Team
The team behind the 2024-25 edition of From Arthur’s Seat
Editors-In-Chief
What is your guilty pleasure?
Writing a To Do list and then writing a second, neater To Do list where I cross off 'Write a list' as one task already done...
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
The smell of hops and malts everywhere.
What's your favourite stationary?
Muji 0.5mm black pen.
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
Birds aren't real (because I believe in the birds).
What's your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
The accessible greenery! There are plenty of lovely outdoor atmospheres to spend time writing or resting.
What is your favourite food?
A good smashburger.
Co-Managing Directors
What is your guilty pleasure?
I do not feel guilty about pleasure (eating a whole container of Tesco mini brownies).
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
They take hot chocolate very seriously here.
What is your favourite pasta shape?
Farfalle.
What is your guilty pleasure?
What is your favourite stationary?
Love a good fountain pen.
What is your favourite food?
Any pasta with a creamy sauce and lots of cheese.
Editors
What is your favourite stationary?
A super super fine line biro.
What is your guilty pleasure?
To quote Jemima Kirke - my guilt is never pleasurable.
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
How gorgeous it looks when it's misty.
What is your favourite food?
Bucatini all'amatriciana.
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
How dreadful the weather is, it's perfect for locking yourself in a lib and banging out a manuscript.
What is your favourite stationary?
Mechanical pencils on vellum.
What is your favourite pasta shape?
Rotini.
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
All the reddish pink sandstone.
What is your favourite stationary?
Sticky notes.
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
Avril Lavigne is not dead.
What is your favourite food?
Truffle Parmesan fries.
What is your guilty pleasure?
The Twilight movies.
What is your favourite pasta shape?
Fusilli to eat, but there's something about the bowtie.
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
Independent cafés.
What is your favourite food?
Jaffa cakes.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Buying more books than I will read.
What is your favourite pasta shape?
Tortellini.
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
Crabs ate Amelia Earhart.
Copyediting and Proofing
What is your favourite food?
Absolutely any form of potato.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Playing DTI.... y'know.... the fashion game.
What is your favourite stationary?
Pens! The Poppin brand has my particular favorite style.
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
The excitement in people's faces when I tell them I'm doing Creative Writing.
What is your favourite food?
Tteokbbeoki.
What is your guilty pleasure?
What is your favourite stationary?
Leuchtturm1917 Classic Notebook, dotted. Muji 0.38 Gel Pens.
What is your guilty pleasure?
hangover ramen
What is your favourite food?
moules marinière
What is your guilty pleasure?
The Night World series by L.J. Smith
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
Sugar Daddy's Bakery (100% gluten free!)
What is your favourite pasta shape?
Tagliatelle
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
There are green spaces everywhere, often with cute dogs to admire.
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
Netflix's marketing team releases memes about shows to give off the appearance that everyone is watching it.
What is your guilty pleasure?
8-hour YouTube deep dives about obscure Nickelodeon shows I never watched.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Meowing
What is your favourite food?
Brain
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
The witches
Art Department
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
The dramatic skyline
What is your favourite pasta shape?
Messy spaghetti, always.
What is your favourite stationary?
A5, handmade, virgin paper sheets
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
The British Isles are secretly populated by faeries.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Wandering the Water of Leith whenever writer's block hits.
What is your favourite stationary?
Bookmarks from every bookshop I've visited.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Bad Wattpad books
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
All the bookstores
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
What is your guilty pleasure?
Rewatching Clone Wars (I've lost count of how many times).
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
My father telling me when I was a child that he found me in the woods being raised by wolves and decided to take me in. I've yet to find evidence to refute this.
What is your favourite stationary?
My sketchbook held together by scotch tape and any mechanical pencil I find in the bottom of my bag.
Marketing & Events Team
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
That Avril Lavigne died and is still being impersonated.
What is your favourite stationary?
My glorious, rainbow-ordered, original and pastel colours 15-piece set of Stabilo highlighters.
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
The stunning Gothic architecture - romanticising your degree is so easy when you can look out onto medieval buildings.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Weird Wikipedia pages
What is your favourite food?
Korean BBQ
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
The weather!
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
Time Cube (followed by the fake Moon Landing)
What is your guilty pleasure?
Vampire the Masquerade
What is your favourite food?
Feta pasta
What is your favourite stationary?
Fuji .38. There is no better inspiration to write than knowing it will be with the ink elixer from those pens. Those pens change lives.
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
It is a city that matches your energy. If you want chill and subdued vibes, there is a scene for that. If you want to go crazy and redefine everything about your life, there is a scene for that too. It is a city that has so many subcultures your sure to find one that inspires and intrigues you.
What is your favourite food?
Cheese.
What is your guilty pleasure?
gaslighting
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
Seeing Arthur's Seat or the castle in the distance.
What is your favourite stationary?
Kaweco pens!
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
Mothman
What is your guilty pleasure?
Watching video essays analysing games I will probably never play.
What is your favourite food?
Korean fried chicken
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
The air is so crisp n clean
What is your favourite stationary?
Sharpie S Gel
What is your guilty pleasure?
Watching failed wedding proposal compilations
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
Hoot the Redeemer
What is your guilty pleasure?
Period Dramas
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
That Totoro is the God of Death
What is your favourite thing about Edinburgh?
The fact that it is a slow city. Quieter than most cities, but with the infrastructure and facilities necessary for convenience.
What is your favourite conspiracy theory?
Marlowe being the actual Shakespeare
What is your favourite pasta shape?
The sea shell one (conchiglie)
