Talk of the Town: Fire supplier arrives in a blaze of glory

Those romantics among you can rest assured its wares will meet with your approval.

The Highland firm is one of the UK's leading suppliers of wood-burning stoves.

There are few things guaranteed to warm the heart more on a cold winter's night than a real fire.

The aliens haven't quite landed in The Grange

ANYONE looking out on Dick Place this week could have been excused wondering if aliens had landed in the vicinity of a house once owned by the Crabbie (green ginger) family and now under renovation.

A large pad of light illuminated the sky and appeared to be hovering.

Closer examination revealed the pad was suspended from a crane while the general hubbub was down to the BBC filming a drama from the pen of local resident and thriller writer Kate Atkinson.

As one neighbour remarked: "There hasn't been this much excitement in The Grange since the day Fred (the Shred) Goodwin had his window put in at the height of the banking crisis, unless it was the occasion Mo Johnston chose to lie low in a gated property just along the road from the Crabbies' after suddenly realising his heart lay with Rangers and not Celtic back in 1989."

Not such a barking idea

IT IS not easy for buskers to get the city's rushed and harassed workers and shoppers to part with their hard-earned cash.

Anyone who wants to succeed needs to think of a novel way of standing out from the crowd.

So credit to the guitarist that has performed on Princes Street.

While he played his tunes, his pet dog walked around the street in front of him, holding out a cap for donations in his mouth. Even the most resolutely uncharitable people found themselves dipping into their wallets.

They've been tangoed

CAMPAIGNER Joyce Kinnear is not giving up on her bid to bring dance halls back to Edinburgh.

The Gilmerton pensioner believes the city should be cashing in on the Strictly Come Dancing craze and was delighted to see Alex Salmond putting his best foot forward in an unlikely tango with Tory leader Annabel Goldie in the News.

The memorable Strictly Holyrood Coalition 2011 image was depicted by the News' award-winning cartoonist Frank Boyle.

"I haven't stopped laughing all week," says Joyce.