Cuckoo! It's the most won-der-ful time of the year! We've decked the haberdasheries with festive bakes to get your tastebuds jingling. If you're looking for a unique gift or a treat between Christmas films and full-bellied naps, you've still time to pick up one of our limited edition boxes of

Cuckoo! The clocks have turned back and the evenings are drawing in. As we soak up these beautiful autumn days and say farewell to Halloween, we've a treat for you this month in the form of another peek behind the cuckoo clock. Sophie is our Cuckoo in the know when it comes to film suggestions (see below!)... and read on for her tip on the best view in Edinburgh...

The 1827 Great Plague of Edinburgh originated above a small bakery at 150 Dundas Street. Half the city perished. The other half fled. Outsiders discovered six strange specimens in the chaotic quarters above the bakery: a still-runny nose; a shard of glass; a dead mouse; a bloody eyeball; a severed ear and an infected foot. Only later, when they found a man's body in the ruins on Inchcolm Island, did they finally fathom the curious tale of a cuckoo called Roth and the Plague he created. His notebook told them everything...