In Edinburgh, some of the professors and students loved natural history, and Charles learned from them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were application forms, twenty pages long, and thick, densely printed admission handbooks from Edinburgh and London whose methodical, exacting prose seemed to be a foretaste of a new kind of academic rigor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We left Edinburgh in a week, passing through Coupar, St. Andrew’s, and along the banks of the Tay, to Perth, where our friend expected us. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1785, Hutton worked his ideas up into a long paper, which was read at consecutive meetings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dr. Kerr, a graduate of Edinburgh University, was virtually the founder of Fort Hare and was a greatly respected man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At just the time that Henry Cavendish was completing his experiments in London, four hundred miles away in Edinburgh another kind of concluding moment was about to take place with the death of James Hutton. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Edinburgh at that time was a center of intellectual vigor, and Hutton luxuriated in its enriching possibilities. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“My mother and I were mostly in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Oxford, England, though. I think I told you in the gym I had to be interviewed at both those places. Mostly the University of Edinburgh.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“We found this desk in Edinburgh. Georgina already had some good pieces but we found some new things together.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I know that stretch of the North Sea very well because the train from Edinburgh to London goes that way, and I was up and down all year when I was at school. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Many of the geologists argued against an evolutionary theory that one of his old Edinburgh professors, Robert Grant, proposed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiring of field and flock, in 1768 he moved to Edinburgh, where he founded a successful business producing sal ammoniac from coal soot, and busied himself with various scientific pursuits. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

So ten years earlier, Charles had left Edinburgh and had gone off to study theology at Christ’s College, Cambridge. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erasmus, who was twenty-one, was going to Edinburgh, Scotland, to study medicine; Charles could tag along. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her and Mum drove up to Edinburgh two weekends ago. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I knew that we were to refer to her as “Your Majesty,” while her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, went by “Your Royal Highness.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Other examples of dance have been spread across the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Trisha Brown Dances Animate a Scottish Landscape 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z

By adolescence he dreamed of escaping to London, where he settled after attending the University of York and a stint in Edinburgh playing in a punk band, Country Teasers. Specializing in Secrets and Their Dear Cost 2012-10-07T05:00:06Z

A punchy dance performance at the Edinburgh Fringe shines a rare spotlight on Caitlin Thomas, whose husband Dylan was one of Britain's greatest 20th century writers, and the brutal self-inflicted torture of an alcoholic relationship. 'Caitlin' gives voice to Dylan Thomas' widow in violent UK dance drama 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

Both Tuck and Crosby are using their first Edinburgh standup shows to address autobiographical subjects. From sketches to standup: the great escape 2011-08-08T20:30:02Z

As a child growing up in a large Catholic family in Glasgow, she spent little time in Edinburgh, later studying in Belfast and New York and eventually settling in Berlin. Edinburgh festival: art comes out of the gallery 2012-08-10T21:54:01Z

When she ignored him, he told her to “f--- off” and threatened to “kill her family,” Edinburgh Live reported. Drunk EasyJet passenger attempts to eat phone, verbally assaults crew before emergency landing 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

Maxwell's currently touring his 2011 Edinburgh show, which touched on everything from the Royal Wedding to the riots, all with a genuine disdain and anger. This week's new live comedy 2012-05-25T23:05:21Z

We will be reporting, podcasting, blogging and tweeting from the festival based in Charlotte Gardens in Edinburgh, for another week. Tips, links and suggestions: What you are reading today? 2012-08-21T16:05:56Z

You really are amid the spirit and energy of the festival and Edinburgh itself. Eat and drink Edinburgh: readers' tips 2010-08-02T13:43:00Z

He has toured with his haunted chamber piece “Ghost Quartet” from Bushwick to Edinburgh. The Musical Eccentric Who Turned Tolstoy’s Pierre Into Every Seeker 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

Das said he used to adjust his material for Edinburgh audiences, but does not do that anymore. They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

