It’s worse than waiting for Christmas, but infinitely more rewarding. The wooden walkways, the yurt, the bookshop, the author sightings, the vastly inflated prices in the cafe. I am always amazed and delighted at the physical transformation of Charlotte Square. Last night … Continue reading Edinburgh Book Festival 2012
…The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson…hhmmm Continue reading Currently Reading…
I planned to have a lovely recount of the excellent Electric Bookshop, but I was running so late I missed it. Massive failure. I did drive past in time to see Scotland’s own literary paparazzo heading for the washroom, and … Continue reading Edinburgh Festival – Day 2
Every year I tell myself that next year, next year I will take the month of August off and ‘do’ the festival. It’s finally happened, although the only reason I have August off is because I have no work ergo, no money to ‘do’ anything. So just how do you do Edinburgh Festival on a budget of £2.50? Well, it helps to have friends in the Ludus Baroque Orchestra. Wendi and Ollie do a couple of gigs with this orchestra every festival in the lovely Canongate Kirk. Last night was Handel’s The Triumph of Time and Truth. The very gifted … Continue reading Edinburgh Festival – Day 1
So I’m sitting in my car having lunch and reading a book, killing time before my next viewing when something catches my eye. Looking up I see a shifty bloke unzipping his pants ready to take a leak against the … Continue reading Two for One
Writing the Long Way Around 