Monthly Archives: February 2008

It’s tradition in Scotland that on February 29th every leap year, a girl can ask her boyfriend (or perhaps just a stranger) to marry her. I’ve managed to survive to lunch time so far…

The rise of the new media (blogs, social networks etc.), has led to a new line of work for the PR departments of most big brands. The question is how do you defend your brand against people crtiscising it online … Continue reading →

The police force for my home town (Lothian and Borders Police) have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds of tax payers money on one case over the last year. Did they spend this money on fighting serious crime such as … Continue reading →

On Friday night I met up with an old class mate from my first degree here in Sweden. He was across with his girlfriend for a weekend in Stockholm. It was great to meet up again and spend the night … Continue reading →

All week I have been looking forward to settling down in front of the TV on Thursday night to watch the Aberdeen v Bayern Munich game. Unfortunately, there was something called Valentines day that had been arranged for the same … Continue reading →

It’s been a busy couple of days and it started off with a trip to Tekniska Museet (the Museum of Science and Technology) on Saturday. It’s actually some size of museum, built on five floors and full of scientific nick-nacks. … Continue reading →

I’ve just read this: “King Adolf Frederick of Sweden died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771 after consuming a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring and champagne, which was topped off by 14 servings of semla, served … Continue reading →

In America it was Super Tuesday, in Scotland it was Shrove Tuesday, but in Sweden it was Semlor Tuesday! These are the same idea as us eating pancakes on the last day before lent, but I think these are even … Continue reading →

Today, we really roughed it by going to Centralbadet in the centre of Stockholm. Very, very nice with the Victorian baths, thermal and bubble baths and roasty-toasty saunas. Had a cracking lunch afterwards too…