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Tag Archives: Prestonfield House
Rags To Riches
Image: fanpop.com So yesterday was my 7th wedding anniversary. Seven years with Gail. The remarkable thing looking at it, is that of all our friends who said we’d never make it because we “bicker too much” or “are both too … Continue reading →
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music
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Tagged Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, fine dining, Gilded Balloon, marriage, Neil Tennant, Pet Shop Boys, Prestonfield House, Rhubarb Restaurant, Sean Hughes, Stewart Lee, Teviot, Udderbelly, Underbelly, wedding anniversary
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No Sign Of The Seven Year Itch
Image: Unknown Day 2 of the Edinburgh Book Festival and my first full day in the Square. The weather, as it did on Saturday, started off cool and overcast but by lunchtime it was sunny and very warm ,perfect weather … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
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Tagged Alan Spence, Andrew O'Hagan, Bill Clegg, Candia McWilliam, Carol Ann Duffy, Charlotte Square, drug addiction, Edinburgh Book Festival, Elizabeth Blackadder, Fay Weldon, Gary Younge, Guardian, haiku, John Sampson, journalist, literature, Music, Philip Ball, Poet Laureate, Poetry, Prestonfield House, Rhubarb Restaurant, Sean Hughes, seven year itch, summer, tanka, Teviot, Twitter, wedding anniversary
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Freedom from the Mundane 