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Edinburgh International Festival – Trojan Women 9 to 11 August
K-pop and Greek tragedy come together in Trojan Women by the National Changgeuk Company of Korea.
Trojan Women features original music by K-pop producer and Parasite and Squid Game composer Jung Jae-il, in collaboration...
Lothians must benefit from cycling events
Scotland is currently staging the biggest cycling event in history, the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, mainly in Glasgow, and one Lothian MSP wants...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Witchcraft and Woolf
In Modern Witches, a woman in the midst of a sapphic relationship crisis finds her ground thanks to the spirits and witches in her...
Pickleball comes to East Lothian
Attempts to establish a club in East Lothian for players of the fast growing sport of Pickleball will move a step forward with an...
‘No cold calling’ zones to be expanded
Signs to ward off doorstep cold callers are preventing nearly £400,000 being lost to scammers, the council says.
The city’s ‘no cold calling zones’ aim...
Hutchison Vale – two teams pick up trophies
What a weekend for Hutchison Vale community sports club football teams with both the 2011 and 2012 teams enjoying success.
The 2011’s travelled to Ayrshire...
Five things you need to know today
Exam results
For those of you who sat exams this year, we hope you all got the results you need for your onward career. Of...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Beetle at House of Oz
House of Oz, winner of Best Venue at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022, is back for 2023 to showcase the best of Australian talent, including...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Joe Wells: King of the Autistics ★★★★★
Joe Wells rattles off his artfully constructed ironic jokes and wry observations on life as an autistic person so fast it's hard sometimes to...
Edinburgh International Festival – the opening weekend was all about music making
Edinburgh International Festival opened at the weekend with an array of live events, attracting large crowds to venues in the city.
Free to access Opening Fanfare:...
William Friedkin 1935 – 2023
In 2012 the opening night film of Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) was director, William Friedkin's film Killer Joe, starring Matthew McConaughey and Juno...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Looking for Giants ★★★★
Looking for Giants is a fresh, original and impressively performed play in which we see a young woman taking control of her sexuality and...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Bryan Berlin: Running Scared ★★★
Bryan Berlin took up jogging ten years ago after overcoming a fear of failure as a 14-year-old that prevented him from running two...
Grayson Perry’s graduation robes to be displayed in Edinburgh
Sir Grayson Perry’s University of the Arts London (UAL) graduation robes will be displayed in Jigsaw Edinburgh next weekend to "celebrate and champion emerging...
Short term lets – regulation made more difficult for council
The City Edinburgh Council has told residents who are negatively impacted by short-term lets that it “will not give up” on them, despite its crack-down...
Milestone reached in transformation of Granton’s historic gasholder
The bell that floated up as water filled the gasholder has been taken apart and removed, preparing the iconic structure for restoration
The frame of...
CCTV images released – police seeking information on Hanover Street assault
Police Scotland has released images of a man who may be able to assist with their enquiries into an assault which took place in...
Skills Development Scotland on hand to help after exam results
Exam results in Scotland will be advised to candidates on Tuesday.
More than 144,000 pupils across Scotland can access advice in the coming days,...
The Red Sandstone is officially opened
Following a long hard-fought community campaign against demolishing the red sandstone building at Stead's Place the developer has now held an official reopening ceremony...
Tenants call on charity owners of artists studios to save them from closure
Local artists based in West Park Place artists’ studios in Dalry, Edinburgh are coordinating with others in Scotland in a bid to save their...
Fundraiser at Edinburgh Sports Club
Edinburgh Sports Club are inviting entries for a charity racketlon on Saturday (at noon) aimed at testing racquet sports players' in a combination of...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Michael Shafar: Well Worth the Chemo ★★★★★
"You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special '(A)LIVE' on Amazon Prime, his YouTube special 'Alright, Next Joke' or perhaps you're one of...
Hutchison Vale camp winners of the week
Winners at the penultimate Hutchison Vale Community Sports Club Football Camp of the summer are:
Left to right - Ruby Heath (Camper of the week),...
Schërzo in tune for their Fringe run
Members of the cast of Schërzo were in St Andrew Square, at the phone box on the corner opposite Harvey Nichols on Sunday morning...
Drag artists begin their run of shows in Edinburgh
RuPaul stars Baga Chipz and Anita Wigl'it pose at Virgin Hotels Edinburgh as they begin their Fringe shows at Gilded Balloon.
Baga Chipz and Anita...
UCI Cycling World Championships – Men Elite Road Race in photos…
Edinburgh hosted the start of the race and very soon the pack of cyclists had passed on to the Queensferry Crossing and out of...
UCI Cycling World Championships – Men Elite Road Race
The start in Edinburgh was much lauded by the council and cycling groups, but in truth it passed in a flash.
The cyclists have...
Pleasance Theatre Trust – Opening Gala 2023
At the Grand at Pleasance on Saturday there was a fabulous array of talent on display in the Opening Gala, and every show which...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Festival -Fool’s Gold ★★★
Saskia Solomons's highly stylised show about money is very much a performance in need of an audience.
Dressed in a golden body-hugging tunic, designed by...
Recipe – weekend lunch inspiration
The head chef at the Dalmore Inn, Blairgowrie, Iain Naysmith, offers some weekend inspiration with an easy enough recipe to create a light fish...
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