Susan Morrison

On sunny Saturdays down here in the Republic of Leith there is nothing finer than a riverbank stroll towards the Shore.

Princess Victoria Ka’iulani Cleghorn was a keen surfer, a friend of writer Robert Louis Stevenson and the last Crown Princess of Hawaii

Sorry to keep going on about this, but the kitchen saga continues. I can’t find anything beyond coffee, cafetiere and toaster. That’s me just about fixed for life, when I find the bread.

Last week, the matriarch of the clan was off to Portugal to check on the wellbeing of my brother and his wife, the lovely woman who voluntarily married into this family

Joe Rae found himself attacked by Charles Dickens after his private report that some members of the Franklin Expedition had resorted to cannibalism before they died was accidentally made public

The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America’s most beloved comedy show

David Tennant is on the side of practically every Lothian Bus giving us his full-on 50 megaton “Sex God Stare”. Must admit, that’s okay by me. Fairly brightens up my day.

On Halloween, forget sweets, what you really need to fight off the devil is chicken feathers

Good lord, are the Tories still choosing a suitable candidate for the top job, then? Not like them at all.

Hopefully your Hallowe’en went smoothly and the ghouls, ghosts and guisers were content with the treats you gave them to stop their tricks.