Category Archives: Edinburgh

Beautiful hoodies

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

For my Artist’s Date today I went to see the stunning hoodie murals in Edinburgh (proper name: Our Nation’s Sons) by Joe Caslin.  I’d been keeping an eye out for them, but I don’t generally have a reason to go … Continue reading →

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Obscurities

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Did you know about the existence of Obscura Day?  I certainly didn’t till I saw a reading at Surgeon’s Hall listed on the Scottish Poetry Library site.   Apparently it’s ‘an international celebration of obscure places’, otherwise known as a … Continue reading →

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Kid (and big kid) fun at the science festival

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

A more succinct version of this is on the Clicket blog.  This is my last post from the Science Festival!  I’ve had a fantastic time. All through the science festival, I’ve been seeing tweets about the fun kid stuff at … Continue reading →

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My science festival stats

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Over the weekend, I tried to tell someone how many science festival events I’d been to, but I got confused and lost count.  So I’ve just got the programme and counted up: I went to the festival on 12 days … Continue reading →

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Climate change, exoplanets and Friday 13th

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

I can’t believe the science festival is finished!  I’ve had a great time for the last 2 weeks. I didn’t get round to writing about Friday’s events when they happened, so here’s a round-up of the last 3 adult events … Continue reading →

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A big contrast: DJing and cities

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Since the weekend, my Science Festival attendance has been a bit more sporadic – just one event on Monday and one yesterday.  (Although I have some lovely things lined up for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, including finally acquiring some children … Continue reading →

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Dancing and tweeting and dancing and tweeting…

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

From the first time I saw InMotion advertised, I was excited about the idea of live dance performances in the National Museum.  I love dance, but I neither participate in it nor go to see professional dance performances nearly as … Continue reading →

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Fire!

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

I am currently smelling, appropriately, of woodsmoke… Another sudden decision of what to go to at the science festival had me doing something a little crazy: Can you guess what it is yet? I can’t say I’ve been desperate all … Continue reading →

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Designer athletes and catalytic clothing

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

I’d been thinking a couple of science festival talks I’d been to were ‘good but not amazing’ and then I went to Designer Athletes last night and was really surprised to be completely engaged with a really fascinating discussion – … Continue reading →

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Science Tuesday (with some incidental Shakespeare)

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Having had a wee day off on Monday (real life getting in the way), it was back to the science festival on Tuesday. I had finally met Juliet Wilson (CraftyGreenPoet) on Saturday (we’d corresponded on our blogs and twitter for … Continue reading →

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