Edinburgh

Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. No wonder we visit the “Athens of the North” so often in our dreams.

• • Literary snogging (Rousse)
  • Rousse goes running (Water of Leith cycle path)
  • Remembrance and Shetland revision classes (Rousse) (Nicholson Street)
  • Rousse’s Princes Street rescue (Princes Street)
  • Rousse the jam tart robber
  • Rousse, the National Library boy, and The Social Network (National Library of Scotland)
  • Rousse’s new domestic arrangements (Corstophine, Angle Terrace)
  • Rousse’s reunion (John Lewis)
  • A trandem, tourists and a traffic warden (Rousse)
  • The return of Rousse’s red Peugeot 205
  • Shall I stay or shall I go now? (Rousse)
  • A new livery and The Lancet (Rousse) (Corstorphine)
  • Rousse misses Clive Anderson – just
  • Don’t mess with my baby/babies (Rousse) (junction of Northumberland and Nelson Streets)
  • Tweeting, blogging and all that comes between (Rousse) (Pollock Halls)
  • A bendy bus trip to Diagon Alley but Harry Potter nowhere to be seen (Rousse) (Morningside Road, Bruntsfield and Craigleith)
  • Student fees prospects worry even the poorest pupils (Rousse) (Leith Street)
  • Rousse misses the sunrise and loses her shoes
  • Rousse subject to blackmail threats (cycle path)
  • Extortionate eatery and exhibitor costs (Rousse) (Leith Street)
  • Rousse astounded by Edinburgh taxi fares, abducted colleagues and brown jelly fish (Scotsman Hotel)
  • Matt LeBlanc promotes Episodes by signing autographs and decorating a cake at Chateau Impney (Rousse) (Stockbridge and Ferry Road)
  • Rousse forgives an assailant, advises on Emmental, and secures a job (George Street, cycle paths)
  • Rousse withholds confectionery and debates fun at work (bus routes)
  • Christmas calendar mystery (junction of Castle Street and Queen Street)
  • Time travel by train and a deadly secret unveiled (Rousse) (Leith)
  • Rousse’s trip to Spain uncovers NHS zombie and Sir Alex Ferguson’s secret chateau (Edinburgh airport)
  • A stolen suitcase and Champagne for singles (Rousse) (Stockbridge)
  • iPad hidden feature revealed and pretty ponies perform (Rousse) (number 23 bus route, Ferry Road, Barnton)
  • UK’s cheapest print cartridges found in… North Berwick? (Rousse) (John Lewis, number 26 bus route)
  • Brutal BBC boxing match and a black-eyed avatar (Rousse) (York Place, Cathedral Lane, St James Centre, St Mary’s Cathedral, Broughton Street)
  • Archbishop of Canterbury reigns over Wembley and David Cameron settles into Edinburgh pied-à-terre (Rousse)
  • Rousse battles unconventional at a funeral, naked on the train, and with her man (London Street roundabout)
  • Nigella Lawson versus Gordon Ramsey, and information retrieval with Winnie the Pooh (Rousse) (Edinburgh airport)
  • Car chaos in central Edinburgh and mixed Morgans (Rousse) (Cockburn Street, the High Street)
  • Royal Botanic bathing (Rousse) (Royal Botanic Gardens)
  • Dissertation deadline dilly dally (Rousse)
  • Rousse tickles an elephant, misses her sunglasses, and hangs on to her suitcase
  • A suitor, a mugger, and a midget (Rousse) (Tesco, Bonnington Road)
  • Ramona Marquez stars as Jordan in birthday biopic (Rousse) (Edinburgh Playhouse)
  • The Glasgow School of Spelling, David Bowie, Andy Warhol, Limmy, and a retirement home for celebrities (Rousse)
  • Performance anxieties (Rousse) (the Bridges)
  • Searching for silver and scallops with a car crash in-between (Rousse) (Assembly Rooms, George Street, and cycle paths)
    
    

    The Scott Monument by Brendan MacNeill

  • Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Gillian McKeith disappoint (Rousse)
  • Feather shift mini-dresses on trend for spring 2011 (Rousse) (Dundas Street)
  • Making money on the buses (Rousse) (York Place)
  • A cycling trip and late admiration (Rousse)
  • Civil attack at site of Glencoe massacre (Rousse)
  • Access to Edinburgh airport, cinema style (Rousse) (Edinburgh airport)
  • Kevin McCloud advises Rousse on housing law
  • From Joan Armatrading discussions in Windermere to abandoned babies (Rousse)
  • Exciting new printing facility in central Edinburgh and the death of Cousin Bunny (Rousse) (North Bridge, Scotsman Hotel)
  • Noël Coward’s sick sense of humour and fridges full of carcasses (Rousse) (Royal Terrace)
  • Selling tickets at the Fringe and shooting woodcock in the Borders (Rousse) (Pleasance Yard)
  • A campus love affair rudely interrupted, and a seaside crime (Rousse) (Bruntsfield)
  • Elizabeth Taylor’s multiple husbands not unique (Rousse) (North Bridge, Leith Street)
  • From the Caribbean to Tiverton by foot in party dresses (Rousse)
  • Tiffany Blue box “engagement” mystery (Rousse) (Haymarket railway station)
  • Fashion must-haves: white shorts, a purple cape and a supply of knickers, plus Elton John (Rousse)