In the case of Forest Fringe in Edinburgh they are not selling any tickets in the first place. Artists are doing it for themselves | Lyn Gardner 2010-03-31T11:44:00Z

He was tweaking the routine daily in Edinburgh to try to get bigger laughs, he added. They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

One alternative is playing at festivals: various theatres have performed at Latitude, and Whyman created a residency for her previous company, Northern Stage, at last year's Edinburgh fringe. Meet the new guard running British theatre 2013-02-17T20:30:01Z

His history with City Ballet dates to 1967, when he was invited to dance the title role in Balanchine’s “Apollo” at the Edinburgh Festival. Peter Martins Retires From New York City Ballet After Misconduct Allegations 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z

After the longest debate in the 33-year history of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards,. Edinburgh Comedy awards - Who's who? 2013-08-21T17:04:20Z

Threepenny Theatre won't be going to the Edinburgh festival this year. Who can afford to perform at the Edinburgh festival? 2010-04-26T10:52:00Z

The Hunt for Tony Blair, which received its world premiere in Edinburgh on Friday, has Stephen Mangan playing the former prime minister in the 1950s-style film noir pastiche. Comic Strip returns with Tony Blair on the run in Channel 4 film noir comedy 2011-08-26T18:40:01Z

After all, the competition for audience will only get stiffer: The Edinburgh International Festival begins on Aug. 12 and the Edinburgh International Book Festival on the 13th. ArtsBeat: Postcard from Edinburgh: Spirits of Fringe Festivalgoers Remain Undampened 2011-08-08T15:10:53Z

His latest piece, Red, Like Our Room Used to Feel, won rave reviews at last year's Edinburgh Festival and was called a "landmark in performance". Why we're watching: Ryan Van Winkle 2013-05-05T07:06:01Z

Mills said that the Edinburgh festivals – including the fringe and the international book festival – provide "the natural bridge" between the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games. Edinburgh international festival fears snub from culture secretary 2010-08-10T18:27:00Z

For instance, the Edinburgh home of Sir Fred Goodwin, disgraced former chief of the Royal Bank of Scotland, recently disappeared from Google Street View. Mansion Map: a guide to rich people's houses, until Google blurs them out 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

Barrel of laughs ... the first Edinburgh comedy awards sponsored by Fosters beer may end in farce after Stewart Lee sparked a sabotage bid. Edinburgh festival comedy endorsements are no laughing matter 2010-08-25T12:41:00Z

In England, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, retires from public appearances at the age of 96, after palace physicians determine that he actually passed away at age 93. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Bullied mercilessly during his Kentucky childhood, he later decided as a film student in Edinburgh — chosen, perhaps, for its high concentration of redheads — to turn the camera on his own pain. Movie Review: ‘Being Ginger,’ About a Man’s Quest for Acceptance 2014-04-03T23:58:06Z

I caught Beast at Edinburgh a couple of years back and it has a haunting quality. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-05-25T16:48:54Z

By the time of the duo's extemporised hymn to Edinburgh, which does nothing other than find half-rhymes for words like "hops" and "Five Pound Fringe", this viewer was getting doggerel-tired. Abandoman 2010-08-16T14:49:00Z

This, seen in Edinburgh three years ago, takes the Much Ado story of sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick and makes it "funky and unconventional". This week's new theatre 2011-04-08T23:08:36Z

They separated when Eva was two, but the family left Germany together in 1933 when her father was offered a job in Edinburgh. Eva Ibbotson obituary 2010-10-24T17:13:00Z

The summer season at 59E59, to be announced on Monday, will start as always with “East to Edinburgh,” which will run July 12 to 31. 59E59 Announces Season 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

“When you’re flying 90 people from anywhere in the world to Edinburgh, I would like audiences to really understand why we chose them,” she said. A Violinist Prepares Her Next Star Turn: Festival Leader 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Sorcha Carey, director of Edinburgh Art Festival, said: "As the only major annual festival dedicated to the visual arts within the UK, Edinburgh Art Festival occupies a uniquely important place in the cultural calendar. " Art festival programme launched 2014-03-13T11:52:12Z

