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Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Saturday 28/08/2010

Reviewed today: ...And The World Went Mad For Moomins!, Ivor's New Show, No Ticket Required, Time Warper.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Friday 27/08/2010

Reviewed today: A Big Day For The Goldbergs, Idiots Of Ants, Jordan, Laughing Cows Comedy, Nash Ensemble, Peter Buckley Hill And Some Comedians, Simon Munnery.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Thursday 26/08/2010

Reviewed today: Andrew O'Neill, Caledonia, Fucking Funny For A Fiver, Hamlet The Musical, Memoirs Of A Biscuit Tin, North-South Divide, Rapconteur, Simon Donald Is Completely Hatstand.  

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Wednesday 25/08/2010

Reviewed today: David, Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Eels, Gutted: A Revenger's Musical.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Tuesday 24/08/2010

Reviewed today: Bang Out Of Order, The Gospel At Colonus, Kevin Eldon Is Titting About, Michael Fabbri, The Night Heron, Stewart Lee, Under Milk Wood.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Monday 23/08/2010

Reviewed today: Bridget Christie/A Ant, Celebrity Autobiography, John Bishop, Martin Rowson & Steve Bell.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Sunday 22/08/2010

Reviewed today: Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, Collings And Herrin Podcast Live, The Gospel At Colonus, It's Always Right Now Until It's Later, Mervyn Stutter's Pick Of The Fringe, The Stand Late Show.

Spank's Edinburgh Diary, Saturday 21/08/2010

Reviewed today: Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, Call Mr Robeson, Christ On A Bike: The Second Coming, Frisky and Mannish.

Edinburgh Festival 2010

London in the summer, eh? You'd think that after a quarter of a century of living here, I'd have got used to it by now: but it still surprises me every year.

All of a sudden, everybody in the world decides that this is the place to be. The pavements are crammed full of people stumbling around aimlessly, not knowing where the hell they're supposed to be next. The bars and restaurants are packed to bursting, leaving no room for those of us who actually support these establishments for the other eleven months of the year. And don't get me started on the way tourists clog up the transport system with their inability to understand simple instructions like 'stand on the right'.

It's a good job I'm going to Edinburgh next week to get away from all that sort of thing.

Spank Gold Volume 5: Spank's Edinburgh Diaries 2001-2008

Well, that's a coincidence, isn't it? The 2010 Edinburgh Festival has just started, and here I am with a new book of reviews covering my Festival visits throughout the Noughties. You'd almost think I planned it that way, or something.