Talk of the Town: Library offers safe haven for PR staff

THEY'RE the bane of everyone's life at Festival time, but now somebody is actually asking to be handed flyers.

Edinburgh City Libraries is asking for people to give in the promotional flyers they are handed to the Central Library, so they can be added to the Edinburgh Room's collection of theatre and Festival memorabilia.

Its collection goes back to 1947, and features flyers and posters for performances by up-and-coming acts such as a young Billy Connolly, and even the 1960 show by a humble group of students by the names of Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller. Whatever happened to them?

New game is Dawn of the Deadinburgh

EVER wanted to battle zombies on the streets of the Capital?

Well, help is at hand, in the shape of dontgozombie.com, an innovative game which, thanks to the wonders of Google Earth, allows you the virtual thrill of zombie-battle around the wonders of Holyrood, Princes Street and anywhere else in the city mapped out by the search engine.

Fittingly for Edinburgh, these zombies have been created not by a virus or heathens, but by gridlock, and in order to save them you have to get them on a Virgin train - by shooting them in the head with a ticket machine.

The company said a Zombie Richard Branson would be unleashed in the game later this month, and perhaps TIE could pick up on this and have zombie commuters zapped on to a virtual tram - the only sort likely to be seen in Edinburgh for a few years yet.

Don't distress . . de-stress

IT is supposed to be used as a quick, efficient way of washing yourself before a day's work or after a sporting activity.

But it seems people in Edinburgh are finding other uses for their shower.

Research from Mira Showers shows 43 per cent of Capital residents have a shower after work purely to "de-stress", while more than half see it as an opportunity to think more clearly.

Boost for mature minds

GOOD news for 60-year-old male Edinburghers from our well-supplied department for daft PR surveys.

Confused.com claims: "The most-confused person in Britain is likely to be a 17-year-old girl living in Cardiff, whereas the least-confused person is likely to be a 60-year-old man living in Edinburgh." Can someone not just introduce them to each other?