{lang: 'en-GB'} The house where we live used to be occupied by Sir David Brewster, who invented the kaleidoscope in the early 19th century. There’s a blue plaque about him on the wall by our front door. It means that when you leave the house to pop to the shops you bump into historians or [...]

{lang: 'en-GB'} When I first moved here, my sophisticated (!) friends and colleagues in London looked as though they pitied me. How would I cope, living in a remote, cold climate? But when it’s been dreary and raining in the south, I have been able to boast about blue skies and crisp winter sunshine. Yes, [...]

{lang: 'en-GB'} In almost three years since our family’s move from the south of England to St Andrews, there’s one question I am asked more than any other, and it’s this: How do you cope, living in the auld grey toon of St Andrews? My response?  Bemusement. Yes, I was a BBC News Correspondent – [...]