He's in London this week for a run of his garlanded Edinburgh show – plus a special performance at connoisseur's comedy night Knock2Bag in Shepherd's Bush. This week's new live comedy 2012-09-28T23:06:13Z

Charles, who took the presidency of the club from his father Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, handed off his 40-year tenure to his eldest son in May. Prince William shares George's water woes during scuba-club visit 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

If those two plays were about people trapped in their own narratives, Penelope, the other new Walsh work being staged at Edinburgh, has its characters embroiled in Homer's Odyssey. Enda Walsh: 'I only operate properly in my imagination' 2010-08-10T21:00:00Z

His last home was the zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland. In World War II, a bear became companion and helper to Polish soldiers 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

And, though none of them are dancers, they will be plunging feet-first into its world for their next show, Squally Showers, which will premiere at the Edinburgh fringe this August. Little Bulb: natural born lyres 2013-03-27T08:00:06Z

Partly inspired by stories about abuse in psychiatric institutions, as well as by the playwright’s mother’s experience living in a retirement home while suffering from Alzheimer’s, “Medicine” premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival last month. Theater to See This Season After a Very Long Intermission 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Dance Marathon is at the Traverse theatre, Edinburgh, as part of Edinburgh festival fringe until 14 August The fringe continues until 29 August. Dance Marathon aims to exhaust Edinburgh festivalgoers 2011-08-05T17:28:06Z

"Yeah well, that's the issue," he says, basking in a rare burst of Edinburgh sunshine. Tobias Wolff: 'I still feel as though I'm faking it' 2011-08-25T09:32:10Z

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe began in 1947 in the shadow of the Edinburgh International Festival, which will run simultaneously. Edinburgh Fringe Will Be Biggest Ever 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

It is late summer 2013 and we are drinking whisky in a hotel bar in Edinburgh. Going it alone: why I chose single motherhood 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere he depicts Edinburgh as a precarious, soot-blackened fairyland; ringed by black rock and lashed by rain. Edinburgh film festival review: The Illusionist 2010-06-17T08:41:00Z

Festival In The Sky, Edinburgh At first, the idea of eating your lunch suspended 100 feet above Edinburgh on a 22-seat platform-cum-dining-table sounds like nonsense. Food picks of the week 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

For the next couple of weeks this corner of Hertfordshire will be acting as a lab for a range of performers putting the finishing touches to their Edinburgh shows. This week's new comedy 2012-07-06T23:05:25Z

Her ready-made shawls, scarves and throws can be found at the Scottish Textiles Showcase in Edinburgh, a shop near the Royal Mile that supports local wool mills and artisan makers producing sustainable products. In Scotland, Taking the Traditional and Making It New 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

At the smaller, grander Edinburgh International Festival, five international playwrights are in residency, writing climate change-themed plays. At Edinburgh Festivals, Climate Awareness Comes at a Cost 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival in August, BBC controller of entertainment Mark Linsey hinted at more use of the popular spinning chair segment and fewer live shows. BBC confirms judges for The Voice 2012-11-13T18:06:45Z

Edinburgh and Glasgow festivals bring world cinema to Scotland, but this inaugural festival brings Scottish cinema to Scotland, and helps put a seaside town on the cultural map. This week's new film events 2013-06-08T05:00:10Z

Luckily, I found a hostel: the cows and elite of Edinburgh remained unscathed. Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh 2011-08-17T20:31:01Z

Earlier this year protesters disrupted a performance by the Batsheva dance troupe at the Edinburgh International Festival. Increased security for dance show 2012-11-19T13:37:14Z

More unhappiness north of the border at news that comedian Michael McIntyre has decided to charge the distinctly unfunny sum of £31 for a work-in-progress show at the Edinburgh fringe this year. Seven days on stage: Spice Girls go west and Pudsey trains for panto 2012-06-29T13:11:14Z

