OVERHEARD

by reader Mark Lyndon in the snug bar of the Canny Man’s pub, in Morningside, Edinburgh. A drinker was studying that picture of Wee Burney sitting on a sofa with her legs tucked coyly beneath her — like another famous photo of Mrs Thatcher. ‘Och,’ he said, sipping his pint. ‘She’s mair like Twee Burney.’