Bright lights, big city

Late night shopping eh? It takes on a different edge in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Crowds five deep, an air of slight panic among the shoppers – and the shop staff, who are piling on the discounts to get people through the door. But this is Edinburgh, and the setting is a definite incentive …

Board games for grownups

I’m going to lay my cards on the table straight out – as well as beginning the gaming metaphors – and confirm that I was a bad loser at board games as a child.  And so I stopped. Unattracted as I was, equally, to other people being openly competitive, there wasn’t much reason to start again.  …

Pre-dressed salad and other social ills

Social ill is a bit harsh.  But it’s interesting going out for a meal in another country – particularly a European country, given the ongoing belief in the UK that we still eat worse than our European counterparts – and think you could have done better at home. Targets on the list?  France is rather …