The real inspiration came at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, where Conan Doyle enrolled in 1876 at 17. Exhibition Review: A Sherlock Holmes Exhibition Stops in Ohio 2014-02-14T23:25:09Z

Two of the club’s regulars, Clive Palmer and Robin Williamson, future members of the Incredible String Band, encouraged him to break out of the narrow Edinburgh scene. Bert Jansch, Influential Guitarist, Is Dead at 67 2011-10-06T03:47:15Z

Edinburgh book festival director Nick Barley said he was 'delighted' with the level of ticket sales this year. Edinburgh international book festival sees dip in ticket sales 2010-08-31T13:04:00Z

During the summer, police began mounting raids on saunas across Edinburgh. Edinburgh to end sex in saunas 2014-01-07T13:45:00Z

Following the tour, the BBC will also hold events on big screens for Doctor Who fans in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Plymouth and Swansea. Doctor Who goes on UK tour 2010-03-08T16:16:00Z

In 2010, Lord was made an honorary fellow of Stevenson College, Edinburgh, and the following year he was awarded an honorary doctorate of music by the University of Leicester. Jon Lord 2012-07-16T17:47:58Z

Philipsz's sound trajectory will finish near the gun itself, in the gardens beneath the castle, where Edinburgh College of Art graduate Emily Speed will stage a one-off performance of Human Castle. Edinburgh festival: art comes out of the gallery 2012-08-10T21:54:01Z

Fly into Edinburgh, Scotland, and drive north, stopping in the fishing villages of the northeast. Where to get away from your fellow travelers 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

In one of the more unexpected events of the Edinburgh International Book festival, the Dutch journalist Frank Westerman explored the 500-year history of the silver Lipizzaners, stars of Vienna's famous Spanish Riding School. Edinburgh International Book festival podcast: Frank Westerman and Vic Armstrong 2012-08-23T12:13:53Z

A brand new series of comedy podcasts from Amnesty International at the Edinburgh Fringe festival 2010. Audio: The Amnesty International Comedy Podcast from the Edinburgh festival: episode 4 2010-08-13T10:22:00Z

We would like politicians to encounter world-leading actors, directors, and authors who are here in Edinburgh. Edinburgh festival organisers plan VIP tie-up with Olympics 2011-08-12T20:19:04Z

Their presence in Edinburgh feeds into a wider narrative of collaboration and umbrella organisations. Edinburgh fringe 2013: are the big names stealing the show again? 2013-07-29T12:06:00Z

He's now at Edinburgh with his first full solo show. Talk about Kevin 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

Johnstone’s thriller follows Cat as she searches for her twin sister, El—who has been missing for years and is presumed dead—in an elaborate, imaginary world they created as kids in Edinburgh. New in Paperback: ‘Harlem Shadows’ and ‘The Black Church’ 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

The investigation takes the initially skeptical Rebus far from the seamy side of Edinburgh, his usual turf. Detective John Rebus returns 2013-01-24T23:29:57Z

He did not find a printer in the United States willing to take on the book, with its oversize illustrations, but sailed to England, eventually finding printers in Edinburgh, Scotland, and in London. Rare Audubon `Birds of America' to be auctioned 2010-12-07T16:06:00Z

She now divides her time between Berlin and Edinburgh. Expanding universe 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

It won best play at the Brighton festival in 2011 and rave reviews at Edinburgh the following year. Adrian Bunting obituary 2013-05-20T14:34:02Z

Edinburgh normally cherry-picks big international names, but one of its most interesting dance projects in years could be this collaboration between two local companies. Edinburgh festival 2013: our critics' picks 2013-07-15T05:59:01Z

