Edinburgh has gone pop and all the fringe and festival tents are deflated for the winter. But the work of Edinburgh storytelling goes on never fear. The Burgh Blatherers (of whom your humble author is present Secretary) go from strength to strength. It does seem to have been a long haul back from the Covid brink when our hard core met solely on Zoom but at last numbers are picking up again.

Last Wednesday saw our triumphant sell-out story ceilidh at the Edinburgh Storytelling Centre with contributions varying from donkey eared kings to, frankly, lewdness and innuendo aplenty with the queen of the fairies and her bull from the sea!

The Burgh Blatherers are a traditional story-telling club, welcoming anyone and everyone with a story to tell, or most especially practice, in front of a supportive and generous audience. We meet once a month on Zoom, second Friday of every month, and once a month in person, fourth Tuesday. We were formed upstairs in the Waverley bar (as are many good things) from a group of apprentice storytellers looking for free listeners back in 2017. Find us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/theBurghBlatherers . It would be great to see you at our next ceilidh!