The Leither » Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com The new website from Leith\'s community based magazine covering news, events, culture, photography and music from the edge Edinburgh. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:02:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= The lost salt gift of bloodhttp://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/09/15/lost-salt-gift-of-blood.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/09/15/lost-salt-gift-of-blood.html#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:46:18 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=3882 Tony Cascarino won 88 caps for Ireland without the slightest whiff of an Irish relative

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/08/06/englishman-irishman-scotsman.html/feed 0 Wee Eck’s Presidential Campaignhttp://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/06/30/wee-eck%e2%80%99s-presidential-campaign.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/06/30/wee-eck%e2%80%99s-presidential-campaign.html#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:57:25 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=3586 Independence...a light that never goes out, or a moth to a flame?

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/06/30/wee-eck%e2%80%99s-presidential-campaign.html/feed 0 Beautiful Skies & Barbecue Eveningshttp://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/05/25/beautiful-skies-barbecue-evenings.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/05/25/beautiful-skies-barbecue-evenings.html#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 12:00:59 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=3469 Yodelling, lederhosen and Maypoles? That’ll be an Englishman in Leith then…

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/05/25/beautiful-skies-barbecue-evenings.html/feed 0 The mother of all Top Trumps cardshttp://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/04/19/the-mother-of-all-top-trumps-cards.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/04/19/the-mother-of-all-top-trumps-cards.html#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:55:05 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=3378 TV fatigue and what Manchester can teach Edinburgh

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/04/19/the-mother-of-all-top-trumps-cards.html/feed 2 Will biomass be a mess?http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/03/19/will-biomass-be-a-mess.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/03/19/will-biomass-be-a-mess.html#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:07:52 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/03/19/will-biomass-be-a-mess.html If the kids are united they will never be divided

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/03/19/will-biomass-be-a-mess.html/feed 2 Home thoughts from abroad – Issue 73http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/02/15/home-thoughts-from-abroad-issue-73.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/02/15/home-thoughts-from-abroad-issue-73.html#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:05:08 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=3206 Brigadoon, Braveheart, and the winner of the Curry Lover of the Year Award (2009)

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/02/15/home-thoughts-from-abroad-issue-73.html/feed 0 Home Thoughts from Abroad – Issue 72http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/01/19/home-thoughts-from-abroad-issue-72.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/01/19/home-thoughts-from-abroad-issue-72.html#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:34:16 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=3151 On the road to nowhere with Antony Gormley's bum

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/12/14/home-thoughts-71.html/feed 0 Bonfire of the Vanitieshttp://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/11/22/home-thoughts-from-abroad-70.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/11/22/home-thoughts-from-abroad-70.html#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:55:04 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=3047 Michael Caine’s grasp of politics is shaky...He left the UK to avoid tax yet strongly believes in the NHS

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/10/15/easyjet-home-thoughts-69.html/feed 0 Home thoughts from abroad – Issue 68http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/09/25/protempore-issue68.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/09/25/protempore-issue68.html#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:21:23 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=2875 An Englishman in Leith explains how watches impact on the independence issue

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/09/25/protempore-issue68.html/feed 0 Home Thoughts From Abroad – Issue 67http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/08/18/home-thoughts-from-abroad-issue-67.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/08/18/home-thoughts-from-abroad-issue-67.html#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:39:55 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=2749 An Englishman in Leith tries in vain to find a national team to hate

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/05/18/london-edinburgh-culture.html/feed 0 Home Thoughts From Abroad – Issue 63http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/04/15/home-thoughts-from-abroad-issue-63.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/04/15/home-thoughts-from-abroad-issue-63.html#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:48:02 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=2441 An Englishman in Leith on The Levellers, no, not the crap band, think history

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/03/16/hibs-football-scottish-cup.html/feed 0 Home thoughts from abroadhttp://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/02/12/never-trust-the-welsh.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/02/12/never-trust-the-welsh.html#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:42:58 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=2038 An open letter to Scotland's elder statesman (no Rod, it's not you)

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]]> http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/02/12/never-trust-the-welsh.html/feed 0 Home thoughts from abroad – Issue 60http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/01/15/englishman-in-leith-%e2%80%93-issue-60.html http://www.leithermagazine.com/2010/01/15/englishman-in-leith-%e2%80%93-issue-60.html#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:41:25 +0000 Ged http://www.leithermagazine.com/?p=1761 In between talking about the football...

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