Monthly Archives: June 2011
Keith and Neil’s Call to Arms
It’s a new look big time for the Salisbury Arms on Dalkeith Road. Formerly known as The Crags, this one-time student local has chucked out the big screen telly and the black painted walls and reinvented itself as a friendly … Continue reading
A Blonde Bengali Wife
A Blonde Bengali Wife is part travel story, part autobiography. Irish pharmacist Anne Hamilton takes herself off to work for 3 months with Service Civil International, a charity which takes volunteers to carry out work projects in areas of deprivation. … Continue reading
Crystal’s Song
This is Millie Gray’s third story set in wartime Leith, in which we meet a family surviving hardships at home and overseas. The author’s comedic writing pops its head through some of the dialogue, sometimes at odds with the story. … Continue reading
Nepeta – A catmint that’s not just for the cats
Nepeta is a genus of approximately 250 species of perennial and annual herbaceous plants. The 2 cultivars I have selected are herbaceous perennials that provide me with the longest flowering period of any of my herbaceous perennials in my own … Continue reading