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Luckenbooth evokes Edinburgh s Gothic past across nine creepy storeys

Review by Dani Garavelli AT the beginning of Luckenbooth – Jenni Fagan’s much-anticipated third novel – Jessie MacRae, daughter of the devil, sails into the Water of Leith in a coffin. Her horns hidden in a tumult of hair, she walks along Constitution Street towards a city that is dark and unheimlich; a city populated by beggars, glowering gargoyles and men of the cloth who swoop down the High Street like crows. The year is 1910, but it is an Edinburgh Kidnapped’s David Balfour would instantly recognise: a place of hubbub, and of tenements, both multi-storeyed and multi-storied, “standing sentinel” around the Tron.

Inspectors say Dundee care home is at risk of Covid-19 outbreak unless improvements made

© DC Thomson Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Inspectors say a Dundee care home could be at risk of a Covid-19 outbreak unless immediate improvements are made. An unannounced visit to The Hilltown’s Rose House found all aspects of the care to be “weak”. Care Inspectorate officials said, in particular, a lack of strict transmission safeguards could pose a threat to the safety of residents. They also found distressed families were not offered essential phone calls or video chats with loved ones. One upset relative said the communication was “very poor” when their mum was ill with Covid-19.

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