People from the area have told me that they are pleased to see the pupils wearing uniform and it makes read more

People from the area have told me that they are pleased to see the pupils wearing uniform and it makes them proud to come from Niddrie.

It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to read more

It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to go.

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round read more

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round as the moon, to stare up.
I want to be looking at them when they come
Picking among the dumb minerals, the roots.
I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.
Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.
I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.
They will wonder if I was important.

at the core of what we do.

at the core of what we do.

It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your read more

It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He (Woods) is probably going to want to redevelop the whole piece.

We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools.

We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools.

An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into read more

An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.

We are going to try to improve our mental attitude that we are able to defend at a 10 level read more

We are going to try to improve our mental attitude that we are able to defend at a 10 level no matter what happened at the other end.

It was a case of surviving. It was not really a stage suited to the strengths of the Mitsubishis. It read more

It was a case of surviving. It was not really a stage suited to the strengths of the Mitsubishis. It was interesting to compare our speed with the Volkswagens and now they have the twin turbo engines, there is really very little difference between us in terms of the top speed.