Who do you think is the most famous Scottish person? Billy Connolly? Sean Connery? Groundskeeper Willie? You could make a case for all three, but historically you could make a very strong case for the National Bard himself – Robert Burns.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and it’s approaching faster than Rudolph on a rocket! That’s right – a whole year really has come and gone, and now Christmas is upon us yet again. The whole of Edinburgh radiates a festive sparkle, and nowhere is more festively sparkly than the glorious Christmas Market.
Do you hear what I hear? I don’t know how the rest of that song goes, but if Bing Crosby’s Christmas sounds anything like mine it sounds like excited children, a smoke alarm going off when the turkey comes out the oven and then an entire family snoring away having lapsed into the post-Christmas dinner