Edinburgh, Scotland, my adopted hometown, is affectionately known by locals as “auld reekie.” The name refers to the layer of foul-smelling fog that hovered over the city in coal-burning Victorian ...

“Where do you think we go now?” I shout into the thin, icy air behind me. The question was directed at my husband, Hugh, a few metres below me on the ski slope (though I'm not sure he heard it). I’ve ...

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