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Majestic, mysterious monuments marvel
It was a rather miserable afternoon when I first visited the Callanish standing stones on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
Koru and thistle
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The good old days might not be so good
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The good old days might not be so good
In a parallel universe I am barefoot in a kitchen, toddlers crowding around my legs, linen apron around my waist, and a delicate, almost artistic dusting of flour across my cheeks.
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Mackintosh a brassy, bold design classic
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Mackintosh a brassy, bold design classic
My best friend’s mother is a talented tenor horn player. So talented in fact, that she is a prominent member of the Brass Central Strathearn band, which puts on regular performances in town...
Student mag fundamental to uni community
Student mag fundamental to uni community
I like to think of myself as a writer, or at the very least, an aspiring one. As a child I entertained myself on long car trips by penning vicious limericks about my siblings, honing in on their...
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Enduring mystery of an icy disappearance
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Enduring mystery of an icy disappearance
Just the other day, I was wandering through the Museum of Scotland when a small exhibition stopped me in my tracks.
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The brilliance of Scotland’s bad bard
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The brilliance of Scotland’s bad bard
I have enormous respect for people who can write poetry.
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Nationalistic fervour felt here, and here
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Nationalistic fervour felt here, and here
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.
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Memorable visit to a pass the parcel town
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Memorable visit to a pass the parcel town
My introduction to Berwick-upon-Tweed was initially idyllic.
Getting to meet Dolly the ovine disrupter
Getting to meet Dolly the ovine disrupter
Sheep have always been important to my family.
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Bleak past shrouded by enveloping mist
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Bleak past shrouded by enveloping mist
It would be redundant to say the Scottish Highlands are beautiful.
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They seek her here, they seek her there
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They seek her here, they seek her there
When I was a child, I was homeschooled for some time under the auspices of an American fundamentalism programme called "Accelerated Christian Education".
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Orange, horrid and unfathomably popular
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Orange, horrid and unfathomably popular
Currently, Scotland, and indeed the entire United Kingdom, is being terrorised by a fluorescent orange creature.
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Happy to be back to where it all began
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Happy to be back to where it all began
Not everyone can say their employer is the reason for their existence.
Fluffy fun strolling in distant Donegal
Fluffy fun strolling in distant Donegal
On Saturday, I met the most wonderful guy.
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Threads of green, royal blue, silver, gold
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Threads of green, royal blue, silver, gold
When I was a child, I attended weekly Highland dancing lessons at an old school in Mosgiel.
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Warm and cosy places sought in winter
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Warm and cosy places sought in winter
On Saturday, I woke to find flakes of snow gently dusting the garden outside my kitchen window.
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Night out with the unapologetically political
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Night out with the unapologetically political
You'd think that by the ripe old age of 30, I’d have learned not to drink too much on a school night.