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God, I remember being enthusiastic and versatile. Also bendy, go-ahead, self-starting, and optimistic. Not so much now. More oorlich and interested in spirits.

One of the more intriguing gallery spaces at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe is 13 Claremont Crescent. The home and boutique bed & breakfast of artist Michael Worobec and husband features work on three floors of an elegantly refurbished 1820s townhouse designed by William Burn.

Worobec mixes figurative, abstract and geometric approaches with elements of graphic design – intriguing combinations he often uses to unpick the destructive or enslaving influence of patriarchy.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut short.

Plenty of room upstairs.

On reflection, all is not as it may seem.

Not fooling anybody.

As you read this, advance copies of the August Spurtle are already appearing across the barony. Secure yours now before Greg Proops grabs the lot.

Issue 320 comprises tightly packed local news.

It begins, like Issues 1–319, with Page 1. We cover new homes many people will struggle to afford, bad parking, repulsion (for now) of an alien invasion, and the mixed joys of camelopards. Plus balls – more of them, more often, and more visible at night.

Another day of choking clouds on Dundas St and Fettes Row. Reality was much worse than it appears in this photo.

Shady opportunities are not all they're cracked up to be.

Ill-advised abbreviation in Tesco Broughton Road.