Adam Smith and David Hume were perhaps the two greatest figures in the extraordinary flowering of talent and fresh insight which has since come to be known as the Scottish Enlightenment. Last summer, Hove resident and Fringe favourite Simon Evans took it upon himself to educate the Scots and their summer visitors on their own cultural heritage – and not only did he live to tell the tale, he escaped with an armful of plaudits from locals and tourists alike.

Now Simon – writer and host of Radio 4’s Simon Evans Goes to Market, - brings this humorous, even mischievous celebration of the friendship to the Brighton Fringe. From the birth of political economy as a recognised discipline, through the navigations of a genial sceptic in a deeply pious world, to the single greatest unleashing of talent per capita in the history of the modern world -it has never been more important to remind ourselves that this country has more to offer than tea, declining public services and sympathy!