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or taking a gander at the latest gallery<br />
exhibition.<br />
Plus Never a dull moment. Curious by<br />
nature, she loves to try new things and<br />
does so with gusto.<br />
Minus Don’t expect anything less than the<br />
truth from her. Honesty is her only policy.<br />
Do Hold your own with good, cheeky chat.<br />
Don’t Have a garden covered in concrete<br />
or decking.<br />
22 KERRI-ANN CARTWRIGHT<br />
LOTTERY WINNER, 29<br />
Lives Port Glasgow<br />
Who is she? Kerri-Ann<br />
won £2.5 million on<br />
the National Lottery<br />
in January and hasn’t<br />
held back – splashing<br />
out on a Merc, a couple<br />
of houses, a holiday in<br />
the Caribbean and a cruise on the Queen<br />
Mary – and found time to complete an<br />
HNC in IT. The best thing about winning,<br />
she says, is being able to spend more<br />
time with her three-year-old daughter.<br />
Plus She’s managed to stay down to earth<br />
throughout.<br />
Minus What do you get her for Christmas?<br />
Do Pay your way.<br />
Don’t Ask to borrow her credit card.<br />
23 DAWN BRESLIN<br />
LIFE COACH, 38<br />
Lives Edinburgh<br />
Who is she? A<br />
successful life coach<br />
with numerous<br />
books and television<br />
appearances under<br />
her belt, Dawn also<br />
runs the biggest selfhelp<br />
radio show in the world, broadcast<br />
via Hayhouse Radio. Dove skincare<br />
recently signed her up as a spokeswoman<br />
specialising in female selfesteem<br />
and self-confidence. Now<br />
divorced, Dawn has a 12-year-old<br />
daughter, Liberty.<br />
Plus She’s homely and earthy – yet has an<br />
outrageous streak. Play your cards right<br />
and she might invite you to soak in her<br />
hot tub overlooking the sea.<br />
Minus Psychoanalytical by trade, she’ll<br />
spot a dodgy personality trait a mile off.<br />
And forget about IQ – can you match<br />
her high EQ (emotional quotient)?<br />
Do Whisk her away – by boat, preferably<br />
– to a remote Celtic location, pop open a<br />
bottle of pink champagne and read<br />
poetry to her.<br />
Don’t Take her shopping. She’s not a<br />
labels girl.<br />
SCOTLANDonSUNDAY ♦ November 18, 2007<br />
24 ANNIE LENNOX,<br />
12<br />
SINGER, 52<br />
Lives London<br />
Who is she? The<br />
six-time Brit Award<br />
winner and mother of<br />
two has just completed<br />
the US Sing benefit<br />
tour, highlighting the<br />
African Aids pandemic.<br />
Catch her singing on Parkinson next week.<br />
Plus She could sit back and count her<br />
cash (£30m, apparently), but is driven<br />
by a wish “to make my life worth while”.<br />
Minus She once said: “One of the biggest<br />
disappointments in my life is men.”<br />
Do Be prepared to join her in the fight<br />
against Aids, religious intolerance,<br />
global poverty and climate change.<br />
Don’t Turn up on a date with your face<br />
covered. When a man wearing a gas<br />
mask approached the stage in Colorado<br />
on her recent tour, she fled.<br />
25 HANNAH TULLOCH<br />
JEWELLERY BUYER, 29<br />
Lives Edinburgh<br />
Who is she? A buyer for<br />
the jeweller Hamilton<br />
& Inches, Hannah<br />
sources the gems and<br />
seals the deals. On<br />
her days off, you’ll<br />
find her feeding<br />
her creative soul, wandering around<br />
galleries or admiring fine architecture.<br />
Plus Don’t fret about awkward silences –<br />
she’ll chatter her way through them.<br />
Minus She’ll spot your faults. As her star<br />
sign Virgo suggests, she’s a perfectionist.<br />
Do Start saving – she’ll cost you. She likes<br />
jewellery: the bigger, the better.<br />
Don’t Spend ages on your hair. She likes a<br />
clean, short back and sides.<br />
26 SU-A LEE<br />
27 PHILLY NICHOLSON<br />
EVENTS MANAGER, 30<br />
Lives Edinburgh<br />
