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Edinburgh Festival Fringe reveals exact number of tickets sold for 2025

THE Edinburgh Festival Fringe sold more than 2.6 million tickets for shows this year and has been hailed as still the “most important cultural…

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Edinburgh festival rejects call to end sponsorship deal over 'genocide profits'

MORE than 500 artists, performers, and audience members have called for the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) to cut ties ...

The National (Scotland)

Voices: I went to the Edinburgh Fringe in disguise to avoid my exes

COMMENT: As the Edinburgh Festival winds down for another year, Victoria Richards relays the desperate measures she took to avoid bumping into people she knew on her first visit to the Fringe

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Edinburgh care home residents take up oars to support Scots brothers’ Pacific bid

Residents at an Edinburgh care home have taken up rowing sessions to show their support for three Scottish brothers aiming to become the fastest…

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Sam Jay: We the People review – a cool diagnosis of America’s ills

Jay makes big concepts provocatively funny in an eye-catching set nominated for the Edinburgh comedy award

The Guardian - UK

Failure to impose congestion charge is harming our cities

HEAVY traffic is clogging up Scotland’s cities, harming the economy and people’s health – but proposals to eventually bring in congestion…

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See if there are still tickets for Chappell Roan's Summer Sessions gigs in Edinburgh

See if there are still any tickets left for Chappell Roan's hotly anticipated Summer Sessions shows in Edinburgh.

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Tim Key: ‘I imagine Alan Partridge smells lightly of Brut aftershave’

The comedian, actor and poet behind The Ballad of Wallis Island on stalking an England cricket captain, being evicted in Edinburgh and his love for fig rolls

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Sam Nicoresti’s Baby Doomer wins best comedy show at Edinburgh fringe 2025

Playful set about Nicoresti’s life as a trans woman wins main award, with Ayoade Bamgboye named best newcomer

The Guardian - UK

Ed Night: Your Old Mucker review – a laconic, sharply observed stroll around south London

The Edinburgh comedy award nominee ambles through tales of debt, chicken shops and his eccentric grandad in a show that’s loose but brimming with intelligent wit

The Guardian - UK

ScotRail to scrap all peak train fares from September

Main beneficiaries will be rush-hour commuters between Edinburgh and Glasgow, whose tickets will cost barely half as much

The Independent UK

Gower power, deep-sea dances and a millennial male prayer – the week in art

Anna Boghiguian sinks a boat in Margate, Emma Critchley takes soundings in St Ives and Guy Oliver examines his masculine identity in Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

18 best UK festivals and cultural events to book now - from Edinburgh Festival to Brighton Pride

Live music, opera, and immersive events - your heads-up on this season's must-see shows and events

Woman & Home

Oasis release live version of Bring It On Down from Edinburgh gig

Oasis have followed up live recordings of Slide Away, Cigarettes and Alcohol, and Little By Little with Bring It On Down from Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium.

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'Explosion' at Edinburgh Waverley station as fire crews rush to scene

Fire crews rushed to Edinburgh Waverley station on Thursday after locals reported hearing an "explosion" ...

The Guardian - UK

‘A way to see more of Europe and help us slow down’: readers’ favourite rail journeys

From scenic circuits of Wales and Scotland to a ‘ferry sleeper’ to Sicily, our tipsters sit back and soak up the views

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See 14 of the best pictures as fans gather for AC/DC Edinburgh show

Fans have gathered in Edinburgh to see legendary rock band AC/DC take to the stage ...

Evening Standard

Firework control zones expanded after death of red pandas at zoo last year

Nine areas of Edinburgh will be under a ban on fireworks from October 31 to November 9.

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Scottish council bans fireworks around zoo after red panda death

A FIREWORKS Control Zone will be introduced around Edinburgh Zoo this year to minimise the negative impacts on animals after the death of a red…

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35 'much-needed' new homes to be built on former Catholic church site

A Scottish housebuilder has been granted planning permission to redevelop a former Roman Catholic church site in Edinburgh ...

The Conversation

How the racist study of skulls gripped Victorian Britain’s scientists

The recent publication of the University of Edinburgh’s Review of Race and History has drawn attention to its “skull room”: a collection of 1,500 human craniums procured for study in the 19th century.

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Edinburgh church buys 60-foot-long canal boat for community outreach service

A SCOTTISH church has bought a 60-foot-long canal boat ...

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Hundreds of Edinburgh Airport workers to take strike action

HUNDREDS of workers at Edinburgh Airport are set to walk out in a dispute over pay ...

The Guardian - UK

The art of the city: a walking tour of Edinburgh’s best landscape sculptures

Start with Andy Goldsworthy’s earthy installations at the Royal Scottish Academy, then head outdoors to discover more of his work, alongside pieces by Barbara Hepworth, Antony Gormley and Charles Jencks

The Guardian - UK

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough review – a candid portrait of a literary one-off

Paul Sng’s documentary finds the Trainspotting author as funny, sharp and unrepentant as ever – from boyhood in Leith to globetrotting fame and a hallucinogenic trip in Canada

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