What’s going on between Alex Salmond and Clyde?

POOR Bonnie Tyler, she didn’t stand a chance. The throaty rasp that brought her fame and fortune on hits such as Total Eclipse Of The Heart and Holding Out For A Hero is now just a raspy throat. Her voice sounded shot to hell.

Looking for a job? Aren’t we all? Here’s one for you courtesy of this column. What you do first is chap on the Ministry of Defence’s door in Whitehall, whereupon you’ll be greeted by a chinless wonder.

It is remarkable that with the referendum debate over independence for Scotland so well advanced, that the public has little idea of what would be entailed should there be a Yes vote to leave the United Kingdom more than 300 years after the union of the parliaments.

‘Excellent. Watertight. The October Three Banks’ Review backs up your argument.

THE Royal Victoria has seen it all over the last few months, from closure and For Sale signs, to reopening and 
expansion.

Today . . .

What’s Edinburgh Council chief Andrew Burns saying?

No other local paper in Britain can have had as many major cup finals to cover in the last year, and it’s these frenzied build-ups that ensure an additional buzz for us embattled souls on the Evening News sports desk. This Sunday, for the third time in 53 weeks, the eyes of the Capital will be fixed on a showpiece match at the national stadium, each one played out with a different narrative.

THIS week I am writing my column between airports, on my way back to Edinburgh from Norway.

Born free and take her to tusk. Here be elephants you’ll never forget. Their fate in Kenya is “breaking my heart”, says Karen Laurence-Rowe who has arrived in Edinburgh this week to draw our attention to their plight.

Edinburgh has a globally 
respected and hugely valuable financial services 
sector that, along with associated professional services, provides employment for more than 50,000 people living in and around the Capital.

YOU know it’s summer when Fringe posters start popping up around town.

The Capital’s tram project has been mired in mismanagement, 
obfuscation and widly excessive costs. Thankfully, it seems those problems have been largely put behind us now.

For two entirely unconnected reasons, last week the Royal Mile was in the news across the UK and beyond.

DEATH, irritating as it is, visits us all, hopefully not for a long time and when it does, fingers crossed it’s with a gentle sigh, some poignant last words that everyone will remember fondly, followed by a dignified trot off into the afterlife.

TO me, a game of golf is a good walk spoiled. I have no desire to have a go at pitch ‘n’ putt, let alone play Muirfield.

Today . . .

What’s Rod Stewart saying?

Heavily beaded silk chiffon drapes elegantly from a velvet hanger. Iridescent beads ground flimsy fabric giving the gown graceful gesture.