Monthly Archives: May 2013
Wagamama – spring cleaning the chain
The wagamama story begins in 1992 when their first restaurant opened in London’s Bloomsbury. Inspired by traditional Japanese ramen bars and Asian flavours, it was designed  to offer a new kind of dining experience – one that offered fresh Japanese-inspired … Continue reading
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Welcome Back Connections
The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh welcomes back Connections, the National Theatre’s festival of new plays for Youth Theatres and Schools. Each year the National Theatre invites 10 writers to create new plays and this year we have asked each of … Continue reading
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Vibrant Viburnums
The Viburnum family contains a number of easily cultivated, evergreen and deciduous shrubs, including several of the choicest woody plants for a shrub border or a woodland garden.
The Angel’s Share (3)
Stephen Penman is our expert on scotch whisky I have had a nose now, and not a particularly inconspicuous one, for as long as I can remember. Wherever I go the old proboscis tends to lead the way.
Nira Caledonia – Not Just Another Hotel
Does Edinburgh need another Hotel, one wonders, outside of Festival Time? Ah, but the Nira Caledonia is not just another hotel.
Go Jacob, Go
One of the UK’s most promising junior tennis players will compete against some of the best in the world in Paris later this month. Eleven year old Edinburgh local Jacob Fearnley has been selected as the only UK representative (and first … Continue reading
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