Tag: Edinburgh

Taking a shortcut through the Princes Street Gardens, we arrive at the refurbished Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The august building stands proud before us, a shrine to famous Scots across history. Red lanterns hanging from the ceiling lend an otherworldly glow to the Great Hall … Continue readingThis fresco of frescoes

Imagine you are sixteen and you have been reading books for as long as you can remember. Reading stories. Words were magic. Sentences were magic weaved into spells. And what kept you spellbound were stories, for hours at end. Your father used to take you … Continue readingThe reader