Koru and thistle

Edinburgh is a city ablaze with nationalistic fervour at present after (miraculously) beating Denmark at football, qualifying for the World Cup and giving Tonga a thumping in the rugby a week ago.

My introduction to Berwick-upon-Tweed was initially idyllic.

It would be redundant to say the Scottish Highlands are beautiful.

When I was a child, I was homeschooled for some time under the auspices of an American fundamentalism programme called "Accelerated Christian Education". 

Not everyone can say their employer is the reason for their existence.

When I was a child, I attended weekly Highland dancing lessons at an old school in Mosgiel.

On Saturday, I woke to find flakes of snow gently dusting the garden outside my kitchen window.

You'd think that by the ripe old age of 30, I’d have learned not to drink too much on a school night.