Monthly Archives: July 2016
Checkpoint – Restaurant Review
Small Cheque at Checkpoint It’s not often I have already visited a restaurant I review, and I usually prefer to check out unexplored eateries, however one place I was very happy to be returning to was Checkpoint.
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Buy Buy Baby – Helen MacKinven
Carol and Julia are both single, thirty-something women who, for very different reasons, desperately want a baby.
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The Great Greyfriars Fire
On a cold winter’s morning in January 1845, the firemen of Red Watch took up position at the tow-bar of their fire engine, and waited for the order to head for Greyfriars kirkyard.
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Calum’s New Team
Ten-year-old Calum Ferguson has just moved to Caleytown from the Highlands and is trying hard to settle in. He is football-mad and soon makes friends with Leo and Erika…
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Foodies Festival – Win Tickets
Bunting, Buns and the Best of Scottish Food and Drink bring the Foodies Festival back to Edinburgh 5th-7th August.
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Voci Sing Something for Everyone
Flummoxed trying to find your way round the Fringe Brochure? I’m not surprised. Every year this doorstop gets bigger and bigger until it has reached the stage when you would need to dedicate a weekend to its perusal if you … Continue reading
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