Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith.With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another installment in this popular series, now running in its 9th season in the Scotsman. Anything could happen to Bertie and the gang ...Even in fiction's favourite street, life isn't always sweet. Sevenyear-old Bertie Pollock knows all about that: it's no fun being the most hothoused child in Edinburgh, his life outside school a wearying round of yoga classes, Italian and saxophone lessons with the odd bit of psychotherapy thrown in.He's still too young to know exactly what is happening when he sees his father having lunch with an attractive stranger, but his grandmother certainly isn't - and turns sleuth to find out more.Ultra-cool Bruce Anderson is head over heels in love, and for the first time it's with someone other than himself - an accident-prone six-foot Aussie amazon. Meanwhile traditional portrait-painter Angus Lordie discovers avant-garde art, a calamity threatens the Association of Scottish Nudists in its ongoing feud with Nudism Scotland, and the Steiner school stages Macbeth, starring Olive as first witch.