Last weekend, I went on another anti-SDL (aka EDL) march. Edinburgh Council decided that it was fine to let the EDL march through the city in the middle of the biggest cultural event in Europe - the Fringe as well as the Edinburgh International Festival - which host performers and visitors from all over the world. In case you are not aware, the EDL ( Read more... )

The pictures I posted of the Scottish Parliament reminded me that I hadn’t posted pictures I took during a tour of the building in August: life and death had got in the way. I had been meaning to go around the Parliament for a long time; it only took me four years to get around to it!

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Walking to the Crags and Arthur’s Seat, I walked by the Scottish Parliament. I love this building (and I must process pictures I took inside during the summer, too), and it was fascinating to see it in the different lights.


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( Today I read a piece in the Economist entitled “A lament for Scotland”. )