  • Rousse makes her choice from the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets, Ruby Wax, and Clive Anderson (Bruntsfield)
  • Dead grandmother finances tricky train travel (Rousse) (Waverley railway station)
  • Crime by letters and Vera Wang (Rousse) (Corstorphine)
  • Rousse sorts out shorts and running routes (Inverleith Park)
  • Rousse’s shoe crisis
  • Rousse roller-blades, writes proposals, and collects cast-offs (Old Town)
  • Peppa Pig, toast, and extreme sports in the Hebrides
  • Jonathan Ross’ theatre date and a threat of war in Edinburgh (Rousse) (Omni Centre, London Road)
  • Postcards to Prince William, a rat in the office, and in-flight washing facilities (Rousse)
  • Rousse runs and battles nepotism at the BBC (Scottish Parliament)
  • The Apprentice’s Natasha Scribbins vainly attempts to save Rousse from expenses claim hell
  • Paul the cobra and the early history of punk
  • Victoria Beckham brightens up Rousse’s conference woes (Sheraton Hotel)
  • Harry Potter almost messes up Rousse’s travel plans to King’s Cross
  • The assassin’s wife (Rousse) (Leith)
  • JK Rowling’s cot death charity competition and the Scottish slave trade (Rousse) (Duddingston, Leith)
  • Career highs and fashion lows (Rousse) (Stockbridge)
  • Curries by barcode and a couple of moves (Rousse) (Merchiston, Morningside Raod)
  • Andy Parsons turns to kids’ comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe (Rousse) (Elm Row, Leith Walk, Virgin Active gym at the Omni Centre)
  • New Diana revelations, courtesy of Ian Hislop (Rousse) (Claremont Hotel)
  • Number 26 bus to the rescue (number 26 bus route)
  • Compensation for lost luggage (Rousse) (National Library of Scotland)
  • Bupa Great Edinburgh Run 2011 organisers surprise athletes with goody bag contents (Rousse) (2011 Edinburgh 10k course)
  • Oswald Danes plies an evil trade in Edinburgh (Rousse) (Infirmary Street, South Bridge, Chambers Street)
  • Single women looking for men, and a new line in hot tubs (Rousse)
    
    

    View from the Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh

  • Home improvement – with sheep (Rousse) (a New Town basement flat)
  • Secret military airbase at Edinburgh airport harbours unexpected relations (Rousse)
  • A day out with Ian Rankin (Rousse) (Edinburgh International Convention Centre, Usher Hall)
  • Illegal clown disrupts travel plans (Rousse)
  • Walking in Glencoe bereft of map and walking boots, but with Take That (Rousse)
  • A labrador, a poodle, and a Yorkshire terrier (Rousse) (Bruntsfield)
  • Talents of a child prodigy “very advanced for his age” rub off on Rousse (Virgin Active gym, Omni Centre)
  • Gangsta rap death threat (Rousse) (Leith Walk)
  • The book (section) thief (Rousse) (Hanover Street)
  • Alice in Wonderland attraction (Rousse) (London Road)
  • Good turns in Paris and Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • Suicide bombers target ocean liner university campus in Leith – with bonus baby monkey (Rousse) (Leith docks)
  • Become a personal trainer – but not on this course (Rousse) (Arthur’s Seat)
  • Pensioners unmoved as earthquake strikes Sussex (Rousse)
  • Elton John and the transexual mother-of-the-bride (Rousse) (Murrayfield Stadium)
  • Man falls to death from medieval tower – “lost” handbag takes the blame (Rousse) (Virgin Active gym, Omni Centre; Corstorphine; St Johns Road; Murrayfield)
  • Rousse’s nocturnal accident (Holyrood Park)
  • The world’s most expensive lump of yeast (Rousse) (Dalry Road; Leith; Edinburgh airport)
  • Rousse bakes mini lemon meringue pies while her husband holds court in the bath
  • Toothbrushes and telephone tutorials (Rousse)
  • Working at home with red wine, Indians, a blind man, and hairy legs (Rousse)
  • Time-travelling Rupert Grint (as Ron Weasley) greets Rousse in the Kingdom of Fife
  • Selling hosiery with a difference (Rousse)
  • Gay marriage shocker eclipsed by enemy bomb attack on UK airports (Rousse) (Edinburgh airport)
  • Giving up gossip for Lent: Rousse debates the Archers rules (Drummond Place)
  • To Torquay by tram (Rousse)
  • A cat-assisted attempt to avoid divorce (Rousse) (Annandale Street, East Claremont Street, Claremont Crescent)
  • REF submission blunder paves path to BBC2 science career (Rousse)
  • Smart but stupid (Belle)
  • Bonding with Radcliffe and Maconie over the Farmer’s Boys and the BBC (Rousse)
  • Green teddy bears seek release from Edinburgh airport (Rousse) (Edinburgh airport)
  • Dreamaticus cited in medical negligence claim (Rousse)
  • A terrifying journey to Leith (Rousse) (Leith)
  • A deeply regretted relocation (Rousse)
  • Unwelcome distraction at the British Library (Rousse)
  • JK Rowling’s new book (Rousse)
  • George Clooney charms Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • Stocking-masked criminal and canine sidekick despatched into the night (Rousse)
  • A failed kidnap and household safety advice from a Newcastle United fan (Rousse) (Leith Walk, Princes Street, the Mound)
