I once waited on Sean Connery. A long time ago. This was at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. They closed down the… — Tony D'Souza Copy Share Image
When I used to do the Edinburgh Festival, there was a bunch of guys selling fresh oysters and I'd eat ten daily… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
During my second year at Edinburgh [1826-27] I attended Jameson's lectures on Geology and Zoology, but they were incredible dull. The sole… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Brentwood stands on that fine and wealthy slope of country, one of the richest in Scotland, which lies between the Pentland Hills… — Margaret Oliphant Copy Share Image
I love this city, so good to find shops on the same street. Unlike when I was living in Los Angeles you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even though one of them is about an Edinburgh junkie and ones a little boy of eight in Manchester, you want them… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
“After walking the Royal Mile, we visit Edinburgh Castle. Overlooking the city from the grassy hilltop of the Castle Rock, the fortress… — Jacqueline E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Join us. Play the game. It will bring you an untold number of rewards and you will finally have some direction and… — Martin Hopkins Copy Share Image
I did a production of 'Journey's End,' an RC Sherriff play about World War I, at the Edinburgh Festival. I was 18… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Edinburgh is my adopted home. It's a place where I wanted to come and live, and I managed to arrange my life… — Peter Higgs Copy Share Image
Study hard. Work hard. Play harder. Don't be bound by rules, don't hurt anybody and never ever live somebody else's dream. — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
A madhouse of frenzied moneymaking and frenzied pleasure-seeking, with none of the corners chipped off. It is beautifully situatedand the air reminds… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
At 17 years old, STG took me under its wing and shared its resources and wisdom with me, even allowing me to… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
People say after a fire it's water damage that's the worst. We're still drying out Windsor Castle. — Prince Philip Copy Share Image
I started writing novels while an undergraduate student, in an attempt to make sense of the city of Edinburgh, using a detective… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I joined the after-school club, School of Comedy, which progressed wildly, and in quite a Hollywood way. It sounds like 'School of… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
A few years ago, everybody was saying we must have more leisure, everyone's working too much. Now everybody's got more leisure time… — Prince Philip Copy Share Image
So far Kat has been through all the Wa's she could think of, but Hale hadn't admitted to being Walter or Ward… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived… — Douglas Alexander Copy Share Image
I used to have a lovely wallet with lots of different compartments where I kept photographs of my grandmother, grandfather and friends.… — Neve McIntosh Copy Share Image
Living in Edinburgh, I consider myself particularly lucky - we have the biggest book festival in the world, a plethora of fascinating… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
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