Across the pond

AMERICAN band The Hot Seats, a previous winner of a Herald Angel at the Fringe, have been telling fans about the British custom of bank holidays.

Said the band: “Why do we celebrate bankers getting a holiday? Shouldn’t a bank holiday have some component of men in suits with their heads in the stocks, receiving tomatoes to the face?

“Apparently, a bank holiday is a chance for the entirety of Britain to meet one another while sitting on the motorway. We were tempted at points to get out of our van and climb into other vehicles around us, just to have different people with whom to speak.”