Christine Richard
David McLetchie MSP – A Man at Ease With Himself
David McLetchie, MSP, former Conservative Leader in the Scottish Parliament is, these days, a man entirely at ease with himself. He has overcome with grace and humility a concerted media campaign over alleged expenses difficulties and emerged as a political thinker who still believes he can make a difference. Read the rest of this entry »
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Robin Harper MSP – Still Young at Heart
Beneath Robin Harper’s charmingly eccentric and boyish manner is a man driven by his vision of a world in which concern for the environment is paramount. As the UK’s first elected Green Member of Parliament he has been a man on a mission for some 35 years.
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Breath of Fresh Air From Oz
When he was a little boy, Jonathan Mills, who is masterminding his first Edinburgh International Festival this year, knew that he was musical, but he had no aspirations to direct the world’s most famous Festival of music, theatre and dance. Even now he says “I am not a professional Festival Director,” but this only serves to underline his innate modesty. When he was appointed to the post in 2006 to follow the towering reputation of Sir Brian McMaster there were those who thought that his lack of ‘track record’ would be a drawback. They are going to be proved wrong.
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Oysters and a Pearl of a Club
If you mention oysters to most people the reaction is either “yummy” or “yeuch” with little, or nothing, in between. The original Oyster Club was founded by James Hutton, often said to be the father of the science of geology and among the first to theorise about the antiquity of our planet. He, Joseph Black a chemistry scientist and the famous economist and author Adam Smith established the Oyster Club as a weekly meeting for Edinburgh intellectuals as well as visiting thinkers like James Watt and Benjamin Franklin.
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