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Of course Greta Thunberg is right to call out greenwashing, but the reality can be messy

Her withdrawal from the Edinburgh book festival raises questions about how best to demand change, says Guardian columnist Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Authors threaten boycott of Edinburgh book festival over sponsors’ fossil fuel links

An open letter signed by more than 50 authors including Zadie Smith, Ali Smith and Katherine Rundell calls for investment firm Baillie Gifford to be dropped as main sponsor for 2024

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh’s art takeover, sensational saris and a punk icon passes – the week in art

The city’s art jamboree rivals its theatre and comedy onslaught, the traditional garment gets a playful makeover and a tribute to Sex Pistols artist Jamie Reid

The Guardian - UK

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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

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

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

Grayson Perry: exploring what it is to be human with humour, irreverence and excess

Smash Hits, the new Grayson Perry retrospective at Edinburgh’s National Galleries, spans the 40-year career of the recently knighted artist. It’s an exhibition packed with scrutiny of the entanglements of self and society, as Perry casts up snippets of the institutional landscapes that formed him: family, England, the art world.

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Jobs lost as Edinburgh tidal energy company falls into administration

A TIDAL energy company based in Edinburgh has fallen into administration.

The National (Scotland)

Wild and free: the best UK campervan holidays for a last minute summer getaway

Swap hotels, cottage rentals and campsites for a freewheeling adventure on the road

Evening Standard

Festival Village deemed 'not good enough' for Edinburgh as extension plea thrown out

AN Edinburgh pop-up bar refused permission to keep operating in the city centre has lost a bid to stay until October.

The National (Scotland)

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)

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

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The National (Scotland)

‘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

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

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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 Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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...

The Guardian - UK

Food review – Edinburgh festival banquet serves up theatrical spectacle

Geoff Sobelle is firmly in control of this clever show full of tricks, but it doesn’t really feed the soul

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The National (Scotland)

Hearts and Hibs learn possible Europa Conference League play-off opponents

The Edinburgh duo were involved in the Uefa draw for the competition today.

The National (Scotland)

Major Christmas market shake-up as events to be spread across Edinburgh

A major shake-up of Edinburgh’s Christmas celebrations is set to see festivities spread across the city for the first time, as the council looks…

The Guardian - UK

Some people just won’t like you, but don’t take it personally: what surviving the fringe taught me about life

Performing at the Edinburgh festival is hugely stressful, but the things I learned there have been useful offstage too, says comedian Natalie Haynes

The Guardian - UK

Kieran Hodgson: Big in Scotland review – fun show has its Dundee cake and eats it

After moving to Glasgow, the Yorkshire standup dreams of reinventing himself as a Scotsman – but will faking an accent and ordering vegan haggis be enough?

The Guardian - UK

Cosy crime dramas are killer tickets at the Edinburgh fringe

Musical whodunnits and political backstabbing dominate the escapist agenda this year

The National (Scotland)

Cycling World Champs road race halted by protesters between Edinburgh & Glasgow

Protestors disrupted the elite men’s road race at the UCI Cycling World Championships in Scotland on Sunday.

The National (Scotland)

Scotland marks 78th anniversary of nuclear bombings with vigil events

VIGILS are being held around Scotland today to mark the 78th anniversary of the horrific nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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