  • Queen meets her great-great grandmother in holographic form (Rousse) (St Andrew Square)
  • Dress alteration with a paperclip (Rousse) (George Street)
  • New canoe-carrying Dr Who takes to the Tardis (Rousse) (Corstorphine branch of the British Library)
  • Disney millionnaire discovers rare Morrissey album in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse) (Usher Hall)
  • The naughty teenager’s tattoo (Rousse) (Cockburn Street)
  • Everton fan survives road traffic accident only to be mugged by drug addict (Rousse) (Meadows)
  • Edinburgh house moves (Rousse) (Bruntsfield Links, and Marchmont)
  • Expert programmer devises new research infrastructure (Rousse) (Middle Meadow Walk)
  • Dress designer and academic set off on secret mission by EasyJet (Rousse) (Fort Kinnaird retail centre)
  • David Beckham silenced in black and white (Rousse) (Church Hill Theatre)
  • Hairy Star Wars sidekick Chewbacca comes to take Rousse home (Meadows
  • Rousse forgets to dress (Portbello)
  • A Jack Vettriano original (Rousse) (Bruntsfield – junction of Morningside Road and Merchiston Place)
  • Wedding preparations and wolves (Rousse) (Royal Botanic Gardens)
  • Rousse’s rubbish reunion (Leith)
  • The flying bride (Rousse) (south Morningside)
  • A tempting job prospect (Rousse) (Colinton Road)
  • A five-person tandem, fire engines, and the fuel shortage (Rousse) (Broughton Street, John Lewis, Carlton Road, Waverley Station)
  • Tenement opera at the Leith Festival (Rousse) (East Claremont Street)
  • Promises, promises (Rousse) (High Street, Cockburn Street)
  • Rousse hunts for food after a cold night in the research council car (Annandale Street, Leith Walk, Edinburgh Castle)
  • National Library of Scotland raids English universities for new staff (Rousse) (National Library of Scotland)
  • Melvyn Bragg’s editor, boasts about The Sound of Music, and other distractions keep Rousse away from class (the Tron)
  • The secret London wedding venue (Rousse)
  • Hibs-Hearts derby ticket hunt (Rousse) (Hibernian ground, Easter Road and Portobello beach)
  • Rousse’s new job (Heriot-Watt University)
  • Graduations traditions in Edinburgh declared OTT (Rousse) (University of Edinburgh)
  • Exam board bliss (Rousse)
  • Daring Danish rescue attempt ends with death (Rousse) (Leith Walk, Edinburgh Central Youth Hostel, McDonald Road, Pilgrig Street)
  • Poisonous gas leak at Edinburgh Waverley (Rousse) (Inverleith Row, Waverley Station)
  • An award-winning toilet break (Rousse) (University of Edinburgh)
  • George Michael’s eyes (Rousse) (west end)
  • Rousse sees off a rival
  • Award-winning dress designer’s garment giveaway and new restaurant business venture (Rousse) (Scottish Business Information Service, National Library of Scotland)
  • Here we go round the mulberry bush – with an image problem to address (Rousse)
  • A tandem upgrade and trying twins (Rousse) (Dundas Street)
  • Queen Victoria: stony history tutor (Rousse) (Princes Street)
  • From Merchiston to Sighthill with a fountain pen (Rousse) (Merchiston and Sighthill)
  • Secret double life of world-famous magician (Rousse)
  • Kate shops at Topshop (Rousse) (Princes Street, Balmoral Hotel, Princes Mall)
  • Changes in the marine environment to suit a red-haired mermaid (Rousse)
  • Burnt breakfast and a wet trip to Edinburgh Zoo (Rousse) (Edinburgh Zoo)
  • Teenaged tutors at the University of Oxford (Rousse)
  • Rousse investigates discount rail fares and a career option on the east coast line
  • Dangerous driver on the loose in Edinburgh’s New Town (Rousse) (Stockbridge, Howe Street)
  • Travel by vegetable rack (Rousse) (Broughton Street)
  • David Mitchell’s photography one-upmanship lands university professor in trouble (Rousse)
  • An orphan’s treat cut short (Rousse) (Calton Hill, Waverley Court)
  • An over-ambitious walk (Rousse)
  • Cycling, academics, poor publishing standards, diet Coke, a farewell disco, and stiletto heels (Rousse) (Corstorphine)
  • Matt Smith speaks at Aberdeen information science conference (Rousse) (Leith)
  • New business model for raising charitable funds rakes in thousands (Rousse) (Newington)
  • Snow, cyclists, and a six stone friend (Rousse) (East Claremont Street, Leith Walk)
  • BBC employee discovers drug den in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge (Rousse) (Stockbridge, Dundas Street)
  • Edinburgh’s most dangerous driver (Rousse) (Abbey Hill)
  • Natural sanitary products in store at Gayfield Square (Rousse) (Gayfield Square, Leith Walk)
  • Parrot spotted in New Town garden (Rousse) (New Town)
  • Old university perks (Rousse) (University of Edinburgh)
  • Inadequate shopping signage (Rousse) (Leith)
  • From Leith to Loughborough by boat (Rousse) (Leith)
  • Luxury yellow bathroom is no substitute for missing wife (Rousse)
