Monthly Archives: October 2008
City Secrets: Dunbar’s Close Gardens
Edinburgh has been a part of the Scottish landscape since the 7th century; thus, it is no surprise the city is full of surprising secrets to be explored and enjoyed. One of my favourites is Dunbar’s Close Gardens.
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Wines from the Rainbow Nation
In 1652 the Dutch East India Company set up a refreshment station and repair depot at the Cape of Good Hope for their merchant ships journeying between Europe, India and the Far East. Three years later, the first vineyard was … Continue reading
A Day in the Life, Anne Forbes, children’s writer
The Edinburgh International Book Festival provided an appropriate setting this summer for an interview with Scottish children’s author, Anne Forbes, whose Dragonfire series is keeping her busy both here in Edinburgh and at her second home in Kuwait.
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The Underground City, Book Review
Fans of Anne Forbes’s Dragonfire series will be delighted with this latest novel. Set in present-day Edinburgh, it is an imaginative fantasy story featuring the ghostly inhabitants of the dark, underground world of Mary King’s Close.
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The Collective Mind
Of the whisky drinkers you know how many are male and how many female? How many collectors of whisky do you know? How many of them are male and how many female?