If it's August, it Must be Edinburgh

Every August, the capital of Scotland becomes the center of the English-speaking cultural universe.

The Edinburgh Festival is actually a collection of several festivals that happen simultaneously: Theatre, comedy, books, music ... even an Islamic festival. This year, everyone's talking about the comedy part, which seems to get more and more daring (read insulting) each year.

I've just tripped on a site that helps you experience the whole thing virtually. It's called edfest.tv. Someday, I'm going to take that great train from Kings Cross, over the viaduct that I made such a big deal about in the show I did for National Geographic about bricks, and actually see this thing un-virtually. But in the meantime, this site is a pretty good simulation.