Abigail Carney, Chair of the Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust read two poems commissioned for the occasion: Through the Traffic of Tongues.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - Edinburgh celebrates tenth anniversary as a UNESCO City of Literature

Maybe we'd sampled one or two, our eyes streaming as we burned the tips of our tongues, our shirts snowy with spilled powdered sugar.

NPR: The Curious Incident of the Funnel Cake in the Lawn

In a land still divided by two official languages, it helps that he now gives his press conferences in both tongues - switching between French and Flemish, often in mid- sentence.

BBC: Coach gets Belgium united