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Continue reading →: The Angel Of The NorthAh, Frank Capra’s 1946 Hollywood movie ‘A Wonderful Life’: Nothing like snuggling down to watch it during the winter festive season yet one more time. And no matter how many times I have done so – I always wait in anticipation for Clarence Odbody to make his appearance. As you…
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Continue reading →: It’s Sunny In EdinburghOrginally published 25 May 2012 Okay, so I am busy chopping up vegetables for my salad just now when I look outside my window here in Edinburgh at the communal space outside this block of Victorian flats – and what do I see? Four kids who look to be about…
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Continue reading →: Jane Austen At HomeOriginally published January 23, 2012 It was a sweet view – sweet to the eye and the mind. English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive. – from ‘Emma’, Jane Austen’s novel published in 1815 Jane Austen had lived for six years in this…






