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Published Date: 18 February 2008
CRIME writer Ian Rankin's handprints were today immortalised in stone in the quadrangle of the City Chambers.


The best-selling author unveiled the engraved Caithness stone slab to mark the launch of the second annual Edinburgh Award.

Mr Rankin, who lives in Merchiston, became the first recipient of the accolade, which was set up to recognise outstanding achievement and contribution to Edinburgh Nominations are now being invited for this year's award, with the winner being announced in June.

Mr Rankin said: "It is a thrill, as the first recipient of the Edinburgh Award, to have my handprints preserved for posterity on the flagstones outside the City Chambers.

"Having written for years about the travails of 'the cooncil', it is only proper and fitting that those same councillors now get to walk all over me for a change."



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  • Last Updated: 18 February 2008 1:42 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Ian Rankin and Rebus
 
1

alex paterson,

embra 18/02/2008 16:26:06
My god almost Rankin free day and now this crap,they should have immortalized him in cement,or a concrete overcoat better still.
2

Boy Wonder,

18/02/2008 17:32:55
Where O where was the assassin?? The PERFECT opportunity to blow Rankin away ... and no one's there to do it! Aaaaarrgghh!!

Posterity, my a&&! First chance I get, I'll have the hammer and chisel in to destroy the the slab.

There's FAR better writers than HIM who should have been accorded the "honour"!
3

John Knox furr First Meenister,

High St, Embra 18/02/2008 18:55:39
You mean people. I see that there's plenty room for the hands of other Edinburgh worthies to be immortalised alongside the great Mr Rankawful. Let's not just have authors - what about an Edinburgh man who unjustly languished on death row for two decades - but they never broke his spirit. An inspiration to us all for an Inspiring Capital® so he wuzzz! What was his name again...?
4

John Knox furr First Meenister,

High St, Embra 18/02/2008 23:39:52
#5 Sign of the times. Bitterness and envy is the new black. You're just envious that we got all the pops in first. Go on, be bitter.
5

Julian,

EDINBURGH 19/02/2008 00:31:16
Boy Wonder.

This morning or any other at about 4am would be a good time.

Look forward to reading the headline later on in the week.

 

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