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No.12 Picardy Place

Mark Greenaway is a chef to watch and biting at the heels of Michelin stars Tom Kitchin and Martin Wishart.

His first signature restaurant at 12 Picardy place is testament to this, having first gained 18 years of developing ...
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This week's Legend

Karen Graham

KAREN GRAHAM is the winner of this year’s Burns Award in recognition of her selfless and courageous nursing during the civil war in Libya.

This Scottish nurse from Clydebank risked her life continuously, treating patients from both sides of ...
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ObserveScotland

Enjoy our live video streaming webcam in the centre of Edinburgh.
The streaming webcam broadcasts a number of views overlooking Princes Street, the Mound, Edinburgh Castle and the famous Scott Monument. This webcam service was kindly provided by Camvista Webcams.

This week's Legend

Karen Graham

by Jackie Anderson
KAREN GRAHAM is the winner of this year’s Burns Award in recognition of her selfless and courageous nursing during the civil war in Libya. This Scottish nurse from Clydebank risked her life continuously, treating patients from both sides of ...

Article from Wednesday 1, February, 2012
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John Hope and his Botanic Cottage

by Jackie Anderson
A SMALL cottage in Haddington Place, Edinburgh, lay derelict for years and only when a survey was done pre-demolition to make way for a hotel in 2007 was the importance of the small house realised. The 18th century home ...

Article from Friday 20, January, 2012
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The Good Samaritans

by Jackie Anderson
ON THE 20th of August 2009 Jerome Starkey, a journalist for The Scotsman newspaper, was at a polling station in Helmand province Afghanistan, covering that landmark moment on the path to self-government and democracy. He noticed two small boys pedalling ...

Article from Tuesday 13, December, 2011
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Spirit of Scotland

by Jackie Anderson
THE spirit of Scotland awards were set up thirteen years ago to recognise the pioneering spirit of those who have helped Scotland punch above its weight in the world. Sponsored by Glenfiddich and run in partnership with The Scotsman ...

Article from Thursday 1, December, 2011
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The real Great Escape

by Jackie Anderson
THE MOST famous World War II break-out of British prisoners of war, at Stalag Luft III camp in Poland became famous in the blockbuster 1963 Hollywood feature film “The Great Escape” with an all star cast. Two of the ...

Article from Tuesday 22, November, 2011
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Remembrance Sunday

by Jackie Anderson
AS BRITAIN remembered the fallen on Remembrance Sunday it brought back painful memories for Catherine Drummond, the wife of Sergeant John Boyd who lost his life in World War II. Catherine had been stationed in Oban, Argyll, as a ...

Article from Monday 14, November, 2011
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Forgotten Hero: Admiral Cochrane

by Jackie Anderson
BORN IN FIFE, Thomas Cochrane entered the Royal Navy in 1793 as a 17-year-old midshipman and had a meteoric rise to lieutenant and then commander of the small warship HMS Speedy. He gained a fearsome reputation amongst his foes ...

Article from Tuesday 8, November, 2011
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Alexander McDougall

by Jackie Anderson
Born in Islay in 1732 in a butt and ben – a blackhouse - in Portintruin, near Port Ellen, Alexander McDougall rose from very humble beginnings to have an important role in the creation of the United States. Life ...

Article from Monday 31, October, 2011
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Lizzie Tully-Jackson

by Jackie Anderson
WORKING in a radio and electrical supply shop in Haddington, East Lothian, during the second world war Lizzie Tully-Jackson endured jibes and sniping comments from her customers as to why she had not enrolled in the WAAF (Woman’s Auxiliary Air ...

Article from Friday 21, October, 2011
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Lt James MacDonald

by Jackie Anderson
PEEBLES born James MacDonald is to receive a Mention in Dispatches for his courage in serving in war-torn Afghanistan. Serving with the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, and on his first operational tour, the 25-year-old put himself in the ...

Article from Wednesday 5, October, 2011
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