And to start with, this daft as a (paint) brush video from the much missed Kirsty MacColl,  I’m assuming any similarity to Mary Poppins is intended.  80s cover of a Kinks number.

On Friday after another Fringe show in yet another venue which turned out to be nowhere near its box office, we were upstairs on a number 23 bus when it conveniently stopped quite a few times on George IV Bridge.  This facilitated some poignant, nay trenchant photo essays on the subject of “Fringe: Week 3”, or, if you prefer, some dodgy shots from my phone.

In confirming the meaning of the Latin phrase outside the library (semper armis nunc et industria – always armed and now industrious) I discovered that this statue belonged to the Highland Society of Scotland whose offices previously stood here.  The men of the highlands were expected to conform to this standard now that the fighting was over.