Monthly Archives: December 2009
Through the Glass
“I’m lucky that I’ve been asked to express myself fully in two diciplines,” says the remarkably talented Alison Kinnaird, who is both an accomplished harpist and glass artist.
Zama Zama Try Your Luck
In this, their 30th year of recording, the Battlefield Band have produced as good an album as anything they have achieved before.The variety of traditional music and self written (mainly by Alan Reid) songs, social comment and foot-tapping jigs is … Continue reading
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Pedal Power – A Tour of the Lothians
This trip covers a distance of 40 miles running from Currie in the west to Dunbar in the east. Bordered by the Pentland Hills, the Moorfoots and the Lammermuirs, the city of Edinburgh and the North Sea coast, it offers … Continue reading
A-Round and A-Round and A-Round
Scotland’s – indeed the world’s – most accomplished munro bagger owes his love of the hills to his parents. “My dad used to take us away up north and to Arran,” explains IT Developer Steven Fallon, who is just 2 … Continue reading
Whitewalls – book review
This is a tantalising first novel from Christine Richard. Politician, journalist, racing horse owner and patron of the arts, Christine follows the adage write about what you know. Thus, Whitewalls is a family saga set in the Borders and Edinburgh, … Continue reading
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December Two in One Crossword
Choose from the Cryptic Crossword or the Quick Crossword
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