DODGING through the crowds on Edinburgh’s High Street on Tuesday – you can’t walk in a straight line in Festival Edinburgh such is the press of people – it was clear that the city’s pre-eminent position as the festival capital of the world is being firmly re-established after two dismal years of pandemic shutdown, providing a much-needed financial shot in the arm for the city and its hinterland, as well as many reasons to be cheerful.
In addition to the International, Fringe, Film, Book and many other festivals, Edinburgh also has a Festival of Politics hosted in the Parliament. It has been a bit of a moveable feast but is now being held again within the pressured month of August. However, politics also creeps into the other festivals, and the Book Festival in particular always provides political hacks with some stories.
