Monthly Archives: August 2012
The Lure of the Seaweed
Seaweed is known as a highly nutritious, natural and tasty food source which has been utilised for millennia around the world with multiple health benefits. Â This traditional food is seeing a resurgence of interest for food and health, owing to … Continue reading
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Seasons Turning in Musselburgh
We barely seem to have had a summer and already autumn’s in the air! But this time of year is a great time to go birdwatching along the coast near Musselburgh.
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Translation Duel: Spanish
A Translation Duel – now what exactly is that? The title was enough to send me along to the Book Festival to find out what on earth was going on, and the answer is – a very different and informative … Continue reading
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Greyfriar’s Bobby and the One O’Clock Gun
This  charming little book about the famous Skye terrier that frequented Edinburgh and befriended Colour Sargeant Scott is a work of love.
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Cloudberry Castle, Ballerina Dreams
This is the third book of Katie Mackenzie’s ballet adventures at Cloudberry Castle. Katie is becoming more comfortable with the idea of being a boarder at her mother’s ballet school, but misses her old school friends, particularly Mallie.  She decides to … Continue reading
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Counterfeit clothing off to good causes in Africa and Asia
Local Trading Standards teams from Midlothian, Edinburgh, Fife and West Lothian have joined together to send a large batch of counterfeit clothing to less developed countries in Africa and Asia. The goods had been seized by Trading Standards officers but … Continue reading
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