Here is the full menu for our St David’s Day dinner on 27 February. You need to let Jennifer know you are coming and what you would like to eat by 20 February at the latest, so please don’t delay. Time is of the essence!

Starters

 either Cream of Leek, Potato, Spinach & Spring Onion Soup, served with Crusty Bread & Butter (V)

or Glazed Smoked Haddock Rarebit Sourdough, served with Pea Shoot & Watercress Salad

or Homemade Pancetta, Pea, Mint & Basil Arancini Cake served with Dressed Rocket & Parmesan

Mains

either Beef Medallion with Potato & Streaky Bacon Terrine, Wild Mushroom & Tarragon Madeira Sauce & Chargrilled Courgette

or Baked Lemon Sole with Tomato, Olive, Chorizo & Caper Sauce, Hasselback Potatoes & Buttered French Beans

or Loin of Lamb served with Wilted Spinach, Glazed Baby Carrots, Rosemary Potatoes and Red Wine & Redcurrant Sauce

or Aubergine, Chickpea, Halloumi & Harissa Hot Pot, served with Chargrilled Flatbread & Green Feta Salad (V)

Desserts

either Selection of Cheese, Biscuits & Chutney

or Deep-Fried Pistachio Ice-Cream with Maple Syrup

or Rhubarb, Apple & Fresh Ginger Crumble Tart, served with Vanilla Ice-Creams

To finish

Tea or Coffee

The charge is £35 each, and both the Mortonhall caterers and our Secretary need names and menu choices by Friday 20 February. Prompt payment please, either by cheque made payable to the Edinburgh Welsh Society and mailed to Jennifer, or paid by bank transfer: Account name: Edinburgh Welsh Society. Account # 00299707, Sort code 80-02-77. If you pay by bank transfer, please let Jennifer know direct that you are coming, with names of members and guests and your menu choices — phone 0131 335 3161 or email secretary@edinburghwelshsociety.org.

Our President, David Hughes, writes:

Annwyl Aelod CCD, mae 2025 bron a dod i ben. Da ni yn gobeithio gewch chi gyfarfod hefo teulu a ffrindiau and cael llawer o bleser ac mwynhad dros y Nadolig a’r Flwyddyn Newydd. Nadolig Llawen and Blwyddyn Newydd dda i bawb. Cymerwch ofal a hwyl fawr.

Dear EWS member, 2025 is drawing to a close. We hope that you are able to have lots of time and enjoyment with family and friends over the Christmas and New Year period. So please have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Take care and best wishes.

Nadolig Llawen / Merry Christmas

David and Alison

Our friends at Cwmulus invite you to listen in to their next on-line talk, by David Crawford at 7:00pm on Friday 21 November. This lecture is the story of “Foulkes Radio Rhyl, specialists in Radio, Television and Sound Amplification” and its enterprising proprietor and radio amateur, Eric Foulkes.

Registration (free) at this link.

We’ve been asked to spread the word that Johns’ Boys Welsh Male Voice Choir (https://johnsboys.co.uk/) are currently touring the UK, and will be making their Scottish debut at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, at 7:00pm on Sunday 26 October. More details at this link. Please call for tickets at the box office: 0131 668 2019.

You’ll notice that the date is the same as our Harvest Service, which will give those who don’t live in Edinburgh the chance to come to the Reid, have tea with us and then proceed to The Queen’s Hall!

Our friends at Cwmulus invite you to listen in to their next on-line talk, by Dr Pat Williams at 7:00pm on Friday 5 September. The talk is in Welsh, without a simultaneous translation, but we have been advised that experienced Welsh learners should be able to follow it.

Cloth and clothing have been integral to the life of every person since civilisation began. Cloth production and international trade constituted a major sector of the economy of medieval Britain. The aim of this talk is to show how dress was used by authors to help their targeted audience to identify the status and function of some of the characters portrayed in their stories. Dr Williams’ main field of research is the language and literature of the Middle Ages and she has published numerous articles and books about Middle Welsh texts.

Registration (free) at this link.