Monthly Archives: April 2014

Pipe Band’’s Trip of a Lifetime

Members of the ‘Cockenzie and Port Seton Royal British Legion Pipe Band’ have recently returned from a trip of a lifetime to New York where they were taking part in the city’s annual Tartan Day Parade and Tattoo.

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Scott, Keats and Meg – a Conundrum

Sometime around the year 1800, Margaret Hawthorne, a fugitive from Galloway in southern Scotland, arrived at the hilly area between Westhouses and Chesterhill, near Dalkeith in Midlothian which, centuries before, had been a Roman Camp. She set up home in … Continue reading

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Pressure – In Every Sense of the Word

The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and Chichester Festival Theatre present the World Première of PRESSURE, a new play by David Haig, directed by John Dove.

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Volunteers Needed for Edinburgh Moonwalk

Walk the Walk, the Breast Cancer charity who organise the MoonWalk Scotland, is currently recruiting volunteers for the event which takes place from Inverleith Park on 7th – 8th June.

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Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens

The title of this book is exactly what you find inside. Aberdeen and the rest of Britain, has been taken over by giant robot chickens, who capture human beings and make them work on farms outside the towns.

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Mind Blind

As a big fan of Lari Don’s picture books, I was intrigued to see what she would do with a novel for teenagers, as part of the new KelpiesTeen imprint. These Scotland set books are designed  to take young readers … Continue reading

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