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#Blogmanay – Book your dinner now for Tattoo 2014 – Louise Bourgeois tours at the Fruitmarket Gallery – Seats available at the Panto – Send us your photos

You can join in the fun of Hogmanay from the comfort of your computer or phone by looking for tweets with the hashtag #blogmanay. (and you can look for the same hashtag on Instagram or Facebook)

You will see all the latest posts here on Edinburgh’s Hogmanay website.

Or rather than being a spectator, you can get involved. Find one of the Blogmanay frames in restaurants, cafes and shops around the city and then start taking photos and tag them with #blogmanay to be included in the feed. Full details here. Have fun!

Tonight there is a deluxe edition of #Scotlandhour and the nice people from Edinburgh’s Hogmanay are taking part.

“We would love to talk to you if you are an active blogger and are interested in adventure, luxury, budget, food, the great outdoors and culture. Likewise if you are a business who is interested in hosting our bloggers please get in touch: amy@unique-events.co.uk

We’ll be taking part in #scotlandhour at 9pm-10pm GMT on Sun 29th December.”

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The Signet Café have Tattoo tickets and dinner on sale for a couple of days for £65 each.

Our three course dinner includes a Pommery Champagne cocktail with a £38 Tattoo ticket all for just £65, this is the early bird price which is valid unitl 31 December 2013.  Tickets will be priced from £75 from 1 January 2014.

Treat your friends and family to a right Royal Homecoming and book now.

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In the New Year you can go along to the Fruitmarket Gallery and enjoy the exhibition with the benefit of an audio or descriptive tour. 

Thursday 6 February 2014, 2–3pm. Free. 10 places.
A tour of the exhibition with assistive listening devices, for visitors who are hard of hearing.

Thursday 6 February 2014, 6.30-8pm. Free. 10 places.
An exhibition tour designed for visually impaired visitors and open to everyone. It includes detailed descriptions of Bourgeois’s work and practice.

A portable FM hearing loop is available at all talks and events. Contact the gallery before the event to book. Available in partnership with Artlink.

Group visits are free and include an introduction to the exhibition. Booking is essential.

All talks are recorded and are available online. To book your place call 0131 226 8181 or email bookshop@fruitmarket.co.uk

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Today you can still get tickets for the King’s Theatre panto for tomorrow. Oh yes you can! There are some good seats they say in the Upper Circle so that you can go along and enjoy Grant Stott, Andy Gray and Allan Stewart who are the true grandees of pantomime. Details here.

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You can help us bring photos of Hogmanay and the festivities around the city to our readers by sending us your photos. You can do so by registering on our new site EdinburghReportage. Full details here.