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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review : Spectacappella! ****
There are some things in life that are horrifically tricky to master, yet impressive to behold once mastered: poaching an egg, juggling, speaking foreign languages,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – Candy Gigi: I’m Not Lonely ****
Candy Gigi: I’m Not Lonely
Heroes @ the Hive
Until Aug 24
I arrived late to Candy Gigi’s show, so I missed her opening scene in which...
Scottish Seabird Centre are hiring
And we think you might have to be a bird lover!
North Berwick’s multi award-winning visitor attraction, the Scottish Seabird Centre, is seeking an experienced...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh
Holyrood recess
Museum Lates
Your team
Doctor Who Premiere
Edinburgh Apps
From tonight at midnight The Scottish Parliament enters what is known as purdah: that time between the...
Scottish Independence Referendum – Today’s views
The big news today is oil.
Sir Ian Wood who recently retired from The Wood Group which he took over as the family business and...
Edinburgh council offers nationality checking service
A new ‘check and send’ service has been launched to help people in Edinburgh to apply for British Citizenship.
People who use the Nationality Checking...
Thingummyjig is back!
Thingummyjig is back at Edinburgh Corn Exchange on 23 and 30 August and tickets are still available.
Thingummyjig was STV's top rated music and dance...
Church to discuss sex trafficking at the Fringe on Thursday
Sex trafficking is to be discussed by the Church of Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Members of the Church and Society Council are teaming...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – REVIEW – Jack Dee’s Help Desk ***.5
Jack Dee's Help Desk, Assembly George Square 6:30pm, until 24 August, See venue for ticket availability and pricing
Known for his generally glum persona, Jack Dee's...
Welcome to my Gilded Edinburgh
by Donald Anderson
More so than most capitals throughout the world Edinburgh is somewhat of a gilded gateway to its home nation. It’s partly due...
Council need your views on community payback orders
Edinburgh residents are being asked to comment on a scheme which orders offenders to work unpaid in the community as part of their sentence.
Community...
Dramatic reviewer shortage at Edinburgh Fringe
Every year the Edinburgh Fringe gets bigger. This year there are over 3,000 shows in the Official Fringe Programme, plus perhaps another thousand free...
Tupiniquim – Great Crepes and Fundraising!
Over the course of the past four years, Tupiniquim, the Brazilian crepe kiosk at the top of Middle Meadow Walk, has developed its own special...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe INTERVIEW – Hedluv and Passman
Hedluv and Passman: Doin' it Dreckly, Gilded Balloon 10:30pm, until 25 Aug, £11/10 (£9/8 concessions)
"In Cornwall they regard themselves as modern day folk heroes....
Edinburgh International Book Festival in Photos – Take 3
Another selection of authors from the Book Festival, this time from Tuesday's guest list at Charlotte Square. The Festival runs until the 25th August.
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School’s back: Remember your best driving behaviour
It’s not just our little ones that need to think about their behaviour at the start of the...
New marine strategy launched on Portobello Beach
Plans to tackle the problem of marine litter were launched on Portobello Beach yesterday by Scotland’s Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead.
Costing Scotland £16.8 million every...
Business course : Focus on Discipline 20 August 2014
Following a series of expensive unfair dismissal cases being reported in the media this year, HR and health and safety experts Law At Work...
Edinburgh Old Town’s latest fine art gallery
Edinburgh’s Old Town welcomed its latest addition to the art scene with the opening of HoeyynArts Gallery.
Heralded by Chinese drumming and a Lion Dance,...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh
20 mph plans
Films in the quad
Ceilidh Club is back
Outlander
Best Coffee in Town
The council has plans to roll out twenty mile per hour zones across...
The Edinburgh International Book Festival – Bonnie Greer
Author, playwright and critic, Bonnie Greer spoke to an enthralled audience at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this week about her upbringing in Chicago,...
New Fitness Concept at Muirhouse Community Centre
Zumba & Fitsteps “Together or Not” on Tuesday Nights.
David has introduced a new format of his popular forms of exercise by starting on Tuesdays...
MSP becomes first patron of MS Therapy Centre Lothian
Malcolm Chisholm MSP for Edinburgh North and Leith has lent his support to the MS Therapy Centre Lothian by becoming its first patron.
The charity,...
Cocktails anyone?
There is going to be a big summer party at one of Edinburgh’s newest venues - Enzo in the city’s Quartermile - and you...
Police issue CCTV images from last year
Police in Edinburgh have released images of a man they wish to trace in connection with a serious assault that happened last year.
The incident...
Cricket at The Meadows this weekend
Edinburgh’s Meadows will come to life this Sunday with cricket or charity cricket-a-thon
Cricket is having its own Festival this Sunday (24 August), as the Edinburgh...
Police seeking any witnesses to Colinton Mains robbery
A robbery took place at a shop in the south west of the city yesterday morning and Police are asking for any witnesses to...
Scottish Independence Referendum – this week’s views
A selection of remarks and comments and pointers to articles about the Scottish Independence Referendum.
People living in Scotland are invited to vote in the...
Late night trams for the Fringe
Good news - the trams will run later to accommodate passengers wanting to go out late this weekend and next.
Transport for Edinburgh have announced...
Law firm’s annual results show increase in turnover
Law firm Gillespie Macandrew, with offices in Edinburgh and Perth, has reported a turnover of £9.583 million for financial year 2013 – 2014, an increase...
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