Two years ago I would never have imagined I’d be here in Edinburgh attending what is claimed to be ‘The greatest show on Earth’. A year ago I started entertaining the idea of visiting Scotland but the reason has nothing to do with liking military band performances. Around two years ago two of my very … Read more
I have tried and tried and tried to identify this Australia guy in Edinburgh. I have found images of him busking in various cities but no one has put a name to this busker’s face. He was good, really good but surely he must have been thinking he’s at a piano the way he’s hitting … Read more
If I had a drone and was brazen enough to use it in the streets of Edinburgh then I might have been able to capture an image like this. What I would have missed out on was the shear pleasure of this amazing castle vista, not on a device screen but with my very own … Read more
There we were strolling down Marshall Street, Edinburgh in search of Elephants when without warning this object of desire pulled up beside us in traffic. I immediately dropped to my knees. Not in supplication but to get a better angle of this green machine from Britain’s most exotic (really the only) supercar manufacturer, McLaren. Perhaps … Read more
The French playwright Molière wrote ‘Tartuffe’ in 1664. Now more than 350 years later this young troupe of performers on the streets of Edinburgh were hawking their performance of Molière’s famous play as part of the Edinburgh Festival. At first I just saw a young group of performers in costume full of the vitality of … Read more