  • New CalMac service covers land and sea (Rousse) (Leith Walk)
  • The boy with the dragon tattoo (Rousse) (University of Edinburgh)
  • Parking problems in Leith (Rousse) (Leith)
  • News for the Broughton Spurtle (Rousse) (Melgund Terrace)
  • Friday night in the caravan (Rousse) (Quartermile)
  • 1970s disco revives old college campus (Rousse) (Queen Margaret University’s old Corstorphine campus)
  • Madonna advises against A list celebrity friendships (Rousse) (Sighthill)
  • Desperate nuns resort to kidnap to drive up convent recruitment figures (Corstorphine)
  • Land Rover backs into New Town cellar (Rousse)
  • Edinburgh International Festival Virgin Money Fireworks Concert lends magic to the city (Rousse) (the castle; Claremont Crescent)
  • Badger cull targets head north of the border to attack household pets (Rousse)
  • Andrew Lawrence, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, a stranded bride, and the ruler of the universe (Rousse)
  • Discussing Before I go to sleep is more tempting than running (Rousse) (Arthur’s Seat)
  • Referendum aggression on the Edinburgh tram, and a dead grandmother (Rousse)
  • An encounter with the monochrome set (Rousse) (Leith Walk)
  • Cool accommodation in Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • How to write a novel: Rousse explains her strategy to imposter Dave (Centotre, George Street)
  • A puffin child prodigy (Rousse) (Virgin Active gym, Omni Centre)
  • A horsewoman turned financier and an injured charity boss (Rousse) (Virgin Active gym, Omni Centre)
  • National Library of Scotland harbours reptile colony (Rousse) (National Library of Scotland)
  • British Airways terminal 5 offers new passenger services (Rousse)
  • Harry Potter tattoos: the only clue to “Pedro’s” past (Rousse) (George Heriot’s School)
  • Edinburgh Airport attractions (Rousse) (Edinburgh airport)
  • John Fisher, his mistress, football, and cake (Rousse) (London Road and Tynecastle)
  • A friendship renewed (Rousse) (Bonnington Road)
  • Police raid Edinburgh basement cocaine factory (Rousse)
  • A post-REF ghost train ride around Edinburgh (Rousse) (Queen Margaret University Corstorphine campus)
  • Virgin TV disappointment (Rousse) (Newhaven, Firth of Forth)
  • Katie Price returns to work as earnings drop (Rousse) (Edinburgh Royal Infirmary)
  • The almost bigamist bride (Rousse) (Virgin Active gym, Omni Centre; Queen Street)
  • Couple helpless as Royal Bank of Scotland head office goes up in flames (Rousse) (Waverley Station; George Street; St Andrew Square; Queen’s Hall)
  • Edinburgh’s worst driver (Rousse) (Barnton junction)
  • Animal magic in the Edinburgh New Town (Rousse) (New Town)
  • Edinburgh’s worst driver causes yet another accident (Rousse) (Junction of Lothian Road and Princes Street)
  • Gym living inconveniences (Rousse) (Virgin Active gym at the Omni Centre; Leith)
  • Unanticipated corrosion of structural steelwork (Rousse) (Queen Margaret University)
  • Flat hunting in Edinburgh (Rousse) (Colinton Road)
  • Lothian buses disregards data protection (Rousse)
  • Black and ginger seals frolic in the Union Canal (Rousse)
  • A double performance by the Chinese acrobats (Rousse) (Festival Theatre)
  • A blue-skinned lady (Rousse) (The Meadows; Edinburgh College of Art)
  • A charmed life working for Gary Lineker and sleeping with Hugh Grant (Rousse) (University of Edinburgh students’ union)
  • Electricity theft in Edinburgh (Rousse) (Annandale Street)
  • A claustrophobic attempt to decipher a grass message (Rousse) (Claremont Crescent; East Claremont Street)
  • Ian Rankin’s secret muse (Rousse) (Arthur’s Seat, Holyrood Park)
  • Black cab illegally parked in Leith: shoeless couple sought (Rousse)
  • The chaos of rapid expansion in UK higher education (Rousse) (Queen Margaret University)
  • A monochrome moon rise, a self-driving car, drunken students, a horse, frozen waves, and a train ride to Edinburgh from South Queensferry (Rousse) (Waverley Bridge)
  • Rousse’s one night stand (Craiglockhart)
  • Drugs and death at Tesco (Rousse) (Tesco, Broughton Road)
  • How to avoid predatory women (Rousse) (Waverley Station)
  • Tickled by a ghost at a high school reunion (Rousse) (Princes Street)
  • Packing for Penzance (Rousse)
  • A crocodile in Edinburgh (Rousse) (Princes Street, St Andrew Square, George Street)
  • Pilgrims leave Edinburgh as the Old Town goes up in flames (Rousse)
  • When “bed time” at 50th birthday celebrations means sleeping in the bath (Rousse)
  • A bouncy cousin and a paper husband (Rousse) (Royal Society of Edinburgh, George Street)
  • Standing stones stand-off: Exmoor versus Edinburgh (Rousse) (Bruntsfield Links, Morningside Road)
  • Stegosuarus and ghost live side-by-side in Edinburgh basement (Rousse)
  • Scottish surveillance spooks out in force in Leith (Rousse) (Leith)
  • Bomb drops over Edinburgh New Town (Rousse) (Drummond Place; London Street)
