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EIF 2026 – First Night at the Hub
Starting with the theme from the monumental documentary about the US Civil War by Ken Burns, Festival Director, Nicola Benedetti, introduced the great man...
Fringe act takes to Calton Hill for the eclipse
To mark the solar eclipse, Aarushi brought her lunar obsession to the top of Calton Hill.
At 19:05, as the eclipse began, Aarushi raised a...
Solar eclipse causes excitement in Edinburgh
The solar eclipse passed over Edinburgh around 7pm and hundreds of people were out at the viewing spots on Calton Hill and Arthur's Seat....
Roller derby Reekies’ Fringe exhibition
Roller derby club Edinburgh Auld Reekies are extending an invitation to Fringe visitors to experience the sport with an intra-club game organised for Meadowbank...
Fringe 2026 – Keith Alessi – a century not out!
The cast of Keith Alessi's show Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life, has performed their 100th show during their...
The Causey – a victorious “sit oot” as decades of campaigning bears real results
Locals and members of The Causey campaign group hold a "sit oot" at the junction of West Crosscauseway and Buccleuch Street most weekends, but...
Edinburgh Art Festival – exhibitions open on Friday at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
From Friday new exhibitions open at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW) which are part of the Edinburgh Art Festival 2026.
One of the exhibitions, Fair...
Fringe 2026 – four solo shows from New York
Four New York performers who are bringing solo shows to this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe explained the tangled, often chance, encounters that connected them...
Fringe review 2026 – David Benaim: Excel Comedy & Mathem-antics ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It’s not often that you come out of a comedy show to be offered Excel and Google Sheets shortcut stickers, together with a copy...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Simple Minds – “the band I never left”
It is a beautiful day in Kelvingrove, Glasgow, and Derek Forbes is showing me the artefacts of a life in music.
There are gold...
The Whistlebinkies eschew the sound of silence at the Fringe
The Whistlebinkies face a quandary when they return to artSpace@stmarks for their annual Fringe concert on Saturday 22 August.
The band, one of the...
Wifi free audiobook player to be sold during the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Voxblock, the screen-free, wifi-free audiobook player for children, will be sold at the Waterstones shop on the Edinburgh Book Festival site from 15 August...
Stuart returns to his rugby roots coaching Forrester as Broughton drop out
Stuart Dennis has gone back to his rugby roots by taking up the coaching reins at East Division Two rugby club, Forrester.
The ex-forward cut...
Willowbrae bowlers win Purves Triples
Willowbrae, with a team comprising Gino di Ponio, Kris Fraser and Matthew Craig, won the William Purves Funeral Directors sponsored invitation triples held annually...
Festivals 2026 – Tuesday’s picks
There are our choices from the wide range of arts on offer today.
Edinburgh International Festival
Today the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) continue...
Scots and Dutch spearhead cricket protest
Cricket Scotland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association are leading criticism of the International Cricket Council’s decision to change the format of the men’s...
Fringe review 2026 – Andy MacLeod’s Soho Days and Camden Nights ⭐️⭐️⭐️
There is something almost brutally appropriate about sitting through Andy Macleod’s Soho Days and Camden Nights with an audience of three or four people....
Fringe review 2026 – Burke and Hare: Body Snatchers, Serial Killers, Ulstermen ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Edinburgh knows Burke and Hare almost too well. Their names have become part of the city's folklore, sitting somewhere in the shadows of ghosts,...
Fringe review 2026 – Call Me Elizabeth: From Burton to Humanitarian ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Elizabeth Taylor is still on the telephone. During Kayla Boye’s performance of the Hollywood superstar Call Me Elizabeth: From Burton to Humanitarian, the telephone...
Fringe review 2026 – Rockbeth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rockbeth is a thrilling, high-energy reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, performed with infectious enthusiasm by a talented neurodiverse ensemble.
Combining the darkness of Shakespeare’s tragedy with the...
Fringe 2026 – Laura is making her debut appearance this year
Actor Laura Bisset first gained theatre experience treading the boards in Shetland pantomimes and youth drama – but now she is performing at the...
Scots go for the hat trick
Heriot's wicket keeper/bat Matthew Cross claimed player of the match honours while Jasper Davidson, from Grange, hit the winning runs as Scotland defeated UAE...
Rare red-footed falcon spotted in Aberlady
A rare red-footed falcon has been snapped just outside of Edinburgh in Aberlady by a local photographer.
Photographer Mark Rielly captured the falcon which has...
Fringe 2026 – Elvis in Chaos
Scientific theory in chaos at the home of smart thinking
An American lawyer brings his alternative take on scientific theory to the home of the...
HMP Edinburgh prisoner sentenced to additional time for attack
A man who is already serving a sentenced as a convicted sex offender launched a “sadistic” prison attack on a rapist inmate by throwing...
Edinburgh International Festival review – The Galloping Cure at Festival Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️
On Sunday night it was the World Premiere of a new opera co-produced by the Edinburgh International Festival and Scottish Opera, written by composer...
Fringe 2026: Monday’s picks, from a flip phone to a nuclear bunker
Here is your daily guide to the biggest arts festival in the world, with Monday’s Fringe picks taking audiences from digital burnout to a...
Children invited into magical worlds of wonder at Edinburgh Deaf Festival
First performances of the joy-filled children’s show Singing Willows and the Magical Bed took place this weekend as part of the Edinburgh Deaf Festival...
Saltire Sky return to Edinburgh with MANikin
Want to see something by real Scottish actors?
Something by a company that’s been hailed as the new ‘National Theatre for Scotland’?
Something that addresses issues...
Review – A Dairy Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️
If there’s a lover of all things bovine in your life, or if you, yourself, have a case of the ‘mad about cows’ disease,...
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