Fay Young

Month: February 2007

  • Belfast’s undercover success

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    We went looking for the covered market in Belfast ready to be impressed. Friends told us it was good, the landlady in the B&B agreed, and besides, as journalists do, I had already written a little bit about it before I had even left Edinburgh. St George’s Market is in East Bridge Street near the…

  • Flight or fight

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    I’m definitely going to be flying less than Blair this year so I’m feeling smug – but I know I’m hypocritical. Apologies to Jean whose comment on my last Global Gossip newsletter slipped down page and out of sight last month. I wondered if I should be encouraging a communal blog about places people are…

  • Journey into space

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    I see that left leaning bloggers are being asked to unite against Michael Meacher and his bid for leadership of the Labour Party. I scoff a little at the idea. Even in my most optimistic moments I don’t imagine that anyone out there is reading my thoughts apart from family and friends. Then I nip…

  • Sleeping disorders, pornography and public petitions

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    As luck has it I chose the Public Petitions committee meeting for my latest outing to the Scottish Parliament. So Celina and I sat in Room 4 listening to petitions of the day – more bobbies on the Strathclyde beat, better swimming pools for Scottish kids – while in Room 1 the Equal Opportunities committee…

  • Caution: elk crossing

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    Here’s some Global Gossip with a difference. Yesterday, on another unnaturally warm winter morning, I opened my email to find an amazing early spring scene from my cousin Beryl in Vancouver, a photo so surreal I thought at first that Beryl had been busy with PhotoShop. But on further reading I discover that there are…