Let's be fair, we'll probably remember 2003 as the year that the top names in the world's music industry descended on the capital for the MTV Europe Music Awards, and what a moment it was.
Edinburgh received a generous dose of glitz and glamour that November as stars such as Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, Pink and Andre 3000 strutted their stuff at the famous awards bash held in a huge temporary tent structure at the newly-built Ocean Terminal in Leith.
Away from the world of pop though there was much tumult on the streets of Auld Reekie as protesters turned out in force to oppose the Iraq war.
