Carrie Maclennan and Clare Nicolson, photo by Justin Griffiths-Williams
The Sunday Times
12 October 2008
Cross-stitch and embroidery - with an added modern sense of fun - are a booming business, finds Claire Sawers
The Sunday Times
10 December 2006
The Two of Us: Clare Thommen and Fiona McLean, directors of Boudiche
The List
07 August 2008
Simon Singh has upset many people with his damning views on holistic treatment. Claire Sawers asks if he has his finger on the pulse of alternative therapy
The Sunday Times
11 December 2005
The extreme sport of parkour, or freerunning, was invented by two French teens and popularised in ads for Nike and the BBC. Now there are enthusiasts leaping and somersaulting all over Edinburgh. Claire Sawers meets some of them
The Daily Record
22 May 2006
Mum-of-three Julie used to be a high-flying accountant in London. Now she writes children’s stories in Edinburgh… and she couldn’t be happier
The List
27 March 2008
Martin Kihn was your average good guy, working hard but going nowhere fast, when he decided to become an asshole. A book and TV deal later, he is feeling much happier.
The List
22 May 2008
Made in the Shade is a 1950s boutique-cum-young designer showcase at The Lighthouse. Claire Sawers checks it out
The Sunday Times
13 November 2005
Quitting your day job to play poker full-time may seem a risky proposition, but the young Scots leading the pack have never looked back.
The Scotsman
06 January 2006
IT’S 11:30pm on the sort of evening when your warmest coat doesn’t keep out the chill. Outside a nightclub on Edinburgh’s Blair Street, however, stands a shivering queue of Playboy bunnies and women in vintage cocktail frocks, snaking its way out of sight along the Cowgate.
