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Walking along Northumberland Street the other day, my eyes were drawn to a plaque on the side of No. 25.
It’s not unusual to have plaques or names carved onto the side of houses in the New Town, but what struck me as strange was the description of the person. He seemed to be famous for being a son-in-law and then for being his father-in-law’s biographer. Does this warrant a plaque in his honour? Further research was needed.
This wonderfully grown-up version of an American classic is just about the perfect comfort food as the weather gets colder again.
Rather than the traditional roux-based sauce, it uses a white-wine base which adds a touch of luxury. Not that it tastes remotely boozy – the alcohol cooks off to leave the delicious flavour of the wine behind which sets up the mixture of cheeses perfectly.
Try it this way and I promise you’ll never make it with a roux again. I like this meatless, but a bit of shredded ham hock stirred through is delicious.
You always know when you’ve been love-bombed.
This Spurtle contributor passed a Canonmills A-board today – obscured in our photo by a large dollop of Bank Holiday weather – feeling distinctly better afterwards than on the approach.
Even though it was not aimed at anyone in particular. Or true. And despite the motives behind these flattering expressions not being clear.
Is Circle Café just after our custom, or is it telling us how much we're appreciated within the Union, or strengthening the resolve of nervous potential Yes voters?
An estimated 12,000 people paraded through Edinburgh this lunchtime in a pro-Union march organised by the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland.
The event played out peacefully in bright sunshine as friends, family and bemused tourists looked on with interest.
Yes campaigners had called on their supporters not to attend or counter-march today, for fear that feelings might run high and result in unnecessary flare-ups en route. Better Together had also distanced themselves from the event.
These eye-bogglingly beautiful plants are called Nepenthes, and they’re hanging from the awning outside Narcissus on Broughton Street at the moment.
They derive their name from a sorrow-banishing drug (nep=no, penthes=grief) mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey as helping Helen to forget her misfortunes. In his 1737 Hortus Cliffortianus, Linnaeus explained his choice of name:
For the ‘S6 residential’ this year we went to Abernethy Barcaple near Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, writes Drummond CHS pupil Greg Howitt.
It was an eventful three days filled with team building, laughter and some interesting meals. From pizza and pasta to hot chocolate and some delicious biscuits, reactions were mixed. Even a surprise cake for Ali's seventeenth birthday was provided.
Orangemen are not the only suits, but you’d be forgiven for thinking so when an estimated 12,000 of them – some very smartly dressed – arrive in the capital this Saturday.
The Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland has organised a march in the city centre to demonstrate its support for the Union. This will entail road closures and diversions for traffic from 10.30am onwards.
A list of those streets immediately affected is in the file at the foot of this page.
Edinburgh-based People for Places (Shrubhill) Ltd is coming forward with revisions to the planning application first submitted by BL Developments Ltd in September 2005 and consented in August 2008 for the gap-site between Shrub Place and Dryden Street (Ref. 05/03128/FUL; see map below).
REVIEWED BY JOHN ROSS MACLEAN
This exhilarating oil painting of ‘Fishing Nets’ by Joan Eardley is a highlight of the current exhibition of significant mid to late twentieth-century Scottish artists at Glenn Ross’s Colours Gallery on Dundas Street.
It has a wonderful tang of the open sea, yet the rough netting, incised with the palette knife(?), has a delicacy as of gossamer.
Following a site inspection on Monday, City of Edinburgh Council is moving towards approval of the controversial garage/dwelling/office structure on East Scotland Street Lane (shown, right, as it first appeared).