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It’s that time of year when foodie mags and weekend supps are padding out their pages with soup recipes, and rightly so. You really can’t beat a bowl of the stuff when it’s cold and windy and wet outside. And where there’s soup, there has to be bread for dunking in it – not bread of the sliced-loaf variety but bread of the more artisany tear-and-share type.
A reader has kindly steered us towards this rather splendid polar bear which, during the run-up to Christmas, has been nodding agreeably in the window of Ian Smith Design on NW Circus Place
As you struggle to complete those all important purchases from your list of presents for family and friends, or find that knock-out number for the office bash, spare a thought and perhaps a few shekels for local hero Ian Robertson of Radio Forth's Cash for Kids, writes Scott Richards.
This glittering array of festive glassware, decanters and carafes (decanters without stoppers) caught the eye in Duncan & Reid Books and Antiques at 5 Tanfield last week. The shop stocks all manner of unexpected treasures – including porcelain, jewellery, fabrics, pictures, and other old and intriguing stuff.
Most people's rubbish collection service will be as reliable and convenient as usual over the holiday period, although no uplifts will take place on Christmas Day and New Year's Day Wednesdays.
In search of a festive calling bird, we turn again today to F.O. Morris’s History of British Birds, on sale in 6 volumes at Le Troubadour on Henderson Row (Breaking news, 4.12.13). This is the origin of the plate shown right.
Despite all the warm, socially glowing images we're bombarded with each Christmas, the festive period can be emotionally and practically rough for many people.
'Loneliness can hit hard,' says Brian Sloan, Chief Executive at Age Concern Scotland. 'Older people who live alone, or who have caring responsibilities, are particularly vulnerable.'
Strange what comes to mind at mention of the name 'Magnum'.
It’s coming up for a year since White Rabbit first opened its burrow on Broughton Street, and this will be the erotic boutique’s first Christmas in the neighbourhood.
Spurtle popped by at lunchtime to gauge how things have settled down.
Alasdair Sim, the Council's Tram Interface Manager, spoke to the New Town & Broughton Community Council at its last meeting of the year on 2 December.