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Blood Orange Marmalade Recipe

March 29, 2024

Blood oranges are much sweeter than Seville or normal oranges, so this is a sugar rush but it’s easy to make and doesn’t require two […]

Don’t let gestures posture for the wrong purpose

March 29, 2024

Happy Easter lovely people, When a Marathon was renamed to a Snicker and Opal Fruits became Starbursts who would have known that this was the […]

Mother’s Day

February 27, 2024

MOTHER’S DAY AT CONTINI RESTAURANTS Mum’s the World – Sunday 10th March. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, mum’s the word – and it’s […]

The Naughty List

December 11, 2023

Good morning lovely people, On the morning of the last post, I stayed in bed all day.  It felt like an early Christmas present.  I […]

New Years Eve Celebrations

December 6, 2023

Edinburgh Hogmanay is famous for having the best New Year’s Eve celebrations in the world. Lucky for us, our restaurants are in  prime locations for […]

It’s not black and white, it’s all the colours in between

October 2, 2023

Good morning lovely people, Autumn colours are ever so slowly creeping in and with the darker nights, I lost Rocco.  We’d gone for a walk […]

Keep Fit and Happy

September 18, 2023

Good morning lovely people Are you sitting down. Nonna G is starting Tai Chi. Apparently at 95 she’s eligible for the advanced (fitness, not age) class. […]

Some Consultants Are Priceless

September 4, 2023

Good morning lovely people We’ve had our fair share of business coaching and consultants over the years.  Sometimes it has felt like going to the […]

Chicken or Goose?

August 7, 2023

Good morning lovely people, Our eldest daughter has a new job.  She’s a dancer and is touring around Britain from Aberdeen to High Wycome and […]

Mission Accomplished

July 10, 2023

Good morning lovely people,   We’re back, recharged and ready for the best season to be in our beautiful city; Festival, Fringe, Grayson Perry Exhibition […]

Serendipity

May 15, 2023

Good morning lovely people,   Things can happen that can surprise the most jaded of us.  I’m feeling jaded by the latest interest rate rise.  […]

A Good Vintage

May 1, 2023

Good morning lovely people Harry Belafonte at 97; an amazing life in activism and music. Dame Edna at 89; exceptional taste in flowers. Lovely Len […]

What’s the future for the successor?

April 19, 2023

Good morning lovely people, I saw a tiny little bit of myself in some of the members of the Roy family mannerisms (not means) and […]

What’s (APP) Up?

March 13, 2023

Good morning lovely people, My political enthusiasm is fading like my resilience to resist those chocolates that I said I’ll give up for Lent. 100,000 […]

When does bad, become too bad?

July 11, 2022

Good Morning lovely people, Deception, manipulation, self interest, corruption isn’t in my world or yours. It’s not welcome or allowed to be. The 7 Nolan […]

This is all so complicated

June 27, 2022

Good morning lovely people, In a week when a new Bill of Rights is being presented to Parliament, when we had a perfectly good Human […]

No, it wasn’t a hologram

June 13, 2022

Dear Lovely People, No, it wasn’t a hologram… What’s changed in our world since my seven year old self celebrated the Queens Silver Jubilee in […]

I have a plan

May 30, 2022

Good morning lovely people, What’s unfolding is like an episode of the comedy Blackadder, but not as funny. They had a plan that was “as […]

Numbers never lie

May 16, 2022

Good morning lovely people,   I thought I’d lost this email but I found it next to my ferry tickets and Mastercard statement. What do […]

Basic Instinct

May 3, 2022

Good morning lovely people, (Thankfully I’ve never said “ladies and gentlemen” as that could be offensive if I was working in the House of Commons. […]

All show, no substance with a clear lack of integrity

April 4, 2022

Dear Lovely people We get so much of a show for our money these days but where is the substance to back it up? Will […]

Waiting for the picturesque scenery

March 21, 2022

Dear Lovely people I’ve had a busy couple of weeks so my head is struggling to filter all of the news. I know many of […]

The weather has turned

March 7, 2022

Good morning lovely people What we thought was a nightmare over the last two years was just a few sleepless nights. The world has changed, […]

Lightning never strikes twice

February 21, 2022

This week I thought I’d send you all a questionnaire. I decided I’d ask you to answer truthfully. By accident, it was sent to the […]

Blood Orange Marmalade Recipe

March 29, 2024

Blood oranges are much sweeter than Seville or normal oranges, so this is a sugar rush but it’s easy to make and doesn’t require two […]

Don’t let gestures posture for the wrong purpose

March 29, 2024

Happy Easter lovely people, When a Marathon was renamed to a Snicker and Opal Fruits became Starbursts who would have known that this was the […]

Mother’s Day

February 27, 2024

MOTHER’S DAY AT CONTINI RESTAURANTS Mum’s the World – Sunday 10th March. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, mum’s the word – and it’s […]

The Naughty List

December 11, 2023

Good morning lovely people, On the morning of the last post, I stayed in bed all day.  It felt like an early Christmas present.  I […]

New Years Eve Celebrations

December 6, 2023

Edinburgh Hogmanay is famous for having the best New Year’s Eve celebrations in the world. Lucky for us, our restaurants are in  prime locations for […]

It’s not black and white, it’s all the colours in between

October 2, 2023

Good morning lovely people, Autumn colours are ever so slowly creeping in and with the darker nights, I lost Rocco.  We’d gone for a walk […]

Keep Fit and Happy

September 18, 2023

Good morning lovely people Are you sitting down. Nonna G is starting Tai Chi. Apparently at 95 she’s eligible for the advanced (fitness, not age) class. […]

Some Consultants Are Priceless

September 4, 2023

Good morning lovely people We’ve had our fair share of business coaching and consultants over the years.  Sometimes it has felt like going to the […]

Chicken or Goose?

August 7, 2023

Good morning lovely people, Our eldest daughter has a new job.  She’s a dancer and is touring around Britain from Aberdeen to High Wycome and […]

Mission Accomplished

July 10, 2023

Good morning lovely people,   We’re back, recharged and ready for the best season to be in our beautiful city; Festival, Fringe, Grayson Perry Exhibition […]

Serendipity

May 15, 2023

Good morning lovely people,   Things can happen that can surprise the most jaded of us.  I’m feeling jaded by the latest interest rate rise.  […]

A Good Vintage

May 1, 2023

Good morning lovely people Harry Belafonte at 97; an amazing life in activism and music. Dame Edna at 89; exceptional taste in flowers. Lovely Len […]

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