St John's Toun

I see that Perth has been made a city- although it was one until local government reorganisation in 1975.  I have fond memories of swimming up there and have visited many times. A work colleague lives there, although she is originally from Inverness. Each summer we head up there for a Bluegrass festival in the nearby village of Guildtown. Don't suppose it will make a great deal of difference to its people- its provost will now be a Lord Provost though. It is interesting how settlements get city status, until medieval times a cathedral was the sole criterion but since then it is in the gift of the Crown.
So small places like Dunblane, Dunkeld, Brechin, Dornoch,St Andrews still call themselves cities and why not? Will look forward to my next trip and entering a place with an enhanced status.
Meanwhile today I visited, with my human parents, the National Museum of Scotland and the Royal College of Surgeons' Museum on the Bridges. Very impressed, particularly with the former, which will require a return visit. Of note were the growing number of consulates. Edinburgh is beginning to look and feel like a European capital. Perth you will never be a capital city again( I know you once were!) But well done anyway.