  • Drawbacks of glass house living in Edinburgh (Rousse) (Omni Centre, Valvona and Crolla)
  • Travelling in style in the Scottish borders: by magic carpet (Rousse)
  • Tom Skelton’s one man show, a dress from Woolworths, Dave Eggers, and icing penguins (Rousse) (Bruntsfield)
  • An illogical trip to Birmingham (Rousse) (Broughton Street)
  • Davina McCall and a husband hunt (Rousse) (St Mary’s Cathedral, St James Shopping Centre, Broughton Street)
  • How to get your life back on track (Rousse) (George Street, Contini’s restaurant)
  • An audience with James Herriot (Rousse) (Sighthill)
  • From a cliff top penthouse to a pokey Glasgow bedsit (Rousse)
  • Murderer serves lunch to transsexual surprise guest feet away from victim’s remains in biscuit tin (Rousse) (Granton)
  • Direct flights from Edinburgh to Boston (Rousse)
  • Unwanted romantic advances, a “lost” suitcase, and death at the fun run (Rousse)
  • A bathroom for every bedroom in Edinburgh’s Victoria Street accommodation (Rousse) (Victoria Street)
  • More parking misery in Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • Papier-mâché craft and careers advice on the Morningside Road (Rousse) (Morningside Road)
  • Classroom goes missing behind antique-crammed house (Rousse) (Corstorphine)
  • A quest for counterfeit coins (Rousse) (Canonmills, York Place)
  • A night in the VIP suite at China White (Rousse) (University of Edinburgh)
  • To Australia by sea with an unlimited baggage allowance (Rousse) (Saughton House; Corstorphin
  • Morningside’s mathematics expert (Rousse) (Morningside)
  • A 4-person tandem ride to the Lammermuir Hills (Portobello, Leith, Bonnington Road, the Lammermuir Hills)
  • Alps plane crash victim regrets flight choice (Rousse) (National Library of Scotland; Edinburgh Airport)
  • Edinburgh marathon star grants interview, ruins parquet flooring, and pets a pig (Rousse)
  • A tale of arson and murder (Rousse) (Northumberland Street, Ferry Road)
  • An Edinburgh colony house visit (Rousse) (Easter Road)
  • Project crisis ‘cured’ with spray-on white hair and wedding invitations (Rousse) (Queen Margaret University)
  • A useless sabbatical, a stray student, and a delicious brand of cell phone (Rousse) (Princes Street)
  • When being stuck in a lift means that you are trapped in a dream (Rousse) (University of Edinburgh)
  • A new career in catering (Rousse) (George Watson’s College)
  • Flirting over a bag of Lochinver pies, cheese and ham rolls – and WhatsApp (Rousse) (Craiglockhart, the Pleasance)
  • Alan Sugar’s son sews (Rousse) (Fabric Focus, East Claremont Street)
  • From drinks in Ambridge with the Aldridge to an open air party on Princes Street (Rousse)
  • A second PhD (Rousse) (Queen Margaret University)
  • An insider’s view of the Edinburgh Fringe (Rousse)
  • Aidan Turner signs autographs at the Edinburgh Fringe (Rousse)
  • From student accommodation in Sheffield to unwelcome attention in the garden (Rousse)
  • Insensitive weekend drug dealers (Rousse) (Princes Street)
  • White rabbit moves in with deer (Rousse)
  • Thanksgiving in Portobello (Rousse) (Portobello)
  • Wedding gatecrash (Rousse) (Arthur’s Seat)
  • Competing priorities (Rousse) (Arthur’s Seat)
  • Airport laptop theft (Rousse) (Edinburgh airport)
  • Edinburgh Player-Slayer peril (Rousse) (Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart and Merchiston campuses)
  • Deadly dressmaker on the loose (Rousse) (Leith cycle paths)
  • Live ‘badgers’ for sale in Edinburgh (Rousse) (west end)
  • Cheapest fares from Edinburgh to Korea via London Heathrow (Rousse) (Leith)
  • A top quality charity shop in Leith (Rousse) (Leith cycle path)
  • Distracted by a dishwasher, chicken liver pâté, and After Eight mints (Rousse) (Edinburgh Waverley station)
  • From Greek massacre to rioting on the streets of Edinburgh (Rousse) (Holyrood, law courts)
  • Edinburgh bike rage (Rousse) (Haymarket Station)
  • Sourcing a stash of hard-to-buy vintage anti-feminist placards (Rousse) (Broughton Street)
  • An unwelcome Christian (Rousse) (Mansfield Church)
  • An iPhone snapped in two (Rousse) (Meadows, Edinburgh-Glasgow commuter train)
  • A sudden death with vegetables (Rousse) (Bruntsfield links)
  • Birthday beanie hats (Rousse) (Annandale Street)
  • Locked in the loo at Summerhall (Rousse) (Summerhall)
  • A boat trip cut short (Rousse) (Firth of Forth; Corstorphine Hill)
  • Princess Anne’s trip to Jenners (Rousse) (Jenners, Princes Street)
  • Guests who overstay their welcome (Rousse) (Leith)
  • Horse-drawn carriage hen party in the Pentlands (Rousse) (Pentland Hills)
  • An embarrassing moment in the National Library of Scotland and a tram death (Rousse)
  • Chain mail fashion and the latest currency trend (Rousse) (Broughton Street, Omni Centre)
  • Spaceship flies over Edinburgh and pensioners enjoy the Paris nightwear walk Pierrot-style (Rousse) (Pleasance, University of Edinburgh)
