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Polish memorial at Redbraes

By fay.young on October 31, 2008

Voytek the bear might not be there (yet), but volunteers are hard at work preparing the ground for the dedication of a Polish Memorial in Redbraes Community Garden at 3pm on Sunday 9 November.

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Red Eye Friday: focus on US politics

By fay.young on October 31, 2008

Whoever wins on Tuesday, Red Eye film club takes a hard look at US politics on Friday 7 November. As organiser Mike Cowley comments: “Robert Redford’s ‘The Candidate’ will screen at a telling moment in US history. Can a black politician espousing liberal values win in the country of the free? And will that [...]

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Autumn blaze in Redbraes

By fay.young on October 24, 2008

Autumn is going out with a blaze in Redbraes Community Garden. Next on the calendar is the bonfire party on Saturday 8 November from 6pm, and Becky says there’s digging and planting to do if you want to work up an appetite first. See below for details.

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Stars falling from the sky

By fay.young on October 16, 2008

When the cold wind blows in my face
And I see the orange and yellow autumn leaves fall
It is then that I am bewildered here
and I gather all my sighs,
but when the first snow flakes fell on my shoulder
it was like shining stars falling from the sky

This extract is from the poem Edinburgh by Shaista [...]

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Buried treasure unearthed in the garden

By fay.young on October 16, 2008

Harvest time in Persevere Community Garden
The sun was shining through the window and there was a pot of tea on the go. To be honest, I could have been tempted to stay at home last Saturday but I am very glad I didn’t. The open day at Persevere Community Garden was a great [...]

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One potato, two potato…and maybe even more at Persevere open day

By fay.young on October 9, 2008

We are about to dig up the potatoes we planted on one of the coldest and wettest midsummer days on record. Come and join us for the Persevere Tattie Harvest from 12noon on Saturday 11 October.

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Join the Poetry Army in St Andrew Square

By fay.young on October 3, 2008

Here’s an invitation you can’t refuse. Come to St Andrew Square and find a poem chosen specially for you. “It personal, it’s fast and it’s absolutely free,” says Lilias Fraser of the Scottish Poetry Library who will be one of the ‘poetry army’ celebrating National Poetry Day on Thursday 9 October in [...]

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Red Eye Friday

By fay.young on October 1, 2008

Make a note. If it’s the first Friday of the month it’s Red Eye Friday. The new radical film club opened in September with Who Shot the Sheriff. This month’s screening in Pilmeny Youth Centre on Friday 3 October offers a UK Cold War thriller Defence of the Realm which teeters on [...]

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