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Jon Dennis

Newsblog in Edinburgh: how we blogged the weekend

For the record, here's how we blogged the weekend here from our cybercafe HQ in Edinburgh.

You can read and listen to the Saturday's coverage here and Sunday's here.

On Saturday, we had a big gallery of photographs from Edinburgh, London, and around the world.

And there were first-hand accounts from protesters here and here.

Key moments on Saturday included ...

1pm The first protesters make their way down the Mound - including a dog, fetchingly kitted out in a Make Poverty History t-shirt.

1.30pm Eddie Izzard, up at the Meadows, is appealed to politicians' egos. "I'm saying to them: 'Leave a legacy'. We made slavery history - we can make poverty history," he told us.

2pm Meanwhile, our colleagues over on Culture Vulture started covering the Live8 concert from London - see their day's coverage here.

3pm Back in Edinburgh, there was a minute's silence, albeit one slightly marred by a siren. We faithfully recorded the siren, silence, and huge cheer at the end for you all to hear here.

7pm Gordon Brown delivered a powerful speech at a Christian Aid rally, earning a standing ovation. Hear some audience reaction here.

Meanwhile, through the day our roving reporters caught up with Billy Bragg, activist and author Noreena Hertz, anthropologist from Burkina Faso Alain Sanou, chairman of Global Call To Action Against Poverty Kumi Naidoo and Baba Maal.

There were contributions from guest bloggers including Rachel Hodgins.

Some of our interviews were conducted right here in Bytes & Slices, including this one with some campaigners from J8.

On Sunday, the G8 Alternatives and other "counter-conferences" were the big events. Matthew Tempest heard Filipino campaigner Walden Bello, talking with Green MEP Caroline Lucas, and laughing at sleeping people.

George Galloway gave a talk, provocative and entertaining as ever.

Out on the streets, Gabrielle Procter canvassed opinion from members of the public about their weekend, including the possibly unlikely pairing of an Iraqi GP and a US Rabbi.

We summed up what the papers said about yesterday's events, and our guest blogger Simon Murray struggled with bumf.

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