Hello 2020! I’m writing this three days later than intended, partly because it wouldn’t have been wise to mix my words with Baileys liqueur, and partly because today – on J.R.R. Tolkien’s twelfty-eighth birthday – it felt like a fitting time to mark the beginning […]
No other season uplifts my heart quite like autumn. The moment I feel the crisp air chill my cheeks and breathe in the pungent smell of woodsmoke from the neighbouring chimneys, I’m instantly transported back to my childhood. Kicking up golden leaves, bonfires, sparklers, toasted […]
Yes, it’s that time of the year again when cities all around the world hang up their uniform grey and slip on their sparkly Christmas frocks, ready to paint the town green, red and gold. My own fair city of Edinburgh has once again outdone itself […]
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Welcome to the merry month of May. Named after Maia, the Greek Goddess of spring, fertility and growth, May has long been regarded as a time of celebration in the northern hemisphere to mark the end of the gloomy months of winter and welcome in […]
