Recipes
Apple and Bramble Crumble
Bramble season is here, and Graeme Taylor has a great crumble recipe for the gems of the hedgerow Foraging is a term that is on everyone’s lips these days. Wild […]
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Edinburgh International Book Festival Goes From Strength to Strength
Edinburgh International Book Festival has enjoyed the most successful year in its history. From August 15-31, Edinburgh International Book Festival welcomed over 800 authors from 55 countries, who took part […]
Recipes
Hearty Beef and Mushroom Stew
Haggis is well known as the national dish of Scotland, thanks to a certain Robert Burns, but for me it is the stew in the pot which defines the cuisine […]
Culture
Watching Woodland Carpenters
At last it is September, and I head for the woods. Every season has its moments in the woods, but September is when my least favourite of all the seasons’ variations […]
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A Swift Encounter
The swifts came late. If you remember April 2012 at all you will remember it with a shudder. North-easterly winds, rain, sleet and snow, and spring hiding its head under […]
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Mark Beaumont’s 500 mile Cycle
“I knew what I was getting into, but you do start with a certain naivety. It’s only once you’ve done it that you fully realise the scale!” In August Mark Beaumont […]
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Fringe Fantastic!
The Edinburgh Fringe is quite popular in this office – as you can imagine! Here you can find our collection of previews, reviews, what we’ve seen, and what we want […]
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Jon Cozart: From YouTube To The Edinburgh Fringe
American YouTube star Jon Cozart has had nearly 50 million views for his online clip, ‘Happy Ever After’, and he’s bringing his musical humour to The Fringe this August. We […]
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Jon Cozart – Living The Fringe Dream!
American YouTube star Jon Cozart, whose most popular online clip has had nearly 50 million views, has made the move from virtual into reality with his month-long appearance at The […]
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Seabird Symphony
The sounds of Shetland’s seabirds were music to the ears of Jim Crumley NATURE in a place like Shetland is symphonic. Or it’s jazz with a particularly Ellingtonian twist. Nature […]
