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Anti-Israel demonstration at “Shalom Festival” in Tollcross
A large and energetic protest began around 10 am this morning outside the Central Halls in Tollcross where an Israeli cultural fringe event is being...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 16th August p.m.
For an unprecedented third day in a row our photographer attended the various photo calls at the EIBF. Highlights of today's list were Jackie...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh!
Today at the Edinburgh Interational Book Festival
One More Time with Feeling coming to Edinburgh in September
The Show must go on!
Therapy...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Alex Bell and Dominic Hinde ****
Political journalists Alex Bell and Dominic Hinde hit the ground running at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with fighting talk and a political platform...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Ali Smith*****
Chaired by the nation’s makar, the enthusiastic Jackie Kay, Ali Smith took to the stage on Saturday to discuss her new and exciting work,...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 16th August
Another day, another tranche of authors. Frederick Forsyth and Edna O'Brien were the big names on the grey carpet today. Ian Rankin seemed to come...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW – The Sister****
This is strong stuff for a Tuesday morning at 10am, but it was gripping, and deserved more than 30 people in the audience. It...
Meanwhile…. at The Filmhouse
While all the Festival and Fringe hubbub goes on outside it is still possible to escape it by retiring to the darkness of The...
Have a coffee morning for Macmillan – it’s a piece of cake
Hosting your own coffee morning can be a piece of cake, at least according to best friends Ava, Annie and Elizabeth.
Ava Green, 4, Annie...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW: Matt Forde: It’s My Political Party (and I’ll...
A week, Harold Wilson once said, is a long time in politics.
For Matt Forde, the unexpected outcome of June’s Brexit vote meant a quick...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW – Sarah Callaghan 24 **
Sarah Callaghan, in her Fringe show, 24, does a bit of self-examination, but not without a pun or two to make the journey palatable.
The...
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Iain Macwhirter
'A tsunami is the result of an earthquake; Scotland's earthquake was the independence referendum campaign'
According to chair Magnus Linklater, Iain Macwhirter is 'one of the best...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh!
Corstorphine public toilet to be sold
Today at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Girl guiding Scotland pilot project
Waverley Care and Pleasance
Community Garden...
Girlguiding Scotland launch project – and they expect action!
The latest project form Girlguiding Scotland aimed at encouraging girls and young women to take action on issues they care about has support from...
Blush performance wins Charlotte Josephine a Stage Edinburgh Award
Charlotte Josephine has received a Stage Edinburgh Award for her performance in BLUSH.
BLUSH is also written by Charlotte and is presented by Snuff Box Theatre. This...
Decision on St Mary’s Music School planning application due on Wednesday
The former Royal High School has lain empty for decades, and now there are two planning applications lodged in respect of the same building.
The first...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 15th August, p.m.
Not quite as 'live' as the a.m. post, but much (much) busier.....
Painting Paradise: The Art of the Garden
What does your garden say about you? Is it all in straight lines, does it wander about all over the place? Is it full...
Waverley Care and Pleasance celebrate their 25 year partnership on the Fringe
Waverley Care and Pleasance held a fabulous photo call today with 25 yellow space hoppers - one for every year of their charity partnership...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW : The Best of “So you think you’re funny”**
The Teviot Wine Bar venue is stifling hot. It’s something MC Scott Gibson is not shy in coming forward to noting in his opening...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – Susan Calman – The Calman Before The Storm****
A decade on from her Fringe debut, it is clear to see how one of Scotland’s leading comediennes Susan Calman continues to command a...
Scottish Government promises continued support for Made in Scotland showcase
Made in Scotland, a curated showcase which forms part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe, has been supported by £4.3m of funding from The Scottish Government...
2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival – 15th August, a.m.
It's that time of year again when the ER's photographer sets up camp in Charlotte Square gardens for a few days to bring some...
Five things you need to know today
Edinburgh's Turkish Baths
Red Box Coffee
Edinburgh Airport have busiest month in July
Car Boot Sale
Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show
Did you know that...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 – We Live By The Sea
Theatre (music, multimedia)
Giving A Voice To Girls With Autism
When Ryan moves from the city to Katie's coastal town, they make a connection that will...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW : Trash Test Dummies *****
How much fun do you have at your work? In the Trash Test Dummies, you have three Australian performers who have the most genuine passion...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 Review – Love Me Tinder ****
With more and more people turning to the Internet to find a date, there’s a happy love story for (almost) every uninvited photo of personal...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 REVIEW – Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs 2 :...
It might be worth pointing out that I am not 5 years old. I was born in the nineties, before Pokémon Go, iPads, and Oyster...
Attempted robbery at Trinity newsagents now being treated as attempted murder
Following a witness appeal for an attempted robbery in the Trinity area, police are now treating this incident as attempted murder.
At around 5.20pm on...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016: Dame Nature – The Magnificent Bearded Lady.
The Follies Of Unfashionable Follicles
Theatre (comedy, new writing)
Tragi-comic, pathos heart-string tuggers, the aptly named Havoc Theatre, surely tempt thespian fate by bringing their foliated...
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