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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Edinburgh Renaissance Band
Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Musical Migrants: shawm to serpent, cornett to crumhorn, rebec to recorder, this is the music of travelling composers and performers in...
Will the 2040 ban mean the end of biofuels?
Does the 2040 ban on new petrol and diesel cars mean the death of biofuels?
Flower power.
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Raffaella Ocone, Heriot-Watt University
One question that arises from the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – SHIPS: Dr. Audrey’s Fatal Mistake
HOT NEW SKETCH DUO SETS SAIL FOR EDINBURGH
SHIPS: Dr Audrey's Fatal Mistake
SHIP'S DEBUT COMBINES CALAMITOUS CHARACTERS, HILARIOUS SONGS AND DELIGHTFUL SURPRISES IN THIS MUSICAL STORY TELLING SKETCH...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – The Stuntman
The Debut Solo Show Neighbours’ Pinhead
Featuring real on-stage stunts – it’s totally bananas!
Nathan Lang (Pinhead from Neighbours) brings his debut solo show to the...
Edinburgh Fun Run 2017
Lots of people having fun in Holyrood Park earlier today when they took part in an untimed 5K when fun is all important.
Many raised...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Tony Cowards: Punderdog
TONY COWARDS: PUNDERDOG EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2017
Laughs aplenty from the king of one-liners.
Fresh from a hit debut run at Adelaide Fringe this spring, Tony Cowards...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Show Me The Money
After six years of austerity is it possible for an artist to make enough money for life’s little luxuries - like bread?
This is a funny, inspirational...
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 – Gary Tro: SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious
GARY TRO: SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIGARYTROCIOUS | EDINBURGH FRINGE 2017
Stand-up Gary Tro explores how to find happiness when you're incapable of seeing anything through to completion.
“This is...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Lorna Shaw is Ava Rage
LORNA SHOW IS AVA RAGE | EDINBURGH FRINGE 2017
The Debut Solo Show from one half of ‘That Pair’.
Stand-up, music and clown: Celebrating being none...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
A brand new adaptation of the groundbreaking 1934 play by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart, created in collaboration with U.S producer and director,...
Explosive Osama Bin Laden Show Returns To Edinburgh Fresh From US Tour
Explosive Osama Bin Laden Show Returns To Edinburgh Fresh From US Tour
“Tonight, ladies and gentlemen,
I am going to show you how to change the...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2017 – there will be dragons
With the help of the children from Canal View Primary School in Wester Hailes the Dragon of Profit and Private Ownership made its way...
Weed control in action
The council are being accused of taking no action on weeds in the city but only a couple of days ago we spotted two...
Corpse flower to bloom at the Botanics
The Botanics will be the place to go as the Amorphophallus titanum (titan arum), one of the world's biggest and smelliest blooms, is about...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Child is Labour councillor for the Portobello/Craigmillar ward.
Dear All
Sorry, I have been a bit behind on these ‘weekly’ Updates, but it is Council...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Hopeless
Award-winning spoken word artist, Leyla Josephine is set to take audiences on a journey through the apathetic attitudes of millennials, as she debuts her...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Fish Food
Avenue Stage Presents Fish Food
Long before he was President, he really liked to buy hotels.
It’s 1990 in Boston. Like the Berlin Wall, Joe Bacon’s life...
Where to get bagels in the Burgh
In Edinburgh you might be more tempted to go for a roll and something or other, but there are now several places where you...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Scribble
Winner of the 2017 Assembly Roxy Theatre Award (The ART Award), Scribble is a piece of new writing about mental health and supernovas from...
Edinburgh International Festival 2017 – At The Queen’s Hall
With just over a week away till the Fringe begins, they are getting very excited at The Queen's Hall. Despite the scaffolding which adorns...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Two Little Ducks
Razor sharp wit, linguistic flair and storytelling in deeply personal and political show
Poet and activist Matt Abbott fuses socio-political commentary and contemporary kitchen sink realism for his...
Standard Life Opening Event :Bloom to begin the 70th Festival
In a week's time St Andrew Square will no doubt be closed off to traffic amid preparations for the evening ahead. Certainly preparations are...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Kitty Walsh performs Albrecht Dürer: Renaissance Dude
Albrecht Dürer: Renaissance Dude is the debut stand-up show from art historian Kitty Walsh. It's a comical, interactive, look at the life and times of
Albrecht Dürer,...
Dunbar rowers do the John Muir Way – by boat
The Dunbar Coastal Rowing Club has completed the John Muir Way by boat.
The 20 rowers followed the 134 miles of the walking route from...
Lothian Buses introduce pilot ‘contactless payment’ scheme
If you are using Lothian’s Airlink 100 service between Edinburgh city centre and Edinburgh Airport from Sunday 30 July then you will be able...
Police search for city centre attacker
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses after an elderly man was seriously assaulted on Queen Street.
The incident happened around 10.45am yesterday Thursday 27th...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2017: Scottish Heritage Inspires Something New
by Madeleine Kaye
Scotland’s largest visual art festival returns for its 14th year, as Edinburgh itself celebrates its 70th anniversary as a festival city.
Edinburgh Art...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
DING DONG THE WITCH IS BACK! In a world of referendums, Brexit, Trump, another election and overall turmoil, Fringe favourite and multi-award winning Margaret Thatcher Queen...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – What if I Told You
Theatre/dance crossover explores personal boundaries and histories, directed by multi Fringe First winner Chris Goode
Fringe first-timer Pauline Mayers is used to people making assumptions about her...
Hotel plans for St Andrew Square
Development company S Harrison has submitted a planning application to transform one of St Andrew Square’s most prominent and historic buildings into a stunning...
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