Martin Dewar, 32, of Dalry Road, is digital director of the Young Scot youth information service.
1 What is your earliest memory of Edinburgh? Visiting family and going to the football with my dad. I spent a fair bit of my childhood coming through from Stirling to Edinburgh, which made moving through for university a lot easier.
2 What are you
r memories of school? It was strange going from Gargunnock Primary – a small village school – to the considerably bigger Dollar, but once I adapted to the fact that there were more people in my year at Dollar than in the whole school of my former school it was fine.
3 Where is your favourite place in Edinburgh and why? I love sitting at the Udderbelly during the Festival. There's just such a buzz about the place, and I could easily sit there all day. It usually ends up being our Festival HQ – the perfect place to work out what shows you are going to see that day.
4 What are the best things about Edinburgh? I have an interest in history, so the fact that Edinburgh is so rich with it is one of the main things for me. It's a very relaxed place, particularly for a Capital, and an inspiring place to walk around.
5 What would you change about the city? At the moment my main gripe is that Edinburgh is a building site. I'm all for the improvements, but it's always frustrating when you get stuck in traffic.
6 Describe a perfect Edinburgh day/night out. Lunch with friends and then down to Tynecastle to watch Hearts beat anybody really. A few drinks in a beer garden, then to a gig or a film.
7 Which sports interest you? I like most sports – cricket is one of the few exceptions – but football is my main focus, and I've got a season ticket at Hearts with my dad and brother.
8 What was your most embarrassing moment? It'll probably be after my mates read this column.
9 What is your greatest achievement? Ending up in a job that I like. I knew from a young age that I wanted to write, and ended up achieving that goal. Now I work for Young Scot, have a goal that I truly believe in and get to do a whole variety of projects, from writing for the magazine to helping create websites like Scotlandinfocus.org.
10 Sum up Edinburgh in three words. My kinda place.
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