Category Archives: Community

Great tapestry

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Jamie Jauncey

Serendipity (the nation’s favourite word), has featured more than once in this blog. In the last year I’ve had two notable experiences that could be described as serendipitous: the meeting on a train between my wife and a priest who … Continue reading →

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The heart of things

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Jamie Jauncey

Last month I was lucky enough to appear at two book festivals. One of them, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, is indisputably the world’s largest and this year was its best year ever, with a record 225,000 visits to Charlotte … Continue reading →

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Community spirit

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Jamie Jauncey

For me the year began properly on Monday night with the annual village dance. In the middle of Birnam is a large, ugly Victorian hotel with one marvellous, possibly unique, feature – a huge first-floor baronial hall. Here we gather … Continue reading →

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