Ian Rankin has told how he regrets not buying a pub after being unable to go to his favourite boozer. The Rebus author has been gasping to get back to his local after two months of lockdown.
He even stood outside The Oxford Bar in Edinburgh with a can of lager and a glass to celebrate turning 60. Now, the Covid-19 outbreak has left him regretting not acquiring his own drinking den in the capital.Rankin said: “I could murder a pint right now.
I can’t believe that I still haven’t bought my own pub and, of course, am now really regretting not having done so. I’m missing it.”Speaking on Lockdown Litfest’s Paul Blezard’s podcast, he added: “Am I being serious?