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“Have a good Edinburgh!” Strange phrase that, isn’t it, when the name of a city takes on a whole new meaning as an all-embracing life experience.
I mean, no-one’s ever said to me “Have a great Ipswich” or “Have a wonderful Welwyn Garden City…”
Of course, it’s all down to the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, that ever-growing cultural extravaganza which takes over Scotland’s capital city every August, and where your humble narrator is currently doing 10 shows in nine days.
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