Man of the Moment:Serenity On a Summer's Night in the City? We Can Dream
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AMONG THE inestimable pleasures of the summer in our quiet little corner of Edinburgh's Old Town, I count three in particular.
One is the delight of being able to sleep with the windows open and the curtains only partly drawn. Another, as the noise of the city subsides, is listening to the sound of birdlife in the darkness. And the third is not having to attend to our Pither solid fuel fire. It may have a Scandinavian design and Bohemian studio appeal, but it hides an insatiable and fiery temperament akin to the infernal railway engine in Emile Zola's La Bete Humaine.See the full content of this document
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Man of the Moment:Serenity On a Summer's Night in the City? We Can Dream
But for now, I try to relax. There are few experiences more restful than the cool dark of a July evening. In the distance the plaintive cry of a seagull conveys the sense of an idyllic beach and the slow ...
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