#edinburgh

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Philip revealed his carefully cloaked emotions when he wrote to his mother-in-law, "Cherish Lilibet? I wonder if that word is enough to express what is in me." He declared that his new wife was "the only 'thing' in this world which is absolutely real to me, and my ambition is to weld the two of us into a new combined existence that will not only be able to withstand the shocks directed at us but will also have a positive existence for the good


Sally Bedell Smith


#love #queen-elizabeth-ii #love

I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education.


Rory Bremner


#edinburgh #education #had #i #middle-class

I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals.


Gerard Butler


#did #edinburgh #festivals #fun #gigs

Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries.


Carol Ann Duffy


#city #doing #edinburgh #favourite #galleries

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.


Norman MacCaig


#edinburgh #i #poetry #residence #ridiculous

At the art college in Edinburgh someone arranged for some London groups to come up and play. I was in a supporting band, with Bernie Green I think. Derek Bailey was one of the visiting musicians. He seemed to like my playing and asked me to come down to London.


Jamie Muir


#art #art college #asked #bailey #band

My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.


Davy Jones


#ever #first #performance #stage

When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency in which we had an MP. There were 14. Now we have only one. We appear to have given up.


Jeffrey Archer


#chairman #constituency #could #covered #deputy

Join us. Play the game. It will bring you an untold number of rewards and you will finally have some direction and purpose in your lives. Take control of yourselves and those around you. Bend them to your will and all worldly pleasures will be yours...


Martin Hopkins


#addiction #crime #edinburgh #erotica #homelessness

I did a production of 'Journey's End,' an RC Sherriff play about World War I, at the Edinburgh Festival. I was 18 and it was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected came up to me after the show and said, 'You know, you could really do this if you wanted to.'


Tom Hiddleston


#after #came #could #did #edinburgh