When mince pies get banned, how do those who love them, cope? Well, a simple solution is just to make your own. We are resourceful canny folk. If we could get together with family who went before, it would be fascinating to hear about the years when Christmas was banned in Scotland; and the tuts uttered when jelly was used in a trifle (beginner's mistake...)  and to hear about ways around these trifles...  ..read more

Part of our series on users of the Commonplace notebook, this note is about the British social reformer, Christian Socialist and writer Charles Kingsley. His best known popular work of the time is probably The Water Babies, but with over 40 novels, short stories and poems to his name, Kingsley packed in a prolific output in a short time. His secret? Passion, intellect, faith and his use of the commonplace notebook in which to gather his thoughts and ideas ..read more

In this new publication from Waverley Books, our 'Waverley Gazette' will appear (from time to time, sporadically and occasionally, or possibly intermittently) with top stories for today... Present and Past (and that's another story ..read more

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Hello again from the Waverley team in Scotland ..read more

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Two hundred years ago, this week, the Citizens of Edinburgh and Leith were waiting impatiently for their King ..read more

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