  • The ugly pumpkin-headed baby (Rousse)
  • Making up for a deep offence (Rousse) (Dundas Street)
  • Call for Sunday opening at the National Library of Scotland (Rousse)
  • Intern adventures include Lord of the Rings team-building exercise on horseback #LOTR (Drummond High School)
  • Call for Sunday opening at the National Library of Scotland (Rousse) (National Library of Scotland)
  • Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen at the National Library of Scotland (Rousse) (National Library of Scotland)
  • A slow ride to France (Rousse)
  • Squeeze gig a hit at the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh (Rousse) (Queen’s Hall)
  • Travelling by minibus for tea with the Queen at Holyrood Palace (Rousse) (North Bridge, Waterloo Place, Holyrood Park, Holyrood Palace)
  • Losing weight and losing your mind (Rousse) (Leith)
  • A disgraceful dip in the pool (Rousse)
  • Phil Cunningham plays Edinburgh – to an audience of three (Rousse)
  • Surprises in the snow (Rousse) (Princes Street)
  • Edinburgh academic workload woes (Rousse) (LIDL, Logie Green Road)
  • Woman bludgeons man to death in Holyrood Park (Rousse) (Holyrood Park)
  • Katie Price is a patchwork of plastic surgery (Rousse)
  • The long route from Glasgow to Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • Dull conversation with the disorganised (Rousse) (Bruntsfield Place; High Street)
  • A lost watch in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge (Rousse) (Raeburn Place and the Shelter shop, Stockbridge)
  • A diamond thief’s regrets (Rousse) (St James Hotel)
  • Conference barbed wire and a baby (Rousse) (Queen Street)
  • Bristol house building and Edinburgh skyscrapers (Rousse) (Old Town)
  • Cult betting on the Eurovision song contest (Rousse) (Granton)
  • Nicola Sturgeon to introduce friend tax (Rousse) (West End)
  • Signs of an affair (Rousse) (George Street)
  • Dolly Parton and the unfaithful husband (Rousse) (Cowgate)
  • Hospital portering as a career for the elderly (Rousse)
  • Middle-aged errant husband enjoys ‘space’ in the arms of a 21 year old student (Rousse) (Bruntsfield)
  • A new ‘seaside university’ (Rousse) (Portobello)
  • Bare bottom disgrace (Rousse) (Princes Street, Corstorphine, Musselburgh)
  • Space travel, trains and boats (Belle)
  • A secret agent and a sacred text (Rousse) (George Street)
  • Mistaken for a Harvard academic (Rousse) (University of Edinburgh playing fields)
  • Learning about Italians in Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • A white Christmas in Edinburgh (Rousse) (London Road)
  • Contini kidnap (Rousse) (Contini restaurant, George Street)
  • Distracted by next season’s fashion must-haves and Harry Potter in French (Rousse)
  • Monkeys and kangaroos stalk the glens (Rousse) (Edinburgh Zoo)
  • Bike theft at Queen Margaret University (Rousse) (Queen Margaret University)
  • Secrets of an Edinburgh book group (Rousse) (London Road, Meadowbank, Jock’s Lodge, George Square)
  • Things to do in Paris (Rousse)
  • A flight to Leith by way of Leicester (Rousse) (Leith)
  • Free panda performance at Edinburgh zoo (Rousse) (Edinburgh zoo)
  • Fat woman in White Stuff tunic dress is reckless on the roads (Rousse) (White Stuff, George Street)
  • A pop art philanderer (Rousse) (Holy Corner)
  • Party food from LIDL and footwear for the poor (Rousse) (Trinity)
  • A tandem racing bike at the Balmoral Hotel (Rousse) (Balmoral Hotel, Princes Street)
  • A house move to Malaysia and a musty old school (Rousse)
  • Fried eggs and a friendship fractured (Rousse) (Dundas Street)
  • A wasted wedding day in Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • Edinburgh New Town burglars strike (Rousse) (New Town)
  • Tragedy on the ice at Edinburgh airport (Rousse) (Edinburgh airport; Stockbridge)
  • Human horse travels uncomfortably across the Atlantic (Rousse) (Portobello)
  • Getting naked in Edinburgh (Rousse) (Princes Street)
  • The great missing scones scandal (Rousse) (Broughton Primary School, Bonnington Road)
  • Rob Brydon kiss and tell (Rousse)
  • A broken-hearted friend (Rousse)
  • A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Christmas surprise (Rousse) (Edinburgh city bypass)
  • Topless on the A1 (Rousse) (Milton Road West)
  • A diamond-encrusted pendant, a party in Perthshire, the Petra Project, philosophy and feminism (Rousse) (Royal Terrace, Royal Crescent, Regent Crescent, Royal Circus, Fettes Row, Stockbridge)
  • Unwise Edinburgh property investment (Rousse)
  • Bacon roll threesome plot a murder (Rousse) (Crombies of Broughton Street)
  • 1980s fashion fail (Rousse) (Queen Margaret College)
  • Wine Haiku performance at the National Library of Scotland (Rousse) (National Library of Scotland)
  • Richard Wilson, a Pharaoh, and the representation of women at the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Rousse) (Royal Society of Edinburgh)
