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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Dick Playfair
Better known for marketing and public relations, and his various roles in the rural sector and the deer industry, including a directorship in the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Ed Gamble: Lawman
Star of Almost Royal (BBC America/E4) and the chart topping Peacock & Gamble Podcast, Ed Gamble moseys back to the Edinburgh Fringe with Lawman...
Witness appeal following attempted robbery in city centre
Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery which happened around 9am this morning when a woman was attacked while she was withdrawing cash from...
Craig Gowans Memorial Fund become Guinness World Record Holders
The team behind the Craig Gowans Memorial Fund have officially become Guinness World Record Holders, smashing the record for the Longest Marathon Playing Football...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Tom Toal in Sunshine on Bexleyheath
Tom Toal returns to the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his most personal show yet with 'Sunshine on Bexleyheath'.
Following on from last year’s hit...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Imran Yusuf
Following his success at last year’s Fringe, where he was featured in The Telegraph’s ‘Top Jokes of the Fringe’, Imran Yusuf returns to Edinburgh...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Joey Page : Catastrophe Party
It’s Joey Page’s 10 year anniversary as a stand-up comedian. He’s managed to haul himself onto mainstream TV but tragically even that achievement has...
Edinburgh Fringe 2015: Luke Wright: Stay–at–Home Dandy
‘Starched cravat and vampish slap / Stay-at-Home Dandy – what a chap!’
Poet, performer, festival curator and Fringe favourite Luke Wright is bringing his eighth...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – The Improv Musical
Improvised musical mayhem to leave you in hysterics. Watch your ideas come to life – the show is in your hands!
Ready to take the...
Edinburgh Councillor blogs – Maureen Child
Is this what passes for summer this year?! Last Portobello Market was a bit wet and the one before a bit windy, so we should be...
John McGinn signs four year deal with Hibs
John McGinn has joined Hibs for an undisclosed fee after the Scotland under-21 internationalist agreed a four year deal.
The highly-rated 20-year-old who played for...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY AWARDS GRAND FINAL 2015
Grab your hot tickets to vote at this prestigious Fringe final alongside international comedy cognoscenti for tomorrow's stars. 2015's Top Ten comedy shows have...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Afterhours Comedy
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Laughter packed, legendary and unmissable, AFTERHOURS COMEDY returns to Assembly Roxy to delight audiences with another splendid season. Join them in their prime roost...
Today at Edinburgh Art Festival
There will be an artist talk at Stills 23 Cockburn Street from 1-2pm. Booking is essential for the talk to be given by kennardphillipps...
Police launch annual campaign for safe Festival
Police in Edinburgh have today launched their annual campaign to keep people safe during the Festival.
In the coming weeks, hundreds of thousands of visitors...
Letter from Scotland
I’ve watched the Edinburgh Festival come and go for over 30 years and every year it gets bigger and noisier. I love it. It’s...
Friday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Miskantti Ladies Choir Concert: Songs from Finland to Scotland. Miskantti Ladies Choir was founded in 1910 - originally as part of a workers' association -...
Five things you need to know today
The new Portobello High School
Thresholds an exhibition of work by Toby Paterson
St John's Road supermarket
Vivaldi Gloria
Royal Blind Celebrity Golf Day
We were given a...
Shadow Scottish Secretary makes first major speech in Morningside
Labour’s Shadow Scottish Secretary, Ian Murray MP, called for “a new generation to take the Scottish Labour Party forward” in his first major speech since...
Jimmy Osmond keen to trace his Scottish roots
Jimmy Osmond can’t wait to visit the capital with the world famous ‘Andy Williams Christmas Spectacular’ as he believes that he will be returning...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – A Canadian Redhead in Edinburgh
Most people have probably, at one point or another, had a job that they did not particularly like. Joanie Little is no different. She...
Edinburgh Fringe 2015 – Tribute Acts
A new Edinburgh Fringe show is looking at the links between false memories, father figures and the failure of the left wing.
The bad guys...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Adam Hess
Hotly tipped, award-winning comedian, Adam Hess will perform his highly anticipated debut hour Adam Hess: Salmon at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015. As well...
Edinburgh Fringe 2015 – Women’s Hour
Total Theatre and Arches Brick Award winners and Amnesty Internation Freedom of Expression Award nominees Sh!t Theatre return to this year’s Fringe with a...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Expect the UNEXPORCUPINE
2015 New act of the Year Michael Stranney and Laughing Horse New act of the year runner up Olaf Falafel bring you an hour...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Fiction
A surreal and immersive audio experience in complete darkness is set to create a unique theatrical experience at this year’s Fringe.
Conceived by David Rosenberg...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – My Favourite Words in the English Language
Comedian Omid Singh is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time! Singh is an American touring stand-up, based in Los Angeles.
A...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Barry From Watford’s Bingo Bonanza
Continuing to defy the years, the nation’s favourite octogenarian Barry from Watford returns to Edinburgh this year with his Bingo Bonanza show in tow....
Edinburgh Fringe 2015 – I Am Not Myself These Days
A Fringe first timer is bringing his new, no holds barred adaptation of a best selling American autobiography to the Edinburgh stage.
I Am Not...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 – Annabelle’s Skirting Board Adventures
Annabelle’s Skirting Board Adventure is a brand new theatre show for young children and families produced, written and starring Howard Read, creator of the...
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