Daily catch-up: Latest instalment of Genuine Shop Names

A round-up of what is really important, from the high streets of the United Kingdom and the world

A remarkable contribution to my series of Genuine Shop Names, the Thaitanic II in Belfast, thanks to Allison Morris. It is the Roman number II that lifts it into the "really quite special" class, outdoing Thailander in Edinburgh (below, thanks to Alan Robertson).

While in Edinburgh, you could stop for a wager at what the superstitious refer to only as "the Scottish bookies". Thanks to Mike Brook:

I recently had the Marquis de Salade in Brussels. Since when they have been coming in thick and fast. Here is Athlete's Foot, courtesy of Tony Agotha:

Will Green draws my attention to a hairdresser in New Cross Gate, south London, called Top Knotch:

And finally, back to Edinburgh. This is no doubt well known there, but I didn't know it. I said on Twitter that I had heard there was a sign in a coffee shop in Ediburgh that said: "JK Rowling never wrote here." She replied to say: "There is. I went and wrote in there just to spite them." And here it is, in Artisan Roast on Broughton Street (thanks to Ardit Haliti for the photo):

If you zoom in you can see she has added: "And I never will – JK Rowling."