NEWS & ARTICLES

So, now it’s all over, Boris Johnson has won the General Election and in his own words, repeated a thousand times, can “ Get Brexit done !” For many, this is a welcome break from the impasse which has paralysed politics and day to day life for years. For others, it is...

It is often cold, wet and windy. The sun is dodgy and fickle and sharp winds can nip the finest summer’s day. Hospitality can be variable in quality, with atrocious food and unpardonable expense. The worst parts of our cities and countryside are like the weather,...

In Edinburgh in 2019, the advice to give to an enterprising young person is the opposite of what it was in Nineteenth Century America. The East End of Edinburgh is on the up, with the complete redevelopment of the “St James Quarter” into a spectacular modern...

I had a former colleague whose partner was an antique dealer. As he caught a double-decker bus into work, my colleague used to take great interest looking into the first-floor windows of Stockbridge and the West End. He was intrigued to see what juicy antiques lay...