J.K. Rowling's farmhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, may have been the place where she found inspiration to write many of her wildly popular "Harry Potter" novels, but since that chapter of her life is over, she won't be needing the house anymore. Rowling has put the monstrous eight-bedroom Victorian estate on the... Continue Reading »
Apr 25th 2012 12:50PM
EDINBURGH, Scotland -- He came, he saw, he blustered. Donald Trump on Wednesday swept into Scotland's parliament to demand the country end plans for an offshore wind farm that he fears will spoil the view at his exclusive new $750 million pound ($1.2 billion) golf resort. In a typically blunt display, the New York... Continue Reading »
Jun 15th 2010 1:00PM
Landlords in Edinburgh, Scotland can now be hit with fines if they pull an "ASBO" violation by allowing wild "stag and hen" parties to get out of hand, reports the U.K.-based site Residental Landlord. Wait. What? Let's translate. "ASBO" is shorthand for the anti-social behavior ordinance put in place by Scots. The... Continue Reading »
May 28th 2010 4:45PM
Scotland is said to have the most -- but, that's probably because no one has studied the impact weamers have on relationships in the U.S. Get used to the term "weamer" (Wasters of Energy and Money) because more energy-conscious couples are said to be fighting over who, exactly, is the weamer. What's a weamer? Ebico, the... Continue Reading »
