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Five things you need to know today
There is no tram for you to go and catch this morning. And there may be no tram even in a year or two's...
Faces of the Fringe – Part 6
Over the course of the Fringe, Thomas Haywood has been taking photos of Fringe characters on stage and in the street. In this 6th...
Scottish Archaeology Month September 2011
Scottish Archaeology Month is a month-long festival of free archaeological events that take place across Scotland throughout September. Over the month over 1500 events...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Improvised the Musical (***)
Improvised musicals are a very difficult genre of theatre especially when the audience give them difficult subjects and titles, however the 'No Shoes Theatre...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Edinburgh Tonight (****)
If you have very little time to see shows and don't know what to see then this show will produce 7 acts in about...
Get off at Haymarket! Council decides way forward on trams
The City of Edinburgh Council today passed a motion to stop the trams at Haymarket and give up (at least for now) the idea...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Batman! Holy Spoof Musical Batstravaganza (**)
This production has a distinctly amateurish corny feel about it with some appallingly over-used puns. The acting at times feels like it needs...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Llwyth (Tribe) – (*****)
Llwyth is a brilliant, powerful, enigmatic production that takes the audience through a whole range of emotions from laughter, anger, grief to happiness all...
Commissioner for Children and Young People launches A RIGHT wee blether
Nursery workers, parents and carers across Edinburgh are giving very young children the chance to inform the work of Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: News at Kate (****)
The beauty of the Fringe is that sometimes you can go into a free show on impulse and discover a very funny stand-up comedienne...
LIVEBLOG – The City of Edinburgh Council Meeting 25 August 2011
The Council meets this morning and you can follow the proceedings here:-
The City of Edinburgh Council meeting 25 August 2011
Five things you need to know today
The council meet this morning to discuss trams among other things. We gave you a breakdown of what is up for discussion in our...
Call for Volunteers! SAM Community Dig 29 August to 1st September
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To launch Scottish Archaeology Month 2011 Archaeology Scotland is holding a community excavation in East Lothian from Monday 29...
John Carson puts the Tram question to councillors
John Carson stood last Thursday as a candidate for election to the City of Edinburgh Council, but was beaten by the SNP's Alasdair Rankin....
Casting call for Snow White and the Seven Leithers
Leith Community Theatre are looking for cast and crew for this year's pantomime of 'Snow White and The Seven Leithers' set in the mystical land of...
Talk – Richard Demarco at Axolotl Gallery 26 August 2011 at 2p.m.
On Friday 26th August at 2pm, Richard Demarco will speak with friends and associates about his exhibition ‘Richard Demarco and Joseph Beuys on The Road...
Five things you need to know today
We are running a liveblog with Edinburgh Central MSP Marco Biagi later today from 5.30p.m. Do you have any questions for him? Then you...
Sighthill skyline to change in September
The skyline of North Sighthill in Edinburgh will be changed forever with the dramatic demolition of three tower blocks on Sunday 25 September 2011.
The...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Invisible Show II (****)
If you’ve ever been tempted to eavesdrop on the conversations of fellow festival-goers, this show is for you. Handed a pair of headphones, you’re...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Hotel Methuselah (***)
It’s not so much the what as the how with this intriguing show by UK-based theatre company Imitating the Dog and theatre maker Pete...
Polo – Perrier-Jouet Cup Polo 20 & 21 August 2011
Border Reivers Polo Club held their final tournament of the season last weekend with the Perrier-Jouet Cup. The qualifying rounds took place on the...
Five things you need to know today
The Book Festival is in full swing now. Our very own Ali George has been there to see one of her literary heroes A.L.Kennedy,...
Edinburgh International Festival Review: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (***)
‘Confusing’ was the word I heard most often as the audience was leaving the King’s Theatre after Sunday’s performance of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle....
Economic Development Committee 23 August 2011
The Economic Development Committee of The City of Edinburgh Council meets at 9a.m. tomorrow morning. This is the agenda:-
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The Economic Development Committee previously...
Fringe Review: Muscle (***)
Muscle is a Welsh play based in Cardiff centring round interviews with men. The acting was of the highest quality though they regularly changed...
Faces of the Fringe Part 5
Faces of the Fringe continues with a good dose of the eccentric one or two stage live stage shows and some real characters.
Edinburgh International Festival Review: Yogyakarta Palace Gamelan Orchestra Kridha Mardhawa (*****)
There’s a problem, of course, in awarding a star rating to a group that itself defines a particular style of music. That’s the case...
Five things you need to know today
While Tripoli falls from the grasp of Colonel Gaddafi The Guardian is running a liveblog to keep up with events. We are running our...
Red Arrows team member dies
The BBC has announced the death this weekend of Jon Egging, a member of the Royal Airforce Display Team, also known as Red Four...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Truly Medley Deeply (****)
This Cambridge University Trio are a very skilled, fun-filled group who play medleys of pop songs using mandolin, synthesiser, violin, drum and guitar. They...
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