A singer and entertainer all her life, Margaret was 89 when she died. A member of ‘The Russell Sisters’, she performed a cabaret mime act for many years in the many social clubs around Easter Road, Leith and Abbeyhill, and her sons, Rikki and Raymond, made sure that her last appearance was a hard act to follow! … Continue Reading
Rites of Passage
Can you imagine attending your own funeral? The old joke is that it’s the best party you’ll never go to, but that may no longer be true.Last year, in his Channel 4 series Grayson Perry helped to create a ‘living funeral’ for Roch, a man who’d been living with Motor Neurone disease, and it was … Continue Reading
Jill and Chris’s Humanist Wedding at Mansfield Traquair
We wanted to say thank you for the part you played in our wedding on Saturday we had the BEST day.
Read All About it!
I really love it when people tell me they love my book, WE DO! This photo was sent to me by Sarah, whose wedding I conducted last week: I think you can see she thought it had lots of useful ideas, so I can’t wait to give my first ever public talk about it. The idea was the … Continue Reading
Will you have a cup of tea, father?
I was a big fan of Father Ted – and not just because Father Dougal and I share a surname. A bit further down the billing but no less important to the show’s success was Mrs. Doyle, housekeeper of Craggy Island Parochial House, played by the brilliant Pauline McLynn. Her catch phrase invariably comes to my mind when someone offers … Continue Reading
Abigail and Ryan’s Humanist Wedding at The Signet Library
I loved telling the unlikely story of how the China Doll and the Boy with Black Pudding in his Teeth met, went to see ‘I Love You, Phillip Morris’ and eventually fell in love.
Vicky Allan’s article ‘WE DO!’
I’m delighted by Vicky Allan’s article about ‘WE DO!’ in today’s Sunday Herald! My thanks to all the couples who are featured in it: Eli and Kate, Elizabeth and Bengtis, Natasa and Grant, and in the headline – but sadly not the article itself – the originators of ‘Until death or zombies do us part’, Kellie … Continue Reading
Sharon and James’s Humanist Wedding at Edinburgh Castle
Even the photographer said, “James and Sharon’s wedding was a wonderful, heart warming, intimate celebration of love.”
Victoria and David’s Humanist Wedding at Carlowrie Castle
Honestly, it was worth every moment of effort to get the ceremony we did.
Every single person has said to us what an amazing ceremony it was, and many said it was the best they’d ever been to which is exactly what we’d hoped for, so thank you!
Lola & Sean’s Humanist Wedding at Norton House Hotel
our ceremony made even the strongest of men shed a few tears