Daniel Gray’s Midget Gems No.11 In which Martin gets his head out of his arse...
As degree students at Queen Margaret University prepare to go out and face the world, lecturer Polly Lister talks togs...
Pop-up restaurants – places where food is served briefly, often for one night only – appear in some unusual places but I think it’s fair to say an industrial estate in Leith is a first. The concept is rather similar to inviting friends for dinner except you don’t know any of them and they don’t [...]...
Having recently landed in Edinburgh after a lengthy tenure in London and a two year stint in Glasgow, I was fascinated to find my locale in Abbeyhill was a bit of a Little Poland – 7 fryzjers (hairdressers/barbers), numerous delicatessens (including a White Eagle) and various coffee shops were in the immediate vicinity. Subsequently I [...]...
Imagine Lord of the Rings crossed with The Sopranos. That would be Game of Thrones, reckons Mark Fleming...
It is interesting that in these times of recession and belt-tightening there are new movements emerging – in times of crisis, people turn to simple pleasures – instead of endless shopping, folk are looking for more frugal ways to spend their time. Knitting is the new cool (or snuggly), baking is on trend, and charity [...]...
The music business is a funny old thing, especially in this day and age. There’s a wider range of music available to listeners than ever before, yet the most successful lacks variety and originality; it’s now easier than ever for people to record their own music and then share/sell it to the wider world, but [...]...
Dear Mrs MacPickle – I am writing to you with a very twenty-first century problem: I would like guidance as to how to navigate the etiquette of social networking. Recently I have noticed that a number of facebook ‘friends’ have deleted me, and despite the fact that they are people I have not been in [...]...
If you subscribed to a style first time round can you subscribe to the revival?...
When his message dropped into my inbox on facebook, I swear my heart stopped. It had been seven years since we’d actually exchanged any words, seven years since I told him I couldn’t keep doing whatever it was we were doing and I couldn’t just be his friend. I think at the time, I thought [...]...
Never mind Tory party jostling for position. Our correspondent says, Viva Chavez!...