  • Party date mix-up and chocolate Settlers of Catan (Rousse) (The Pentland Hills; the Lyceum Theatre)
  • A clown, killer whales, and curvy bronzed buttocks (Rousse) (Royal Society of Edinburgh)
  • A secretive cold rice pudding home-coming (Rousse)
  • An irresistible avocado green bath tub (Rousse) (London Road)
  • The Fringe, Finchley, and frightening fiction (Rousse)
  • An exploration of Edinburgh’s infrared zone (Rousse) (Queen Street)
  • Smoking spliffs in the sunshine (Rousse) (Pentland Hills, Edinburgh airport, Firth of Forth
  • Disgruntled passengers make illegal leap from Lothian bus (Rousse) (Princes Street, St John’s Church, Heriot-Watt University)
  • Driver and passenger walk free from overturned Volvo (Rousse)
  • Dogs days with Sean Connery (Rousse) (junction of Queen Street and North St David Street)
  • A near-miss kiss (Rousse) (Old town)
  • A marriage break-up for a mother (Rousse) (CodeBase)
  • Marine stegosaurus stalks walkers on Edinburgh canal track (Rousse)
  • Junkie Genesis journal article theft (Rousse) (Crombies, Broughton Street)
  • Another restaurant fire on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street (Rousse) (Broughton Street)
  • Three-legged dogs in the classroom (Rousse) (Queen Margaret College)
  • A witless move to Wolverhampton (Rousse)
  • Tricks when parking a car in Edinburgh (Rousse) (City bypass)
  • Edinburgh showroom and shootings (Rousse) (Broughton Street, Barony Street, the Meadows)
  • Edinburgh tram extension stretches to Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Rousse)
  • Police presence in Leith blocks smooth passage to underwear Albert (Rousse) (Leith)
  • A bigamist and big birds with red breasts (Rousse)
  • A wandering whiteboard and a late PhD submission (Rousse)
  • A private performance by the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre (Rousse) (East Claremont Street, Claremont Crescent)
  • Scottish hurricane transport (Rousse) (Abercromby Place)
  • Garden help and a yellow jacket (Rousse)
  • Irresponsible gun disposal (Rousse) (George Street, Princes Street, West End)
  • Treasure in the littered streets of Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • A lochside home with a tiny, floppy, brown cow (Rousse) (The Pleasance)
  • A fateful ferry ride (Rousse) (Leith)
  • Lost cycle panniers, and Japanese water tanks (Rousse) (Princes Street)
  • Mountain adventure delays audience member (Rousse) (Queen Margaret University)
  • Unwanted cutlery (Rousse)
  • Secret agent Rousse
  • A (possibly) dead husband and a stolen Christmas parcel (Rousse) (Corstorphine, Dalry)
  • John Cleese distraction (Rousse) (George Hotel, George Street)
  • A coronavirus lockdown bike ride to Luce (Rousse) (St James Centre)
  • Passport control, a golden retriever, and the photo archive of the Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies (Rousse) (University of Edinburgh)
  • Edinburgh New Town clematis vandalism (Rousse) (New Town)
  • Unexpected visitors and missing friends (Rousse)
  • Displaying a nipple and swimming with baby dolphins in lockdown (Rousse) (Haymarket station)
  • New boys in town (Rousse)
  • Free-riding on the Granton ferry (Rousse) (Granton)
  • An afternoon with Killing Eve star Sandra Oh (Rousse) (Dean Village)
  • Canine and human vandals ruin corridor wall (Rousse) (Forrest Road)
  • Katy Perry flies Edinburgh to Des Moines, Iowa with unintentional stowaway (Rousse) (Edinburgh airport)
  • Truck hire Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • Seeking student accommodation during a pandemic (Rousse)
  • Chatting with Kylie Minogue and Melanie Sykes in make-up at the BBC (Rousse) (Edinburgh city bypass)
  • Tiger shopping deterrent on Easter Road (Rousse) (Easter Road)
  • Scotland’s top pandemic super-spreader takes to capital city’s streets (Rousse) (Edinburgh International Conference Centre)
  • Chip-eating COVID deniers offer hugs in Portobello (Portobello)
  • Fine art graduates offered new opportunity to market their work (Rousse)
  • UK parakeet problem hits Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • Disguised David and Victoria Beckham murder distraction (Rousse) (Royal Mile; Victoria Street)
  • Lost in Edinburgh with lacrosse at the castle (Rousse) (Leith, Holyrood Park)
  • Barefoot travel crisis (National Library of Scotland)
  • Cash collecting criminal caught on CCTV (Rousse) (Balmoral Hotel)
  • Wool and sheep, sex and turkeys (Rousse)
  • Mobility scooter road hog emigrates to Canada (Rousse) (Princes Street)
  • Chil replacement band member (Rousse) (New Town)
  • Husband hires hit man to kill off wife (Rousse) (Waverley Station)
  • His mistress Henry (Rousse)
  • A love afair with a pooch dyed pink (Rousse) (Balerno)
  • East Claremont Street camera thief (Rousse)
