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Oasis Live at Murrayfield ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Legions of fans spilled out of packed trains at Haymarket, and others jumped off trams and buses to snap up bucket hats in a...
Fringe 2025 – 27 Club ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The 27 Club refers to a group of well-known and success musicians, artists, and performers who all died at the age of 27, often...
First Minister visits Edinburgh waste management company
First Minister, John Swinney, went to see a load of rubbish on Friday during his visit to Change Waste Recycling in Edinburgh on Friday....
Fringe 2025 – read three of our ⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews from the first week here
All of our festival and Fringe coverage can be found at this link here - but here are just three of our four star...
Porty Art Walk Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary
In September, the Art Walk Porty Festival celebrates its tenth year.
Since 2016, the annual programme has organised artistic events in Portobello and Joppa, offering...
Historic gown to be auctioned in Edinburgh this week
A gown which is said to have been worn at The Palace of Holyroodhouse by an eighteenth century Scottish noblewoman closely allied to the...
Fringe 2025 – Lily Blumkin: Nice Try! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Could we be seeing the birth of a new comic star? That's the conceit behind Lily Blumkin's Edinburgh debut character comedy show in which,...
Fab, Glam and Cheeky – Deaf Drag Queens Take to the Edinburgh Stage
Cheeky charm and outrageous wit come together at this year’s Edinburgh Deaf Festival when drag queens Mary and Danielle take to the stage this...
Latest roadworks and road closures in Edinburgh
This is the most up to date list of roadworks, road closure and events leading to road closures or diversions for traffic in Edinburgh...
Oasis fans ready for the first concert
Oasis will be on stage later today at Scottish Gas Murrayfield. Doors open at 5pm and later all eyes will look north to the...
A preview of Oasis with Tim Abbot
The man described as the original ‘sixth member of Oasis’ arrived in Edinburgh as the warm-up act ahead of the band reaching Edinburgh on...
Oasis Wonderwall challenge – in Stockbridge
Calling any Oasis fans who know the words of Wonderwall - there is a one day only open mic singing competition in Stockbridge on...
Five things you need to know today
What did we see
Along with many other journalists we went to hear what Deputy First Minister, Kate Forbes had to say at a political...
Letter from Scotland
The Edinburgh Festivals had a windy start this week.
Several events had to cancelled, including the Military Tattoo, the Ceilidh in the Park and...
Fringe 2025 – 199 Jokes Before Lunchtime: High Whisk ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"I've just bought, literally, the loudest pigeon: massive coup. I went to the bar before the show. They had no sparkling water. Stiiill... I've...
Fringe 2025 – Del Valle – A True Tale of Sex, Drugs, Rock and...
A journey of acting and addiction from Texas to Hollywood, to the Chelsea Hotel and back to a Texas prison cell
This show is written...
What is on your back to school shopping list?
Back-to-school time is here, and Fort Kinnaird has teamed up with its Chief Fun Officer, six-year-old Ruari, to find out what children really want...
Fringe 2025 – 1984 (Box Tale Soup) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
There are many Orwell based shows at this year’s Fringe, including fine Theatrical versions of Animal Farm and a sequel to 1984 at Summerhall....
Fringe 2025: new crime thriller at Edinburgh Deaf Festival – also for hearing audiences
Audiences for BBC’s The Reunion and ITV’s thriller Code of Silence were intrigued by these British Sign Language dramas and the insight into life...
Survey proves the need for bus service to Ratho adventure centre
More than 1,000 people took part in a survey conducted by the Ratho Bus Working Group who say the conclusion is that there is...
Fundraiser inspired by personal loss
A determined fundraiser is set to take on The Edinburgh Kiltwalk’s Mighty Stride in aid of Pregnancy Sickness Support, a charity dedicated to helping...
New housing designs for the Paper Factory criticised as “featureless square blocks”
A development of 950 homes on a former brownfield site in West Edinburgh has been criticised due to its brutalist design.
The housing at...
Bold, beautiful and scandalous – Lillie Langtry is back in Edinburgh
Brilliant actress, phenomenal beauty, mistress of the Prince of Wales – Lillie Langtry was an international Victorian superstar celebrity.
Indeed, her stardom in America began...
Secretary of State to announce new Brand Scotland partnership in Edinburgh
The Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray, will announce a new Brand Scotland partnership in a speech at Filmhouse later on Thursday with...
Five things you need to know today
What we have seen
The streets are now full of Fringe artists vying for attention - perhaps none quite so flexibly as this one who...
Young Scots qualify for world cricket finals
A Scotland squad containing Stewart's Melville pair Olly Pillinger and Ram Sharma as well as Grange's Rory Grant have qualified for the world under-19...
Fringe 2025 – Ego Tourism: How the Tao Made Me (a bit less) Weird...
Mark Saltveit could have trained to be a lawyer like his mother, his grandfather and his great grandfather; but having read "The happy fish"...
Fringe 2025 – Niusia ⭐⭐⭐⭐
"My nana was an iridescent entertainer. And I remember her as a bitch... She was a very savvy businesswoman and she played hardball... she...
Murrayfield Dafs bounce back to lift trophy
Murrayfield Dafs cricket club bounced back from the disappointment of losing the annual Parks Trophy final last week to lift the Terry Newcombe Memorial...
Council gives retrospective consent for The Famous Spiegeltent
The planning application for the Famous Spiegeltent already constructed in St Andrew Square was heard by the council's planning department on Wednesday morning and...
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