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Bad weather + quiet bookshop + few customers = time for a potter with a cup of coffee and Kate Bush's 'Hounds of Love' on the stereo = fun!
8:16 AM Nov 21st
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As ever, enjoyed something more comical on the news:
2:17 AM Nov 19th
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has found something more positive on:
3:07 AM Nov 16th
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really enjoyed looking at the old photos of Methvens posted by Martin on Facebook. Happy days!
1:39 AM Nov 9th
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thought that the book group went really well (and glad that everyone enjoyed Per Petterson's 'Out Stealing Horses'). Next, David Sedaris...
3:08 PM Nov 4th
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is enjoying the feeling that comes from returning bookshop customers saying that '...it's even better than last time we were in...'
2:05 PM Oct 31st
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...also taken from Small Flat Purgatory: Anne Verichon's 'Colors - What They Mean and How to Make Them'. Violet or red? Depends on the day.
10:24 AM Oct 19th
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Really chuffed to have liberated my battered copy of Kenneth White's The Bird Path from a box in storage. Need a bigger flat with shelves...
10:21 AM Oct 19th
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Jamie at Home: just cooked a fantastic barbecued steak with charred beets and then for some reason decided to ruin it with cottage cheese...
12:27 PM Oct 9th
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Why do binge-drinking tourists to Edinburgh assume that they can park big 40ft coaches anywhere? Not on a BentleySteed street...
12:22 PM Oct 9th
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Billy is 30 today!
2:03 AM Oct 5th
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: "Frankie Boyle is a comedian and writer who feels that a biographical note in an autobiography would be foolish." True, so true.
10:04 AM Sep 30th
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: "The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket." Frank Hubbard in 'Keep Calm and Carry On'
4:26 AM Sep 29th
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: "People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes..." Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
12:42 AM Sep 28th
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There is no such thing as a day off when you work in a bookshop: as many books as you think you have, you always find more essential reads!
8:46 AM Sep 27th
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What part of 'must have bookselling experience' are Edinburgh's students not understanding? Evidence of reading ability is a must. Really.
10:04 AM Sep 25th
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...and one last tip: only Americans use 'resume'. It's 'CV' over here - and never put 'curriculum vitae' at the top. Ever. Your name. Only.
4:43 AM Sep 24th
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Spell checking your CV and covering letter is all very well as long as you're not using a U.S. dictionary when applying for a U.K. job...
4:39 AM Sep 24th
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...another favourite (see what I added there?) is 'light' not 'lite'. Blame Prince Albert: not just Christmas trees but German 'licht'...
4:39 AM Sep 24th
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Classic FM: today is National Punctuation Day in the U.S. Lesson 1: In the UK, it is '-ise' and not '-ize'. Lesson 2: 'Scots' not 'Scotch'.
4:35 AM Sep 24th
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- Name Andrew Bentley-Steed
- Location Edinburgh
- Web http://methvenite...
- Bio reads, writes, paints, breathes, eats... is human after a fashion
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