Many reasons have been advanced for the traditional refusal of Glaswegians to be seduced by the Edinburgh festival. Glasgow is a city of culture all year round, where access to world-class performing arts is part of the normal cycle. Even so, in recent years, there has been an increase in the number of Glaswegians visiting the festival. Edinburgh is Scotland’s most culturally important city, as well as being its most naturally beautiful. Lately, though, it’s become difficult to glimpse the city’s essential splendour beneath all the rouge, cheap jewellery and powdered hair.

Source: The Guardian June 02, 2019 04:52 UTC