Our Man in Edinburgh

I don’t know what it is about bagels, but I just can’t resist them. Be they sweet or savoury, plain or toasted, there …
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Like everything else about the place, the iron-legged, fake-marble-topped table and the slightly plastic-y imitation wicker chair have a much-loved, slightly neglected, vintage feeling about them.

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If, like me, you love your food tasty and (where possible) local, then Edinburgh is definitely a great place to be. With an enormously diverse range of eateries …
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I’m fast becoming one of ‘those people’ who likes to do as much of their shopping at their local farmers’ market. Not that this is a bad thing, …
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I did it again. Went out shopping and bought something that caught my eye that was - in a purely technical sense - completely unnecessary. A week or so …
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Each year at this time millions of people make rash announcements of things that they will do over the coming 12 months. Inevitably, a substantial percentage of these …
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