press cutting of an article, 26 January 2014, ‘Rebus would be right at home’, by Ian Rankin on his holidays to the Black Isle, from the ‘Sunday Times’ Travel section. Folio 46.

Photocopy of an article, 13 November 2004, ‘The gang at the bottom of my garden’, by Ian Rankin on a break-in to his back garden, from ‘The Times’. Folios 47-48.

Typescript of an article, 2004, ‘The gang at the bottom of my garden’, by Ian Rankin on a break-in to his garden, for ‘The Times’; with related developmental notes. Folios 49-52.

Typescript of an article, undated, by Ian Rankin on travelling to Kefalonia, for an unknown journal. Folios 53-54.

Typescript of an article, 1992, 'Scot of the Dordogne: Novelist Ian Rankin on why he chooses to live in France’, by Ian Rankin. Folios 55-58.

Typescript of an article, undated, 'My Favourite Place', by Ian Rankin. Folios 59-60.

Articles, 1998, by Ian Rankin on police. Folios 61-68.

Press cutting of an article, 25 May 1998 ‘A criminal record’, by Ian Rankin on policing in Scotland, in ‘Edinburgh Evening News’. Folio 61.

Press cutting of an article, 17 May 1998, ‘Crime is down, Scotland is a safer place. So why not start praising our police? Simple. Because they still lie’, by Ian Rankin on policing in Scotland, in ‘The Observer’. Folio 62.

Typescripts of an article, 15 May 1998, by Ian Rankin on policing in Scotland, for ‘The Observer’, two drafts. Folios 63-68.

Articles, 2007-2014, by Ian Rankin on pubs. Folios 69-71.

Press cutting of an article, 27 January 2007, ‘Rebus on draught’, by Ian Rankin on pubs, in ‘The Scotsman’. Folios 69-69a.

Typescript of an article, circa 2014, by Ian Rankin on pubs, for an unknown journal. Folios 70-71.

Article, 2016, by Ian Rankin on other topics. Folios 72-99.

Article, 10 December 2016, ‘Six of the best : Devils chosen by novelist Ian Rankin’, by Ian Rankin about devils in art, literature, and music, in ‘The Times’ Saturday Review. Folios

Administrative notes of Ian Rankin for an unidentified article for the ‘Sunday Times’. Folio 100.