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Students get naked for charity »

A student charity from Edinburgh University has been asking fellow societies to get naked and pose in its fundraiser calendar. READ International Edinburgh is student-run and one of over 45 university projects across the UK who collect disused books f...

Fri 25 Nov 2011 by Katie Richardson | Read more »

Isoc established book group »

The Islamic Society of Edinburgh Napier University has established a book group in order to foster a greater understanding of Islam. The group strives to address misconceptions and misunderstandings of the religion and its followers by bringing to tog...

Wed 24 Nov 2010 by Al Innes | Read more »

Novel way of matchmaking comes to Edinburgh  »

Ahead of Valentine's Day, one city business woman is offering literary buffs a speed-dating evening with a difference.  Vanessa Robertson, owner of The Edinburgh Bookshop, plans to bring love seeking book lovers together for a speed dating event ...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Amy Sutherland | Read more »

Did Scottish thinkers really invent the modern world? »

Enlightenment thinker David Hume

With the Scottish Diaspora on its way back to the mother country for this year’s Homecoming, it is fitting to ask the question – "who invented the modern world and everything in it?" The Scots, it would seem. This bold and contentious idea...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Kevin O'Donnell | Read more »

The Diplomat's Wife »

The French experience of the Second Gulf War has not been a particularly edifying one in terms of its public image. While the worst that was said of French efforts to prevent the conflict from coming to pass—“cheese- eating surrender monkey...

Fri 21 Nov 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis, Katia Sand | Read more »

Gutenberg's Endgame »

Google Books

On the sixth day, God created man and he saw that it was good. On the eighth day, God created the internet and students everywhere rejoiced. They can order food, alcohol, organise their social lives and even read lectures online. Until now, however, on...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Alice French | Read more »

'Trainspotting' prequel to complete Edinburgh cult fiction series »

Trainspotting

15 years after his debut novel Trainspotting sold over 1m copies, Irvine Welsh has announced plans to write its prequel.The Edinburgh-born author is to publish a novella providing the early background of the principle characters in Trainspotting, Welsh...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 | Read more »

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