Letter from Scotland

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At least William Blake’s illustration of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” shows mankind somehow wriggling our way out of the Inferno and eventually reaching Paradise.  Right...

Fishing – Cook and Dewar go forward to national Scierra Pairs...

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Owen Cook and Brian Dewar won a heat of the nationwide Scierra Pairs competition at Glencorse Reservoir. They collected and amazing weight of 36lbs 12oz...

Painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie to be loaned to the National...

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  The portrait, by Louis Gabriel Blanchet, shows Charles Edward Stuart at 19, in full princely regalia. It was painted in Rome in 1739. The...

General Assembly observe minute’s silence for Manchester victims

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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal joined the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in observing a minute’s silence for all those affected...

Hunter Foundation dinner tonight will have unique prizes

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At the Hunter Foundation dinner tonight at Edinburgh's EICC those attending will be given the chance to be in the next JK Rowling film. Auction...

Corstorphine Festival begins this weekend

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This weekend the week long Corstorphine Festival begins. Much of Corstorphine will be dressed to impress, lavished in beautiful knitted articles - yarn bombed! Daily...

Funding available for food and health education at Edinburgh schools

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A fund to help improve food and health education is now open to schools across Scotland. The Food for Thought education fund 2017/18 gives financial support...

LEITHLATE announce their full 2017 programme

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LeithLate returns with an exciting programme of visual art, theatre, poetry and live music. In addition to its new festival programme, there are also the...

Awards target best of the best in Mid and East Lothian

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Nominations are now open for the Midlothian and East Lothian Chamber of Commerce (MELCC) business awards. The closing date is Monday 31 July 2017...

We’re being by-passed say Balerno businesses

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Balerno Business Forum is to press for proper signposting of facilities in the village. Businesses are concerned that they are being by-passed by visitors. Jim Polasik,...