As summer blooms in Edinburgh's gardens and Bertie Pollock's birthday appears on the horizon
all at 44 Scotland Street is not cake and sunshine. Newlywed Angus Lordie has been booked by
his bride into what he must not call the loony bin Bruce's first encounter with hot wax brings
more anguish than he bargained for and Bertie's birthday dreams of scout camp and a penknife
look set to be replaced by a game of Royal Weddings and a gender-neutral doll. But fate an
amorous Bedouin and the Dubai Tourist Authority conspire to transport Bertie's mother Irene to
a warmer - if not a better - place and once again in Scotland Street the triumph of human
kindness over adversity gives cause for celebration.
