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Edinburgh invited to a day of wilderness fun at Family Forest Festival
Craigmillar is to host a day full of family fun this weekend with an array of free activities for families to enjoy, including a petting zoo,...
Edinburgh International Festival 2017 – Verdi’s MacBeth
'MacBeth' is a major new production of Verdi’s dark operatic thriller, given by the International Festival’s 2017 resident company Teatro Regio of Turin, conducted...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Two Dunnit
TWO DUNNIT 11:50am, 14th-26th August (not 20th), theSpace@Surgeons Hall
An infernally complicated murder mystery, a barrage of suspects and an hour of comedy - all brought...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Paul Auster at 70
How to achieve Paul Auster's literary genius? Start living uncomfortably
Any questions?
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by Alan McMunnigall, University of Glasgow and Pamela Ross, University of Glasgow
Paul Auster takes...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – Movin’ Melvin Brown***
Movin' Melvin Brown Assembly Roxy 16.25
This man is a character in himself. He is not impersonating Chuck Berry as he has enough personality and...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – TuTu Mucky Photo Call
Scottish Dance Theatre return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a brand-new piece made for the company by star hip hop choreographer Botis Seva....
Finally – a plan for the capital
The coalition agreement between the SNP and Labour groups of elected members at the City of Edinburgh Council has now (eventually) been published.
It was...
2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 5
Rain stopped some of the play as the 'photo booth' was, temporarily, under shelter. Still, more of a flying visit today. The Lyceum was...
Living Wage commitment by the Poppy Factory
Lady Haig's Poppy Factory is the latest organisation to become a Living Wage Employer.
The factory employs 41 Armed Forces veterans who make more than...
Edinburgh International Festival 2017 – ‘Blak Whyte Gray’ Photo Call
Formed in 2002 by urban choreographer Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy and producer/composer Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, Boy Blue Entertainment brings hip-hop from the streets and...
Airport gives funding to community groups
Edinburgh Airport shows its commitment to helping local groups by sharing £40,000 of funding by way of its Community Board.
Twenty groups across Edinburgh, the...
Help Underbelly fundraise for The Brain Tumour Charity on 23 August
Underbelly is partnering with The Brain Tumour Charity for a raucous evening of live comedy.
The organisation remains at the forefront of the fight to defeat...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – REVIEW – Mark Thomas: A Show That Gambles on...
Few predicted the events of 2016. Even fewer seem to know where we are going. Mark Thomas sets out to discover what the future...
Alan Cumming gives the thumbs up to Ross Pavilion redesign
The outline design for the new Ross Pavilion in Princes Street Gardens has had the stamp of approval from one of Scotland's most successful...
Get ready for Leith Street closure
Edinburgh St James is one of the biggest retail and mixed use developments ever built in the city centre and it is true that...
Work begins at Saughton Park
Over the next twelve months the council will oversee the project to transform Saughton Park into something akin to its former glory and attract...
2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 4
Another day, another set of photos...... Fewer Words...
Indian Independence Day Celebration
70 Years of Independence Celebrated on Calton Hill
Over 100 Indian performers gathered in Edinburgh for the Festivals this year including the Indian Naval Band...
East Coast Buses celebrating their first birthday
East Coast Buses Ltd is celebrating running buses to East Lothian for a year so they had a cake! The service was launched on 14...
Bike & Go looking for new places to cycle
Bike & Go have been operating in Edinburgh for four years now and they are now producing a guide revealing Edinburgh's most unusual bike rides....
Baby Boxes being delivered in Scotland from tomorrow
The Scottish Government is ready to start sending out baby boxes to all newborn babies due from tomorrow. They claim that the policy which...
101 Object – nominate your choice for number 101!
Today is the 101st day since the city's 101 Objects was launched and now you can have your say.
What do you think the 101st...
2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 1, For Real.
A fairly truncated visit for the first round of authors' images as 'Yo, Carmen' was on the horizon. Our Glorious Leader has posted a...
Edinburgh International Festival – ‘Yo, Carmen’ Photo Call
A pioneer in contemporary flamenco, iconoclastic Seville-born dancer and choreographer María Pagés has challenged traditionalists with her sensual rethinks of Spanish dance, and her...
Edinburgh International Festival – ‘Vuelos’ Photo Call
Created by Aracaladanza, a multi award-winning dance theatre company from Madrid specialising in works for children and young people, Vuelos is a magical dance...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Mia Daughters of Fortune
Mind The Gap tackles learning disability and parenthood at the Fringe
Mind The Gap’s Mia: Daughters of Fortune is at Summerhall – 8 to...
Edinburgh man passes out from Sandhurst today
24 year-old Officer Cadet Alexander Gale from Edinburgh passed out from Sandhurst today the world famous military academy.
This marks the end of a 44...
At The Queen’s Hall in September
The Queen's Hall always has a wide range of music and entertainment throughout the year. As soon as the doors close on the Edinburgh...
COMPETITION – Win two tickets to RANT at The Queen’s Hall
Four fiddles: one beautiful sound! TWO tickets to be won for Monday 14 August 2017 7.30pm at The Queen's Hall.
COMPETITION ENDS ON MONDAY 14...
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