Talk of the town: Clean teamer faces being wiped out

THE "clean team" patrolling the city centre with brushes and shovels as part of the drive to keep up appearances is already getting a reputation for what can only be described as devotion to duty.

Take the yellow-vested chap the other day who chastised the smartly-dressed woman who had the temerity to drop popcorn in St Andrew Square . . . only to find she was his boss, Liz McAreavey, chief executive of Essential Edinburgh, who was taking part in a photoshoot to promote the showing of classic films outdoors during the Film Festival.

Filmhouse posted missing thanks to giant adverts

TALKING of the Film Festival, Talk of the Town thinks it may have an explanation for the unusually high number of puzzled-looking tourists wandering around Lothian Road.

With the internationally renowned Film Festival under way, they may well have been heading for the Filmhouse, only to have concluded that it must be shut down.

After all, thanks to the imposingly huge posters promoting the festival, it looks suspiciously as though the entire building has been boarded-up.

Tennis unites nations

THE tennis may not have been of Wimbledon standard but division 6a of the east men's tennis league is world class when it comes to multi-culturalism.

When Meadows 2nds entertained Abercorn 2nds this week, amongst the 12 participants were a Filipino, a Chinese, a Malaysian and a Spaniard - and that was just on the home side.

The visitors fielded players from Romania and USA.

Incidentally, with studies being conducted on the possible introduction of some floodlighting at the Meadows courts, it might be worth bearing in mind that from 6.30pm until almost 10pm, each of the 16 courts were fully occupied - and that's before Wimbledon gets under way!

Looking to tread lightly

EDINBURGH residents might like to think of their city as something of a fashion mecca, but it seems when it comes to the world of work we are not as smartly attired as we used to be.

New research has apparently revealed more people in the Capital are ditching the sharp suits and killer heels for a more comfortable dressed-down look.

The study was carried out by Hotter Shoes, which helpfully pointed out that it makes shoes that feel like slippers, making them more than happy at this latest casual trend.