He is a ten-year-old tearaway who would normally have nurses recoiling in horror at the thought of him being let loose in a hospital. But Bart Simpson will be welcomed with open arms when he appears at his namesake maternity unit in Edinburgh next month. Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart in The Simpsons – the world-famous cartoon series by Matt Groening – will visit Simpson’s maternity unit at the ERI as part of an alternative arts event to the official Edinburgh festivals. In a major coup for organisers of the Edinburgh People’s Festival, Cartwright will perform an exclusive lunchtime show for staff and patients at the Little France hospital. Colin Fox, organiser of the People’s Festival and Lothians MSP, said: “It’s not every day a 47-year-old woman delivers a ten-year-old boy in Simpson’s maternity unit.” Read More >>>