  • Back and forth between Newburgh-on-Ythan and Portobello by helicopter (Rousse)
  • William and Harry join team to clean up and revitalise Leith docks (Rousse)
  • Naughty tea time (Rousse) (Morningside; Mansfield Church)
  • A marble staircase to the Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris (Rousse) (McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh)
  • Learning to crochet on Portobello beach (Rousse)
  • A new home in Howe Street, Edinburgh (Rousse) (Howe Street, Glenogle Baths)
  • The forgotten face of Leith (Rousse)
  • Upmarket afternoon tea in Stockbridge (Rousse)
  • Fun and games with trains (Rousse) (Waverley Station)
  • Bitch confronts idiot (Rousse) (Queen Margaret College Corstorphine campus)
  • A dance and a devil in the dark (Rousse) (Dublin Street)
  • Motorist caught driving backwards through Edinburgh city centre (Rousse) (Princes Street)
  • Murder at the Scottish Parliament and a ‘hot date’ (Rousse) (Holyrood)
  • Arty party ends in dreadful drowning (Rousse)
  • A private island and missing fortune (Rousse)
  • Curry versus keynote (Rousse) (Edinburgh Waverley railway station)
  • Stirling to Edinburgh train services slashed (Rousse) (Edinburgh Waverley railway station)
  • Bi-plane on the Meadows, Edinburgh (Rousse) (The Meadows)
  • A mortgage and husband-free Fringe performer (Rousse)
  • Salman Rushdie goes back into hiding (Rousse)
  • Security advice for North Texas airport (Rousse)
  • Saturday night discos at Edinburgh airport (Rousse)
  • Parading with fire engines and sourcing reusable nappies from Natalie (Rousse) (The New Town)
  • Limbless torsos in Speedos, a bare-breasted woman, children in litter disguise, and booklet giveaways in Morningside (Rousse) (Morningside)
  • Running with pigs and a lobotomy (Rousse) (East Claremont Street)
  • Yellow perils on the streets of the Edinburgh New Town (Rousse) (Moray Place, Forres Street, Queen Street)
  • Secrets of a summer cycling trip (Rousse) (Queen Margaret College/University campus, Corstorphine)
  • Hostess goes missing from own party (Rousse) (Broughton Street)
  • Sheffield trains and brothels (Rousse) (Edinburgh Waverley railway station)
  • A motorbike and tummy sparkles (Rousse) (Merchiston)
  • The dead with an Egyptian theme (Rousse) (London Road)
  • Strange speech in Corstorphine (Rousse)
  • Edinburgh versus Bristol (Rousse)
  • Waylaid on Broughton Street by Edwardian hookers and a shop alarm (Rousse) (Broughton Street, London Street, Waverley Station)
  • A reluctant comedy writer (Rousse) (Leith)
  • Edinburgh to Australia via Perth in a House of Bruar cashmere coat (Rousse) (Edinburgh airport)
  • Queue karaoke at the Edinburgh Breastival (Rousse)
  • A Portobello prison – with magnificent sea views (Rousse)
  • Afternoon tea in the Palm Court at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • Homeless photographer takes a trip to Japan (Rousse) (Bethany shop, Leith Walk)
  • A play, a pie, a pint, and passion (Rousse) (Festival Theatre)
  • Sausages on a train (Rousse) (Waverley station)
  • A shoddy Edinburgh welcome at Portobello Town Hall (Rousse)(Portobello Town Hall; South Queensferry)
  • Toilet transport for women (Rousse) (University of Edinburgh)
  • Jonathan Ross lover boy (Rousse) (Calton Hill, Firth of Forth)
  • The stained glass well of Morningside (Rousse)
  • Cheeses for ‘scolding’ season and cycling by cargo bike (Rousse) (Leith)
  • Escaped gorillas from Edinburgh Zoo enjoy the Fringe experience (Rousse) (New Town, St Andrew Square)
  • Parking scam at the University of Edinburgh (Rousse)
  • Escapees from the Gaelic choir discover a ‘horny’ Victorian (Rousse) (airport, Duddingston Loch, Joppa)
  • Poor police response times in Edinburgh (Rousse) (Annandale Street)
  • Problematic property purchase prompts panic attack (Rousse) (Merchiston)
  • Self-catering apartments in Edinburgh, with dogs (Rousse)
  • Trick-cycling, pogo-ing, and the real purpose of a private education (Rousse)
  • The ‘credible consort’ (Rousse) (Meadowbank stadium)
  • Teenage behaviour amongst the middle aged (Rousse) (East Claremont Street)
  • An Edinburgh pied-à-terre (Rousse) (Broughton Road)
  • Rude relations (Rousse) (New Town)
  • A view from Edinburgh Castle and a cat in the dentist’s car seat (Rousse)
  • Cycling in the Pentland Hills (Rousse)
  • Axe-wielding climate change protesters damage personal property (Rousse) (Lothian Road)
  • Illegal immigrant civil engineer offers advice for an ample bosom (Rousse) (Melgund Terrace)
  • Edinburgh Fringe misery (Rousse)
  • A precious Corstorphine carry-out (Rousse)
  • The trial of Nicola Sturgeon (Rousse)
  • Fake retiree organist outed by the press (Rousse)
  • Sci-fi at the Four Seasons Hotel and an abandoned bike (Rousse) (Broughton Street, Waverley Station)
  • Gatecrashing Edinburgh’s exclusive New Club (Rousse)
  • Accommodation angst with an archaeologist (Rousse) (Newington)