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Tuesday in Edinburgh – what’s on today
TUESDAY 5TH AUGUST 2014
Far Off Places: Literary magazine launch. Far Off Places is a young magazine featuring creative writing and illustration, aiming to create...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh!
Competitions
Mural on the Meadows
Today at the Tattoo
Register to vote
Toys for Gaza
We have a great competition for you to enter... in fact there are two!
The...
Art in Healthcare exhibition at Atticsalt
'When I first encountered Art in Healthcare' says renowned artist Barbara Rae 'it was 'just' paintings in hospitals. Now it is so much more.'
Barbara,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – Jim Davidson *****
Growing up in the late 70s and 80s there were many comedians on the scene, some funny others not so, but one comedian I...
Fringe latest – Actor hurt by flying muffin
During the course of ’Ernest; or Much Ado About Muffins’ (which is on at C cubed, Riddle’s Court as part of Edinburgh Fringe), Algernon...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – The Cat in the Hat * * *
Dr. Seuss' colourful collective of stories scream loudly for extravagant stage productions. Perhaps his most famous work, The Cat in the Hat, has proudly...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 – REVIEW – In Cahoots: Some Like It Hoots *****
In Cahoots: Some Like It Hoots, St John's (9 Victoria Street) 6:15pm, until 25 Aug, Free
Well then. It's back. During my debut Fringe last year...
Portobello High School – work to start soon
Work will begin soon on the new Portobello High School now that the Act is finally passed.
The City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Act...
COMPETITION – Win tickets to Pommery Bar and the Tattoo!
Win an Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo and Pommery Champagne experience
Edinburgh’s most glamorous pop-up, the Pommery Champagne Cafe Bar, is once more running in...
Police appeal for robbery victims to come forward
Police are appealing for the victims of a robbery to come forward following an incident which was captured on CCTV in Calton Square on...
Hibernian Football Club in The Great War
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the commencement of the Great War. The following article is published with the kind permission of the Hibernian Historical...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh
Deputy First Minister in Q & A tonight
Lights Out in Edinburgh tonight
Piano recital at lunchtime
Fringe reviews
Edinburgh International Festival
Deputy First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon...
Hibs announce squad numbers for this season
Hibs’ squad numbers for the 2014/15 season have now been confirmed with summer signing Farid El Alagui handed the number nine shirt, loan recruit...
Alex ‘Tattie’ Marshall named as Scotland’s flag bearer
Tranent’s Alex ‘Tattie’ Marshall has been chosen as Team Scotland's flag bearer for the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony at Hampden Park this evening.
The 47...
Sunday in Edinburgh – what’s on today
SUNDAY 3RD AUGUST 2014
Festival Columbiano: a festival to celebrate the plants and culture of Colombia. Share the important work that RGBE are doing there...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh
Fringe reviews
Commonwealth Games gold medal for Josh
Edinburgh Art Festival
Edinburgh scones
Parks survey
If you see any Fringe shows worth seeing then do drop us a line...
BBC @Potterrow – Infinite Monkey Cage
The BBC is letting its hair down at the Edinburgh Festival this month. A mammoth field trip to the liveliest city in the world...
Gold medal for Lochend’s Josh Taylor
Lochend boxer Josh Taylor won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 64kg category after beating Namibia’s Junias Jonas by a unanimous decision at...
Vehicle collision in Livingston said to be ‘serious’
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crews were called to attend a serious road traffic collision at Carnegie Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Deans, Livingston this...
Jawbone Arch removed for renovation
The Jawbone Arch has graced Middle Meadow Walk with its presence for just over a century, but the council decided recently to remove it...
Scotland’s Castles: Rescued, Rebuilt and Reoccupied
Summer 1997: a family is driving down the A75 on its way home from a holiday. At the side of the road is a...
Flight diverted after drunk woman attacks crew with prosthetic leg.
A flight to from Tunisia to Edinburgh had to be diverted through Gatwick on Wednesday night after a drunk woman passenger attacked cabin crew...
Themes of independence and togetherness
“Roland McMorran’s paintings are about the fundamental experience of being human. He is an observer of life… …His paintings reflect his social and political...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – MargOH! Channing Is TIPSY!
MargOH! and The Man Productions and the Tipsy team are coming to Edinburgh for their Free Fringe Festival debut! Bringing their critically acclaimed comic cabaret...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Red Tap Blue Tiger
Norton is 21 today. Two hours ago, his mother revealed his abusive Dad is not his biological father. Norton flew into a rage, knocked...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Vickie Tanner Running into Me
Vickie Tanner had a troubled childhood which she brings into the play she has written and will perform solo at this year's Fringe. What's...
Police seek witnesses to incident in Stockbridge
An incident in Raeburn Place yesterday evening resulted in a young man being taken to hospital. Police Scotland are seeking witnesses.
Enquiries are underway after...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ****
Nestled in the corner of the Pleasance Courtyard is a theatre that, when the lights dim, holds one of the Fringe's most frenetic productions....
COMPETITION – Win Tickets to Foodies Festival
Foodies Festival – Inverleith Park, Edinburgh 8-10th August 2014
Foodies Festival, the UK’s largest celebration of food & drink returns for its eighth year to Inverleith Park...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Barry Cryer & Colin Sell: Twittering On ****
Barry Cryer has written for the likes of Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Morecambe & Wise, Stanley Baxter and Bruce Forsyth. So when a man...
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