Edinburgh’s summer Festival draws the best artists from around the world. Makes one critic wonder about the state of Scottish arts: “The arts have been ill-served down the years by successive governments. Over the last decade, leaving aside additional funding for the National Companies, we have seen a base grant to the arts in Scotland rise… a niggardly 1.1% a year, not only way below inflation, but less than any comparable public sector area.” – The Scotsman