Letter from Edinburgh 25.09.09
I’ve been at the seaside over the last few days. Indeed I shared a pleasant stroll down the Bournemouth promenade with Alistair Carmichael. The Liberal
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Letter from Edinburgh 11.09.09
This week Aberdeen is centre of the universe with Offshore Europe in full swing. Everyone who is anyone is exhibiting, networking or on a mobile
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There was a vertical downpour last Sunday on the campus of Stirling University.
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“The view is good but the chocolate cake is the best!” This is the considered view of a nine year old’s first visit to Edinburgh
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On Monday night I caught a little of Radio Shetland’s Speakeasy on the windfarm.
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On the Bressay ferry on Monday at teatime, on the way to a meeting of the marts board, I encountered an assessor. For those of…
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Brussels in spring. What could be nicer? It’s certainly better than those dark, damp days in December waiting for the latest terrible pronouncement from the…
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I was sitting in a traffic jam the other day. Not in Edinburgh or Glasgow, but in Lerwick! The one advantage of the extraordinary traffic…
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I found Wednesday a totally surreal day. At lunchtime, Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in Lerwick opened its new factory extension. This will produce smoked salmon and…
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I had to escape the feeling of rejection. So there I was on Sunday morning, sitting at Sumburgh waiting for the Aberdeen plane … and…
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It is said that you can’t walk down Aberdeen’s Union Street without bumping into a Shetlander. This week it was Edinburgh’s Princes Street. On Wednesday…
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There is a primary school right next to the parliament building at the bottom of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. At lunchtimes the children pour into the…
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