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Edinburgh fringe with the family: five shows for kids

Imaginary friends, runaway horses and Roger McGough’s take on the Wind in the Willows are among the treats for younger audiences at the festival

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2023

Nicola Sturgeon ‘has faith’ police were justified in searching her home

Former Scottish first minister tells Edinburgh fringe show she has done nothing wrong but still trusts ‘the process’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2023

Cherry brands Scottish Greens ‘totalitarian’ and calls for coalition review

Speaking during her Edinburgh Fringe show, the SNP MP joined a list of her colleagues calling for the Bute House Agreement to be reviewed.

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

Emergency services rush to Edinburgh city centre after report of 'suspect package'

EMERGENCY services rushed to Edinburgh city centre after a “suspicious package” was found near several Fringe venues.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 9, 2023

This is why one in four students in Edinburgh go to private school

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The National (Scotland) · Aug 8, 2023

‘Like a naughty Siri’: friendly sex robot Vanessa 5000 asks audiences to test her powers

In her Edinburgh festival show, LA comic and clown Courtney Pauroso plays a latex-clad humanoid pleasure device. But are fringegoers ready to restart her?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023

Rage, ecstasy and painting turned up to 11 – Edinburgh art festival review

This year’s complement to the fringe is not short of drama in Alberta Whittle and Peter Howson’s impassioned work – and there is balmy colour from Elizabeth Blackadder

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023

Strategic Love Play review – witty ins and outs of the dating game

Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghIn Miriam Battye’s comedic tour de force, Her and Him go through the motions of getting to know each other

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023

More Tramspotting than Trainspotting: Leith has reinvented itself as a music and countercultural hub

Edinburgh’s port district has shaken off its seedy rep and is having a cultural renaissance, writes Robin McKelvie

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

The plucky British musicals hoping to ‘do a Six’ at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023

One’s a dystopian love story with a backdrop of Jamaican soundsystems, one’s challenging the stereotyping of South East Asians, one’s set in a toilet...

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023