Burning hatred

Re: the just-announced Burns and Beyond festival

The amount and darkness of the profanities I would need to employ to even scrape the surface of my contempt for yet more commoditising of public space knows no limits. So I will spare you that burden.

However, I will say this; I was born in Kilmarnock ( strong Burns connections throughout Ayrshire), my mother was a Burns prize winner at school several times ( Dumfries) and there is more to Scotland than using Edinburgh as a one-trick pony for universal tat and tourism. The “historic centre” and “elegance” the idiots who gibber on about this stuff rely upon will soon disappear if this continues.

SUSAN MAY

Drumsheugh Gardens

Edinburgh