{"id":394,"date":"2005-09-02T14:12:38","date_gmt":"2005-09-02T13:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?p=394"},"modified":"2005-09-02T14:13:23","modified_gmt":"2005-09-02T13:13:23","slug":"celebrity-spotting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/09\/02\/celebrity-spotting\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity spotting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashbooks.co.uk\/weblog\/?p=220\">by Alan<\/a>, and while I wait for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/08\/31\/edinburgh-write-up-interactive\/\">the votes<\/a> to pile up over the weekend, here&#8217;s a fun list of Celebrities I Spotted In Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Stand-up comedian <strong>Jo Caulfield<\/strong>, at Stewart Lee&#8217;s show<\/li>\n<li>Comedy actor and writer <strong>David Walliams<\/strong> (who I also saw in Camden a few years ago) outside the Assembly Rooms booking office<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ben Miller<\/strong>, of Armstrong and Miller, waiting with his suitcase outside the Assembly Rooms<\/li>\n<li>The comedians <strong>Tim Vine<\/strong> and <strong>Ross Noble<\/strong> in the Pleasance Courtyard<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In 2004, I saw Rich Hall, Adam Bloom, Scott Capurro and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2004\/08\/14\/the-two-shows-of-saturday-evening\/\">Ben Moor<\/a> out and about. 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