Monthly Archives: August 2011
Inveresk Staff go into Battle with Water Soldiers
Musselburgh is not usually the place you would expect to see amphibious combat take place, but that is exactly what happened last weekend as the National Trust for Scotland’s conservation staff were faced with a challenge in controlling an invasive … Continue reading
Autumn Health
As the season changes from Summer to Autumn, the shortening days can tend to make us feel a bit less chirpy. Symptoms which begin to increase around this time of year range from the depression associated with SAD to general … Continue reading
Monsters, Magic and Strange Happenings
The Kelpies book prize is awarded each year for a brilliant story set wholly, or mainly in Scotland and suitable for children aged 8-12 years old. Entries need to be original, previously unpublished prose between 40,000 and 70,000 words long. … Continue reading
The Wound and the Gift
The Episcopal Church of St John the Evangelist at Edinburgh’s West End is a mass of visual contradictions. The radical murals on the exterior belie a very different, entirely Anglican, interior where early-19th century opulence, rich colour and a massive … Continue reading
New Plant Name for an Old Favourite – Actaea
I first got to know this plant as Cimicifuga the old name originating for the cimex meaning bug, fuga meaning to drive away, these relate to it’s common name of Bugbane however the botanists gave it the new name of … Continue reading