Auld Reekie

"And what a wonderful collection it is that Mr Lownie has compiled for us! There are historical snippets, garnered from a very wide range of sources, well-known and not-so-well-known facts, statistics, and vignettes of the characters and incidents that have made the city so interesting and appealing. And these have been chosen with care, humour, and - most important of all - with love."
Alexander McCall Smith in the preface