Some website typos make you cringe – spelling mistakes can set your teeth on edge, and dodgy grammar can make your wince. But this typographical error, from the website of the Moffat House Hotel I want to treasure. What a picture it conjures: Maybe a Chateau Haut Brion, a Lafite Rothschild and a splendid Marques de […]
Edinburgh Book Festival sculptures are a...
I like this. A mystery artist is leaving sculptures crafted out of books around Edinburgh. This has been going on for a few months, and here the BBC picks up the story. via BBC News – Edinburgh Book Festival sculptures are a whodunnit?.
Rioters strike in Edinburgh 10th August ...
This is how we do it in Edinburgh… (Thanks Dorky Mum)
Black with a hole in the middle
My turntable has returned from the dead. For too long it lay on a shelf, unconnected, unplayed. My album collection suffocated in its solid coffin cabinet, untouched for years. Then, a few days ago, I decided to return it to its position of glory in the living room, and wired it up again. My 14 […]
Anticipating Yes
A friend bought me the new Yes album, Fly From Here. Thank you, really appreciated. It’s the first new Yes album for ten years or so and I’m looking forward to listening to it. But when? I could listen to it now, while I’m working on my computer, but no, I want to give it […]
Edinburgh Books in a Silent Auction
Quiet Please. One of my favourite bookshops in Edinburgh, the Morningside Oxfam bookshop, is running a silent auction. On sale is a collection of ancient books about Edinburgh, including such gems as Edinburgh 1329-1929, Edinburgh Sketches and Memories, Edinburgh Vignettes, and Traditions of Edinburgh. The magic of these fine old books are the illustrations: engravings […]
Scottish Review
I’ve lived in Scotland since 1981, when I came to take an MSc in Astronomical Technology. I enjoyed the privilege of studying and working at the Royal Observatory on Blackford Hill, from where the view over Edinburgh is spectacular. Looking north you take in: Morningside at your feet; Edinburgh Castle; Castle Rock and Arthur’s Seat. […]
New Myths and Legends of Edinburgh avail...
“Professor MacIntyre is Missing!” and other stories. Those fine people at Smashwords have taken New Myths and Legends of Edinburgh and cast their spell. It is now available for Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch from the Apple iBookstore. You can get it through iTunes to download to your favourite Apple device. I must say that […]
A Victorian Kindle
What happens when you set a brief for a student project : “Explain something modern/internet based to someone who lived and died before 1900” Rachel Welsh took on the challenge of explaining the Kindle. Follow the link to find out where the brief took her. A Victorian Kindle
Edinburgh – under water for a new film
Now this is a short film I’m looking forward to seeing when it’s completed. It’s called Boat, and it’s set in a post-apocalyptic Edinburgh, with the city under water. There are some stirring scenes with a submerged Prince’s Street and a crumbling Balmoral Hotel. It’s being made by David Lumsden, who lives in Slateford just down […]