Talk of the Town: Under starters – and mains – orders

THERE’S a fair chance most of us have nibbled on horse in recent months given the number of food firms admitting their beef was in fact a partly-equine dish.

But there will be no confusion at Leith-based Mongolian restaurant Khublai Khan, which is proudly declaring: “Our horse meat doesn’t taste of beef, pop in and try it!”

Boyle eyes Ewan return

HE famously fell out with Ewan McGregor over casting for The Beach, but director Danny Boyle is determined to bury the hatchet for the planned Trainspotting sequel.

The Olympic opening ceremony guru wants the original cast from the 1996 classic to reunite for the new film, due to be made in 2016.

Boyle said: “It would be the premise of the film that we take all the same actors and have them playing the same parts and you would examine what’s happened to them in the 20 years.”

Nina enlists army support

POP princess Nina Nesbitt has signed up for an unlikely duet with Gary Tank Commander, aka city funnyman Greg McHugh.

The pair thrashed out a deal on Twitter which will see Greg launch into a three-minute kazoo solo on her next hit . . .

Eye, eye . . what is Richard up to?

RICHARD Bacon was all eyes when he dropped by the Edinburgh International Science Festival.

The former Blue Peter presenter was yesterday hosting his afternoon Radio Five Live show from the festival.

He was spending time at the Visual Eyes attraction at the City Art Centre, which allows visitors to dissect eyeballs and play with lenses to uncover the secrets of vision.

And it seems the experience gave him an insight into a charitable future.

Bacon tweeted: “It’s nothing. Just one of the people donating my eye to science. A properly magical event.”