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In praise of a very good butcher

I have been here before a bit, but I really can’t get over how good and important this sort of thing is. The butcher in Bruntsfield of course. It’s a…

A caddie’s lot

It’s remarkable all said what a caddie can earn up here in the Kingdom. I bumped into a chum the other day who has just had a ripper of a…

End of the year and another career change

At the close of another year in which I managed to reach the ripe age of 60, I have much to ponder. I have a new job by the chance…

On branding

I have been most eager to see the result of the refurb of the old Ryan’s Bar in the west end of Edinburgh into the West End Brasserie. Because this…

A snorter of a year

Excuse the Wodehousian title but I couldn’t resist bringing a morsel of PG into the blog as I purchased his Letters yesterday. Pretty ripping stuff. And Plum appears a very…

Getting on the Old Lady

Working in my job as concierge at the Fairmont I have been asked numerous times over the past few weeks, especially by keen-eyed Americans, about nabbing a tee-time on the…

For the love of money and the 5th Amendment

That’s about the long and the short of it I suppose. This LIV nonsense. Not for the good of the game as some of the LIV numpties are glibly declaring….

A golfer and a gentleman

This week at The Fairmont I had my faith restored in professional golfers as I had the great fortune to caddy in a group that included the South African pro…

Wow! What an Open

It’s really quite incredible what Cameron Smith did on the last ten holes at St Andrews to clinch the Open from a fired up Rory. With Hovland not getting into…

Stop Press

I now know who the mystery celebrity was in my last post! Bruce came up to me last night in the foyer of The Fairmont with a big grin and…