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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Seven Crazy Bitches
Take Shakespeare’s ‘Seven Ages of Man’, put it in a variety of cheap wigs, teach it
the juke box of a regional gay bar, roll it...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – Inheritance***
Inheritance by Ben Clover |Royal Overseas League
There are some comedians that just seem to be nice people with a nice turn of anecdote and...
Edinburgh Zoo on Paw Patrol
RZSS Edinburgh Zoo is setting tails wagging this summer with a limited-edition PAW Patrol trail around the world-famous Zoo. Young pups and their parents...
At the Queen’s Hall – Ray Mears Born to go Wild tour
Ahead of the tour date in Edinburgh in October we have a Q & A to share with you which will perhaps give you...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – Sooz on Film****
Clover | Underbelly | 1850
If there is one thing that this reviewer will be grateful to Sooz Kempner for, it is introducing us to a...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen – The Final Tribute*****
Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen – The Final Tribute. The day before the presidential election last year, Leonard Cohen finally fell silent. In Arthur...
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Jim Crumley and Christopher Nicholson – Men for All Seasons
‘A badger peed on my wellies once while I was wearing them. It was like being anointed by nature.’
Many of us are good at...
Flags lowered at the City Chambers today
Following the attack in Barcelona yesterday afternoon, the flags have been lowered as a mark of respect to Barcelona.
The Lord Provost of the City...
Peter is on top of the world in Edinburgh!
Cellist Peter Hudler is having a great time in Edinburgh, even taking his cello on a trek up Arthur's Seat.
There he met up...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Half Breed*****
Jazmin is the only black in the village - but not 'proper black'. When people ask where she's from, she was born in...
Edinburgh invited to a day of wilderness fun at Family Forest Festival
Craigmillar is to host a day full of family fun this weekend with an array of free activities for families to enjoy, including a petting zoo,...
News from the Council Leader
Councillor Adam McVey who is Council Leader was a bit weary when we met him yesterday afternoon at the usual press briefing. However he...
Letter from Scotland
I see them every morning “creeping like a snail unwillingly to school”. They’re back. The new term began this week for Scotland’s 700,000 school...
Green Investment Bank sale now complete
The Green Investment Bank headquartered in Edinburgh and London has been sold to a Macquarie-led consortium for £2.3 billion.
The sale announced in April 2017...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Paul Auster at 70
How to achieve Paul Auster's literary genius? Start living uncomfortably
Any questions?
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by Alan McMunnigall, University of Glasgow and Pamela Ross, University of Glasgow
Paul Auster takes...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child represents the Portobello/Craigmillar ward in the city. Here she blogs for us with all sorts of information from her inbox
Dear All
Our...
Slater and Gordon appoint head of employment in Scotland
A New Zealander who moved from one continent to another has now moved from London to Scotland to lead the employment law team at...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – IlluminArchie: Archie Maddocks ***
IlluminArchie is the hilarious new show by 'super cool, super smart storyteller' (Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard) and award-winning comedian, Archie Maddocks. He is described...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Viggo Venn
After a BEST COMEDY AWARD nominee at the 2017 Brighton Fringe, award-winning Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn makes his solo debut with The Life Of...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas*****
Come along on a rollicking singalong from Edinboro (sic) to the glamorous world of the silver screen, and some of the most famous Hollywood...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – How to Act ***
Internationally renowned theatre director Anthony Nicholl has travelled the globe on a life-long quest to discover the true essence of theatre. Today, he gives...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – Movin’ Melvin Brown***
Movin' Melvin Brown Assembly Roxy 16.25
This man is a character in himself. He is not impersonating Chuck Berry as he has enough personality and...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Modern Maori Quartet: That’s Us! ****
Magical Songs of Love and Longing
**** Assembly George Square Studios
In the 1950s and '60s Maori show bands rode a wave of popularity in New...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Died Blondes**
“Died Blondes” is an ambitious attempt to depict the last hours of two fascinating and flawed women – Ruth Ellis and Marilyn Monroe.
The show...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – The Alien Chicken Remembers Galatea ***
The Alien Chicken Remembers Galatea is inspired by John Lyly's pastoral comedy, Galatea. Lyly's Galatea follows two maidens, disguised as boys and sent away...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2017 : Malachy Tallack and Barry Smith – Uncovering the...
'Most people live on a lonely island
Lost in the middle of a foggy sea.
Most people long for another island
One where they know they will...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – A Joke *****
A new comedy by Dan Freeman starring Sylvester McCoy, Richard Oliver and Robert Picardo. An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a...
Finally – a plan for the capital
The coalition agreement between the SNP and Labour groups of elected members at the City of Edinburgh Council has now (eventually) been published.
It was...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – How To Suffer Better
How to Suffer Better
Written
and performed by Amanda Miller
The Newsroom (Fringe Venue 93)
Leith Street. Edinburgh
4 -28 August (Except 14 and 21 Aug) | 13:15-14:15
Ever wondered...
Getting away from it all during the Festival…
August in Edinburgh can only mean one thing for us here in Scotland’s capital: visitors and performers from all corners of the globe descend...
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