WHAT, or where, would the Fringe be without Kit and the Widow? Again the adorable couple are coming back to Edinburgh Academy for what will be their 25th year in the Fringe.
Incorrigible socialites Kit Hesketh-Harvey and the Widow, Richard Sisson, keep putting themselves about. If it's not a private party at Balmoral, it's a gig in Afghanistan, where they entertained the British Embassy staff in Kabul.
The Widow tell
s me: "We've been a double act for all of 30 years and we look it. We'll have our loyal public at the Academy (August 14-24), one of the few venues with free parking.
"What's in the show this year? As you well know, we always come up armed with something fresh . . .airport security, the awful collapse of Delia Smith, ID theft and the usual nonsense.
"We see you've got Joan Rivers coming. We warmed up for Joan two years ago."
The lads, with hearts of gold, are coming back in November to do a one-nighter at Gosford House, Longniddry, a private affair for Maggie's Centre supporters.
They helped raise £190k for the charity at its Edinburgh Ball last November.
Delia hasn't collapsed, of course. Perhaps some of her souffles have but the old girl herself is in good nick.
My Ed hurts • Schools Secretary and sicko-phant Ed Balls, replete with goofy grin, was pictured handling needles and wool for a children's knitting campaign, showing how New Labour stitches us up.
Incredibly, he's a candidate for Alastair Darling's job. You watch him on telly and gasp 'God help us'!
But wait! There's word of an even more frightening nature. Margaret Beckett's being tipped for a Cabinet comeback in the Clunking Fist's autumn reshuffle. Sufficient material here for a Hammer horror movie. Casting suggestions welcomed.
Afterwords . . . . . Morning after the Glasgow East results, a betting frenzy gripped Leith, with punters placing their bets faster than they cash a giro cheque. A two-horse race, money cascading in on who'll be first to go – Clunking Fist Brown or Mixu.
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