Who is she?<br />
Responsible for the<br />
events and marketing<br />
at the Signet Library<br />
– a private and very<br />
grand library off<br />
Edinburgh’s Royal<br />
Mile – Philly organises corporate<br />
launches, weddings and one-off events<br />
(such as a show by Matthew Williamson<br />
for Edinburgh Fashion Week) at the<br />
historic venue. Outside work she’s just<br />
as sociable and is renowned for her<br />
fabulous dinner parties.<br />
Plus You’ll find it hard to out-flirt her.<br />
Delight in a Bellini Christmas<br />
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Georgian dining room.<br />
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PORTRAIT PHIL WILKINSON<br />
CELLIST, 37<br />
Lives Edinburgh<br />
Who is she? Su-a first<br />
picked up a cello<br />
aged eight, and has<br />
been a cellist with<br />
the Scottish Chamber<br />
Orchestra for the<br />
past 14 years. Born in<br />
Seoul, South Korea, she has a passion for<br />
seeing the world. When not touring the<br />
globe with work, she travels for fun –<br />
particularly to spots where she can don<br />
her hiking boots. She has already<br />
conquered mountains in Switzerland,<br />
Nepal and North America.<br />
Plus She’s inexhaustible and exuberant<br />
about life.<br />
Minus Her cello is her life, and by her own<br />
admission you would have to share her.<br />
Do Share her passion for eating sour<br />
sweets, at any hour of the day or night.<br />
Don’t Be pedantic, parsimonious or<br />
possessive.<br />
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28 LUCY COLQUHOUN<br />
THE WOMEN<br />
Minus She can be blunt and say things<br />
she regrets.<br />
Do “Know your way around a wine list.”<br />
Don’t “Have bad table manners – I’m<br />
old-fashioned that way.”<br />
ATHLETE, 36<br />
Lives Edinburgh<br />
Who is she? Setting a<br />
new women’s record<br />
for the West Highland<br />
Way when she ran it<br />
for the first time this<br />
year, the phrase “likes<br />
a challenge” takes on<br />
a whole new meaning when applied to<br />
Lucy. Working by day for Edinburgh<br />
Leisure as a sports manager, she travels<br />
the world to take part in races, and has<br />
recently returned from Kenya, where<br />
she completed part of the Greatest Race<br />
on Earth. To relax, it’s more running,<br />
and no route is too long or too short –<br />
you will even find her racing her fiveyear-old<br />
pet springer spaniel, Kipper.<br />
Plus No chance of getting bored on a<br />
date: you could be scaling Munros, sea<br />
kayaking or going on a long bike ride.<br />
Minus “A flagrant disregard for<br />
housework.”<br />
Do Don your outdoor gear and get ready<br />
for adventure.<br />
Don’t Think you’re in for a quiet weekend<br />
in front of the telly or down at the local.<br />
29 MARI ANN LAIDLAW<br />
BRAND MANAGER, 26<br />
Lives Edinburgh<br />
Who is she? If you enjoy<br />
a wee dram, you’ll get<br />
on swimmingly with<br />
Mari Ann. A Morrison<br />
Bowmore brand<br />
manager looking after<br />
Glen Garioch and<br />
McClelland’s, she’s fulfilling her dream<br />
of working in the whisky industry. As<br />
well as her fine taste for malts, she loves<br />
good food and eating out. A seasoned<br />
traveller, she’s frequently found working<br />
in the US and Paris, and recently took<br />
time out to discover Hong Kong.<br />
Plus She’ll teach you everything you<br />
want to know about whisky.<br />
Minus You’ll have to be an early riser to<br />
catch her – she does an hour in the gym<br />
before starting work.<br />
Do Show a bit of chivalry, and make like<br />
Peter Jones from Dragons’ Den – he’s her<br />
dream date.<br />
Don’t Wear scruffy shoes or order a bottle<br />
of Blossom Hill.<br />
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