“What does a Humanist Wedding cost?” Is one of the questions that people seem to be asking search engines. My answer used to be “a lot less than the bride will spend on the shoes”, which was just a wild surmise for which I had no hard evidence – until now. This is one of … Continue Reading
That’s all it will take to see this quick montage of images taken (almost entirely) from weddings I’ve celebrated over the last year. I used a free software tool called Animoto, which was created a couple of year ago by some former MTV producers. It’s very intuitive, extremely easy to use and it might be … Continue Reading
What’s your definition of a romantic location? At one point I might have gone for the obvious one – palm trees swaying over a deserted tropical beach, but from now on, it’s the roofless ruin of Melrose Abbey, in the white light of a freezing cold Saturday afternoon in February. Only a true romantic would … Continue Reading
A lot of venues have their own in-house wedding planners and a splendid job they do too. But there are one or two hardy souls out there who can plan anything, anywhere, anytime. Wendy McArthur is one such. Her company Utopia Scotland is based near Gleneagles Hotel where she was an Events Manager for nine … Continue Reading
I was rather surprised to get a call last week from my local paper, The Edinburgh Evening News, asking me to tell them something about my work as a Humanist Celebrant. Among other things, they asked me to sum up the city in three words and for the life of me, I couldn’t think of … Continue Reading
A humanist wedding conducted by a celebrant authorised by the Registrar General of Scotland is legal everywhere in the world.
I haven’t been posting much about weddings recently because I’ve been very busy organising the Humanist Society of Scotland’s third series of alternative Thought for the Day podcasts, Thought for the World. It’s part of a long-running campaign to persuade the BBC to open up their Thought for the Day slot on Radio 4 to … Continue Reading
Dalhousie Castle is a splendidly Baronial Pile by Bonnyrigg on the outskirts of Edinburgh, big enough to hold the hordes of English people who flocked to celebrate the wedding of Jennifer & Brian. It was a lovely ceremony; Jennifer looked fantastic in her dress and Brian cut a splendid dash in a Morning Suit – … Continue Reading
As you can see, this wedding was a real hoot! Dan and Amani put a lot of thought into their big day, and their first good idea was to hold it out at Mavis Hall Park, a real working farm at the foot of the Lammermuir Hills. Juliet has been there several times and she’d … Continue Reading
New Humanist Magazine has come up with a great idea: an advent calendar of podcasts by well known commentators and comedians. Today’s comes from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant The devil may have the best tunes, but the humanists have the best jokes.