Vladimir McTavish

Andy Smart performing at the Glastonbury Festival 2019 with the Stephen Frost Improv All Stars (Picture: Auntiep69 via Wikimedia Commons)

Fringe will be a less cheerful place without improv comedy master Andy Smart Vladimir McTavish

Ryanair made a profit of more than £1 billion last year (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Are Ryanair's extra charges a climate change thing? – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Some drivers' sense of entitlement can result in gridlock (Picture: David McNew/Newsmakers)

Time to get tough on bad driving. And personalised number plates! Vladimir McTavish

Bucks Fizz won Eurovision for the UK, but don't really compare to the greatest British bands, like the Beatles and Rolling Stones (Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Coronation then Eurovision? Saturday TV’s not getting any better Vladimir McTavish

Some jobs are too big for nose-hair trimmers (Picture: Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images)

With NHS in crisis, my nasal hair issue felt trivial. But I did have a problem! Vladimir McTavish

A service is held to mark the arrival of the Stone of Destiny at Westminster Abbey (Picture: Susannah Ireland/PA)

Stone of Destiny? King Charles should sit on Breeze Block of Jewson's instead Vladimir McTavish

The Brandenburg Gate is a major tourist attraction, particularly for selfie-takers (Picture: Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Vladimir McTavish: Thanks to striking airport workers, I'd a nice Berlin break Vladimir McTavish

London likes to mark royal events with plenty of Union flags (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Charles' coronation will see London decked out like Ibrox on match day Vladimir McTavish

Miranda Dickson was threatened with a £20,000 fine (Picture: Courtesy of Miranda Dickson/SWNS)

Pink door critic was probably puce with rage, very much in keeping with New Town Vladimir McTavish

Public toilets are not always available in parks

Public toilet campaigners may have to take desperate measures to get results Vladimir McTavish

Humza Yousaf pulls a face (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Poor Humza Yousaf even has to face one of the big boys from his old school Vladimir McTavish

There are reputable second-hand car dealers, and then there's Vladimir McTavish's daughter (Picture: Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images)

Why I can't name and shame the second-hand car dealer who sold me a dud Vladimir McTavish

Donald Trump, in a rare moment when he's not actually talking (Picture: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

World needs to crowdfund some hush money to shut Trump up – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Boris Johnson could be suspended from the House of Commons if he is found to have deliberately misled MPs over Partygate (Picture: Hannah McKay/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Boris should get same punishment as ex-SNP MP over lockdown breaches Vladimir McTavish

Even newer additions to Edinburgh's skyline seem pretty as a picture when you've been away for a while (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

How I became a tourist in my own city and marvelled at its splendour Vladimir McTavish

The energy of independence marches may have given people the wrong idea about how boring being in a political party can be (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP's 30,000 missing members? I think I know why they left – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Being stuck in a traffic jam is no one's idea of fun (Picture: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

West Edinburgh's traffic gridlock looks set to get a lot worse Vladimir McTavish

Scotland's deposit return scheme is due to begin operating later this year

Why all the fuss about the deposit return scheme? It’s done all over the world Vladimir McTavish

Edinburgh Festival Fringe is just five months away (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Looking forward to the Fringe already? Are you sure? – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Kate Forbes, left, Ash Regan, and Humza Yousaf are standing to become leader of the SNP (Picture: Andy Buchanan/pool via Getty Images)

Humza Yousaf laughed at my jokes, I'm not so sure Kate Forbes would Vladimir McTavish

Rishi Sunak initially seemed like the dull and boring Prime Minister the country needed (Picture: Andrew Fox/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Seatbeltgate, Loangate, Taxgate... how many scandals can Tories rack up? Vladimir McTavish

Road closures for various reasons mean buses can take unexpected turns (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Surprise mystery bus tours are great, if you're not in hurry – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Gretna is a famous example of the historic difference between the laws of England and Scotland (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Tories are picking fight over gender Bill to distract from their failings Vladimir McTavish

Vladimir McTavish felt duty bound to support his local pubs after the enforced closures of lockdown (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Dry January? Why I selflessly decided to do something else – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Alfredo Di Stefano scores for Real Madrid in the European Cup Final against Eintracht Frankfurt at Hampden Park in 1960 (Picture: Keystone/Getty Images)

Sports stadiums will never be quite like the 'good' old days – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Boris Johnson may soon need to resume his TV career (Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire)

Boris should leave BBC alone unless he wants to eat worms – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

A skeleton from the 1963 movie Jason And The Argonauts prepares for battle (Picture: Toby Canham/Getty Images)

How I became an Argonaut and you can too! – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Boris Johnson should show himself the red card (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Boris Johnson must go! But not too quickly please – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Reg Anderson is picked up by John Sinclair,Johnny Vegas and Allan Miller as comedians put together an exhibition at The Stand Gallery in 2000 (Picture: Paul Chappells)

Edinburgh comedy scene has lost one of its greats – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Traffic could be heavy on the M8 during the COP26 climate summit (Picture: Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

COP26 traffic chaos should help cut our carbon emissions – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Farmers may have to kill and burn their pigs because of a shortage of butchers (Picture: Peter Muhly/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Brexit divorce is already going badly for the UK – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Walter Scott wouldn't be happy about the state of the station named after his novel Waverley (Picture: Scott Louden)

Walter Scott must be spinning in his grave about Waverley – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Vegetables comes in many different shapes and sizes (Picture: Mychele Daniau/AFP via Getty Images)

Don't fall for corporations' 'wonky' propaganda – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Santa Claus was green before he was read (Picture: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Christmas market return in spirit of 'green' Santa? – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Boris Johnson's party conference speech was just double-speak and waffle, says Vladimir McTavish (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

Boris has already created some high-paid, low-skilled jobs – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Vladimir McTavish has failed to respond to a request to take part in bowel cancer screening (Picture: David Davies/PA)

Someone in Dundee is keen to see the contents of my bowels – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Shops that were once full of stuff now seem to have unusual amounts of empty space on their shelves (Picture: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images )

All this panic-buying has given me a cunning idea – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Will clubs that are money-laundering fronts for criminals abide by the Covid passport rules? (Picture: Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP via Getty Images)

Dodgy clubs may not abide by Covid passport rules – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Even Boris Johnson is telling the world to grow up about climate change (Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Climate crisis, energy crisis and a beer crisis too? – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

Sophie Douglas, who played an alien from the planet Hanyana in the Edinburgh Fringe show WeCameToDance, explores the giant kaleidoscope at the Camera Obscura & World of Illusions (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Festival was a huge success without all the usual litter – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

It does not seem that long ago that Scotland were facing England at Wembley. But now the Scottish football season is beginning (Picture: Facundo Arrizabalaga/AFP via Getty)

Will football season bring another Covid spike? – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

What is the point of an opening ceremony at the Olympic Games, wonders Vladimir McTavish (Picture: Dylan Martinez/Pool/Getty Images)

Wall-to-wall Olympics is giving me some bad ideas – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish

The new St James Quarter has angered some over the change to Edinburgh's skyline (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Why I love St James Quarter's skyline-changing architecture – Vladimir McTavish Vladimir McTavish