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Festival of Politics – Harry Benson CBE at Holyrood
Harry Benson CBE is a rare breed. He inspires adoration from press photographers across the world, but none more so than here in Scotland...
Council Leader will not seek re-election next May
Councillor Andrew Burns, leader of the council's Labour group, and Council Leader since 2012, has confirmed that he will be stepping down from political...
Lothian Buses invest in new tour fleet
Lothian Buses has made a major investment of £6.5m in a fleet of new buses for Edinburgh Bus Tours. The open deck buses have...
Law firm announce six promotions
Thorntons the Scottish law firm with its roots in Dundee has promoted six employees in a period of investment.
Two senior solicitors have risen to...
Five things you need to know today
Elsie Inglis to be commemorated in Edinburgh
First Minister welcomes EU nationals at Q & A in Edinburgh
Oysters and champagne on the Fringe
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW — Dandy Darkly’s Myth Mouth *****
CC Blooms seems darker than for Dandy Darkly's last visit to the Fringe in 2015. Maybe it's the interior redesign, or maybe it's just,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW : Adam Kay – Fingering A Minor on the...
Former Amateur Transplants front man Adam Kay returns to celebrate a decade at the Edinburgh Fringe with his eye-watering, audible-gasping and bum-clenching set of pun-fest...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW : Camille O’Sullivan – The Carny Dream ****
Under the Big Top of Underbelly's Circus Lafayette tent in The Meadows, French-Irish songstress Camille O’Sullivan strokes a series of her unsuspecting audience members...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 – Worbey and Farrell – Rhapsody*****
Raw talent might be sufficient in a Fringe act, but even with core ability in the first place, you have to practice hard to make anything out of...
Cameo reintroduce ‘Cameo Curated By’….
It's back! The Cameo cinema in Tollcross has reintroduced its Curated By strand which allows prominent locals to have a film of their choice...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 16th August p.m.
For an unprecedented third day in a row our photographer attended the various photo calls at the EIBF. Highlights of today's list were Jackie...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh!
Today at the Edinburgh Interational Book Festival
One More Time with Feeling coming to Edinburgh in September
The Show must go on!
Therapy...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Alex Bell and Dominic Hinde ****
Political journalists Alex Bell and Dominic Hinde hit the ground running at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with fighting talk and a political platform...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Ali Smith*****
Chaired by the nation’s makar, the enthusiastic Jackie Kay, Ali Smith took to the stage on Saturday to discuss her new and exciting work,...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 16th August
Another day, another tranche of authors. Frederick Forsyth and Edna O'Brien were the big names on the grey carpet today. Ian Rankin seemed to come...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW – The Sister****
This is strong stuff for a Tuesday morning at 10am, but it was gripping, and deserved more than 30 people in the audience. It...
Meanwhile…. at The Filmhouse
While all the Festival and Fringe hubbub goes on outside it is still possible to escape it by retiring to the darkness of The...
Have a coffee morning for Macmillan – it’s a piece of cake
Hosting your own coffee morning can be a piece of cake, at least according to best friends Ava, Annie and Elizabeth.
Ava Green, 4, Annie...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW: Matt Forde: It’s My Political Party (and I’ll...
A week, Harold Wilson once said, is a long time in politics.
For Matt Forde, the unexpected outcome of June’s Brexit vote meant a quick...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW – Sarah Callaghan 24 **
Sarah Callaghan, in her Fringe show, 24, does a bit of self-examination, but not without a pun or two to make the journey palatable.
The...
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Iain Macwhirter
'A tsunami is the result of an earthquake; Scotland's earthquake was the independence referendum campaign'
According to chair Magnus Linklater, Iain Macwhirter is 'one of the best...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh!
Corstorphine public toilet to be sold
Today at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Girl guiding Scotland pilot project
Waverley Care and Pleasance
Community Garden...
Girlguiding Scotland launch project – and they expect action!
The latest project form Girlguiding Scotland aimed at encouraging girls and young women to take action on issues they care about has support from...
Blush performance wins Charlotte Josephine a Stage Edinburgh Award
Charlotte Josephine has received a Stage Edinburgh Award for her performance in BLUSH.
BLUSH is also written by Charlotte and is presented by Snuff Box Theatre. This...
Decision on St Mary’s Music School planning application due on Wednesday
The former Royal High School has lain empty for decades, and now there are two planning applications lodged in respect of the same building.
The first...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 15th August, p.m.
Not quite as 'live' as the a.m. post, but much (much) busier.....
Painting Paradise: The Art of the Garden
What does your garden say about you? Is it all in straight lines, does it wander about all over the place? Is it full...
Waverley Care and Pleasance celebrate their 25 year partnership on the Fringe
Waverley Care and Pleasance held a fabulous photo call today with 25 yellow space hoppers - one for every year of their charity partnership...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW : The Best of “So you think you’re funny”**
The Teviot Wine Bar venue is stifling hot. It’s something MC Scott Gibson is not shy in coming forward to noting in his opening...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – Susan Calman – The Calman Before The Storm****
A decade on from her Fringe debut, it is clear to see how one of Scotland’s leading comediennes Susan Calman continues to command a...
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