It’s a tune instantly recognizable by anglophiles the world over, and one that when played on the fife and drum likely would have sent shivers down the spine of colonial minutemen. It’s “The British Grenadiers” and since the early 18thCentury has been the de facto theme song for Engli...
The launch was marked by a parade of freemasons from north-east Scotland, who were joined by local organisations ranging from the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides to the Fife and Drum Band of the local fishermen. The United Grand Lodge of England was represented by the Duke of Atholl, and the...
made my love inseparable from the umbrella, a black umbrella, white stitching on the seams of the imitation leather over the handle, the metal point bent where it was caught in Mooney's grating as we raced for the last bus to the garage out of Abbey Street. The band...
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The Fat Duckwhere she honed her skills in the pastry section and at Moro in London. Along with her husband Jack, she owns The Harbour Café in Fife and Stocks Events private event catering. Amy prides herself on only using local Scottish ingredients and having a light, elegant touch without...
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miserly multi-millionairess Hetty Green and Wallis Simpson, the American heiress who nearly took down the British Crown, liked to stay. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle set two of his books (A Scandal in Bohemia and The Sign of Four) at the Langham and its ballroom was once the BBC record library....
One of his proudest achievements was the formation of a drum and fife band for the WRAF which paraded regularly in Regent's Park, and was to become a WRAF showpiece. Another interest was astronomy. Cyril was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1958 and was made...