by tim_bell | Dec 18, 2015 | Latest News
On my birthday weekend in December 1980 we moved in to our present house. Best move I ever made. Coming from a rural background I was astonished to find myself drawn to this intensely urban area. It’s the social, human mix that stays the same. In the countryside...
by tim_bell | Nov 30, 2015 | Latest News
Or, as Nicola Sturgeon wittily suggests, St Andy’s Day, after Andy Murray’s major contribution to Britain’s Davis Cup victory yesterday. He says himself, he tends to play his best tennis for a team. OK, so we make the comparison between...
by tim_bell | Oct 31, 2015 | Latest News
It has become explicit in the last few days – after having been obvious for some time – that we are heading for another indyref, when those who want to break from the union we are in have not the first idea of what life outside the union would be like....
by tim_bell | Sep 12, 2015 | Latest News
At last, a good news story. Labour gained – that is, won from another party – a seat in the Edinburgh Council bye-election yesterday. We had an excellent candidate, and we did a lot of hard work on the streets and on the doors and on the phones, for a good...
by tim_bell | Aug 11, 2015 | Latest News
As promised, here’s a wee programme of tours to coincide with all those other fun things you can do in Leith/Edinburgh in August. It’s not part of any Festival. Click on The Walks link above, and you’ll see there’s a tour going every Friday...
