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Scottish Artists 1750-1900: From Caledonia to the Continent
A future king in a dress, a Carmelite monk lighting a cigar for a Spanish resistance fighter and a wintry scene by an artist...
Scottish SPCA appeals for loving homes for rescue rabbits
The Scottish SPCA in Edinburgh is appealing for loving homes for the rescue rabbits in its care.
Scotland's animal welfare charity is encouraging rehoming during...
Five things you need to know today!
Harmonium
Fringe tip of the day
Drop in Day at Granton Community Gardens
Hopetoun Farm Shop wins an award
EdinburghReportage
The Edinburgh International Festival got off to a resounding...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 Review – Willie and Sebastian *****
A new play by Ian Pattison which is darkly comic and depressing in equal measure.
Splendid performances by Andy Gray and Grant Stott bring these two...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW – Tricity Vogue *****
I know the world is round, so why should I be square?
Sometimes, during the Fringe, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by talent. Actors, singers,...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
You'd better not be flagging already - the month is still young, and there's plenty to do in the city! From the Roman Praetorian...
Five things you need to know today!
Free music at the National Museum of Scotland
Fringe tip of the day
Kevin and Natalie are walking for Bield!
Day off for Fringe performers at the Salt Cave
Maggie's...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW – Gwlad y Ddraig, Land Of The Dragon ...
The stage is set with an inquisitive, wooly sheep gently tugging and baaing at her carer’s leash. She is shrewdly assessing the suitability of...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW – Cautionary Tales for Daughters *****
'I am an ordinary Mum,
To bouts of paranoia I regularly succumb'
Well, don't we all? In fact, never mind bouts....for most mothers perma-panic comes with...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Ferdinand
Turn to nearly any page of the Fringe programme and you will see monsters, madmen, mayhem and destruction; stories of abuse, darkness, loss, anger....
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Umrao the noble courtesan
A vast, open hall, decorated in gilded carvings and seeped in the opulence of the Mughal period. Centre stage she stands alone. Courtesan, Tawa’if...
Dumbarton 2-1 Hibernan
Hibs' season started with a frustrating 2-1 defeat to Dumbarton at the Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium this afternoon,
After two home cup ties, the campaign began...
Edinburgh Fringe Book Festival 2015
You may know all about the Fringe - but did you know Edinburgh has a thriving Fringe Book Festival too?
Independent radical bookshop Word Power...
Third Craft Scotland Summer Show opens in Edinburgh
Craft Scotland presents the work of 35 inspiring makers in the centre of Edinburgh
The Craft Scotland Summer Show returns from 7 – 30 August,...
Craigentinny Cancer Support Group
Craigentinny Community Centre will be hosting a Cancer Support Group monthly, on Thursday evenings, from Thursday, August 20th. This new initiative targeting the Eastern...
Dine out for a fiver at Boxsmall Market
Local food traders at Boxsmall Market offer £5 meal deal throughout August
Festival goers, families and food lovers will be able to dine out for...
Hibs aim to improve matchday experience for disabled supporters
Hibs have extended an invite to the Hibernian Disabled Supporters' Association (HDSA) to the first HDSA meeting of the new season.
The committee of the HDSA...
Police hunt gang in connection with two armed robberies
Police are looking to trace three men in connection with two armed robberies in Edinburgh and Hillend on Friday.
The first incident happened at around 6:40am when...
Five things you need to know today!
Police issue updated description of attacker in Craiglockhart
Southside Community Council
Free music at the National Museum of Scotland
Fringe tip of the day
Edinburgh Sport Awards
Police in...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW — Brute ***
Brute (winner of the 2015 IdeasTap Underbelly Award) starts the Fringe the way it deserves to begin. Nestled among endless posters advertising another show...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW – Chicken Licken and the Little Red Hen *****
'What do you need to make bread?' 'But I like pizza!'
'What do you need to make it wet?' 'The sea!'
'Has anyone got an egg?'...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW – More C*** Than Cant ****
Good gentlefolk of Edinburgh - lock up your wives and daughters - the mad, bad and dangerous Lord Byron is in town.
But, with foppish...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW – Rap Guide To Climate Chaos *****
The pentameter is mightier than the absurd...
Fringe 2014 saw Baba Brinkman reprise his revised ‘serious (and not so serious) medieval swaggering’ Hip-Hop/Rap take on...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – A Cinema In South Georgia
The Edinburgh Reporter's scoop hound was on the scent at The Pleasance bar the other day as some curious card-sharp playing shenanigans were well...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 REVIEW – Pilgrim *****
A casualty of near terminal Californian beach debauchery, Christy, professional hedonist, boards his Dublin bound plane. His welcoming party might be girlfriend, Penny, resting...
Assault and attempted robbery in Fauldhouse
Police in West Lothian are attempting to trace two males in connection with an assault and attempted robbery in Fauldhouse yesterday afternoon.
The incident happened...
Three men sought after robbery attempt in Loanhead
Police in Midlothian are appealing for information after three men attempted to rob an elderly woman at her home in Loanhead during the early...
Festival officers deliver crime prevention advice
Police in Edinburgh are today utilising national resources to promote crime prevention to those enjoying the Festival.
The annual policing operation for the month-long event...
Royal Mail issue a new Festival postmark
Katrina Coll and Stuart Millar, who both work in Royal Mail's city delivery office, joined Kath M Mainland, Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society to...
Five things you need to know today!
Harmonium
Charlotte Baptist Chapel
Festival Tip of the Day
Festival Map
Photography Competition
Tonight at 10.30 the place to be is Lothian Road outside The Usher Hall where there...
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