I have not been idle over the last few months. Just that rather than posting my own personal thoughts on random articles, I have taken a more direct approach and have launched a hyperlocal news website called The Edinburgh Reporter. You can read it here. The news hook is simply Edinburgh which is where I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Edinburgh’
Unblogging
Posted in journalism, tagged Edinburgh, journalism, The Edinburgh Reporter on November 5 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Trains and boats and planes
Posted in Edinburgh, Environment, Scotland, tagged buses, Edinburgh, Ferries, Hovercraft, Public Transport, Scotland, Seaplanes, Trains on March 1 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In Scotland we have an ongoing transport problem. In some areas of the Highlands there is little or no public transport at all, since the demise of some Post Bus services, although the Post Bus carries about 50,000 passengers each year, according to The Post Office. A car is therefore a necessity in some areas. [...]
The Edinburgh Reporter
Posted in Edinburgh, journalism, News, Scotland, tagged advertising, Edinburgh, local newspapers, Newspapers, Planning legislation on January 24 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In Edinburgh we have wonderful buildings and monuments. The city is a World Heritage Site due to the high quality of architecture and the detailed planning used in developing the New Town area. One of the ways that the city retains this status is the rigorous planning process. This is a function of the City [...]
Globespan grounded
Posted in Edinburgh, Scotland, Videos, tagged Administration, Airline, E-clear, Edinburgh, Globespan, Scotland on December 17 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s snowing! At least, here in central Edinburgh it is snowing that horrid slushy, wet stuff that doesn’t even cover the pavements, but makes you feel wet and cold just looking at it. So if the weather is not going to brighten us up, then the business news in Scotland today will do little to [...]
Farmers’ Markets
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Edinburgh, Farmers' Markets, Porridge, San Francisco on October 21 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is amazing how we do similar things no matter which city we are in at the time. On many Saturdays I can be found wandering up and down at the Farmers’ Market on Castle Terrace in Edinburgh. The quality of the food is very good indeed, even though the prices can be noticeably higher. [...]
Asimo
Posted in Edinburgh, Uncategorized, tagged Asimo, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Science Festival, Honda, queue, Robot, science, Scotland on April 19 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a cute little guy Asimo is. He is shiny and white, looks as though he may be wearing a kind of spacesuit and has a kind of boyish voice. He is very well behaved and goes back into his tent at the end of the show. So what is he? [...]
Health & Safety
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cemeteries, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Council, Health & Safety, Morningside Community Council, Morningside Parish Church on April 18 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Council “vandalises” Cemeteries Walking past a cemetery in Edinburgh last summer I honestly thought that we had been hit by a hurricane which I had somehow missed. Headstones were flipped flat on their backs all over the place. Had there been a severe storm that I had slept through? But it [...]
Fireworks
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Edinburgh, fireworks, new year, st andrews on November 29 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is the 29th of November in Scotland (as indeed it is in most places this side of the international date line). It seems that for some reason there is a need to send more fireworks skywards from our beautiful castle in the capital. WHY? I have searched the internet. I have searched my brain [...]
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