He was chosen to write an original musical that the Cambridge University Musical Theater Society would bring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that next summer. The Making of ‘Six’: How Tudor Queens Turned Into Pop Stars 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Scotland Loves Anime, Glasgow & Edinburgh Titles like One Piece Strong World or Trigun Badlands Rumble are unlikely to draw in the uninitiated, but you don't need to be a Scottish otaku to appreciate Japanese animation. This week's new film events 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z

Only the other day, Donald Smith, director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre, went misty-eyed as he told me about seeing the very earliest incarnation of the play at an Edinburgh conference in March 1973. Game-changing theatre: how John McGrath did it slowly but surely 2012-05-28T11:18:43Z

Bringing the piece to Edinburgh has confirmed that this singular event which changed America in fact resonates with an international audience. ArtsBeat Blog: Was It Worth It? Theater Makers Who Showed Their Stuff in Edinburgh Add It Up 2011-08-17T21:00:29Z

This year, Carr is playing six dates at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre as part of the fringe festival. Michael McIntyre charges £31 for unfinished show at Edinburgh fringe 2012-06-26T10:40:32Z

We also got booked in for a slot at Late 'n' Live and every comedian in Edinburgh turned up just to heckle us. Edinburgh festival 2011: 'The day I set fire to my venue' 2011-07-17T20:45:01Z

The show, a silly, surreal sci-fi fantasy about two bears navigating interstellar dangers on a spaceship, arrives in Manhattan after successful productions in Dublin, Edinburgh and London. King Joffrey Is Coming. But Only to Act in a Play. 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

Eva and her father were able to leave Vienna in 1933, and he took a post at the University of Edinburgh. Eva Ibbotson, Children?s Book Author, Dies at 85 2010-10-27T05:06:00Z

And then I saw her dance with Rudolf Nureyev at a gala performance in Edinburgh. Garbage’s Shirley Manson Thrives on Unapologetic Heroines 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

There is no perfect room, of course, but the parlor of the typical Georgian home — built throughout London and Edinburgh during the reigns of King George I through King George IV — may come close. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Still, if much of Welsh’s material is lurid, he tells us a great deal about working-class Edinburgh. Irvine Welsh is back with another brazen novel: ‘A Decent Ride’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

This bar in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh hosts free ceilidh dances daily. In Edinburgh, dancing is a great way to reel in new friends 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

My second year in Edinburgh nearly put me off standup for life. Edinburgh festival 2011: 'The day I set fire to my venue' 2011-07-17T20:45:01Z

The Duke of Edinburgh, William's grandfather, served for more than a decade in the Royal Navy - including during World War II. Prince William: Britain's Sea King of the skies 2011-04-14T13:17:15Z

The British monarch and the Duke of Edinburgh donned the bulky glasses for a live action 3D shoot using stereoscopic camera rigs, followed by a viewing of the scene in 3D. Queen Elizabeth tours Toronto film studio 2010-07-06T01:31:00Z

A hit at the Edinburgh festival last year, Farber's acutely intelligent production lives up to expectations. Mies Julie – review 2013-03-12T18:54:06Z

Part of this is down to the fact that it happens in Edinburgh, a city with such atmospheric and dramatic vistas, such eerie and splendid architecture. Edinburgh festival 2011: stand by for a smorgasbord of surprises 2011-07-26T14:26:58Z

In his Edinburgh show, he will attempt to explore some of deeper questions of the universe under the guise of comedy. John Lloyd makes Edinburgh debut 2013-07-26T07:03:01Z

Unlike Edinburgh, Kilmarnock would not be on many tourist schedules with little to celebrate in local industry. Tale of two towns as Scottish independence shows social divide 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Part of the Edinburgh International Festival, The James Plays are a new cycle of history plays by award-winning playwright Rona Munro based on three generations of Stewart Kings who ruled Scotland in the 15th Century. Edinburgh 2014: The hot tickets 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

It was my first time at this large-scale, artistically ambitious arts shindig, which bears similarities to the Edinburgh International festival. Can you understand theatre when you don't speak the language? 2011-07-26T11:45:19Z

Little Bulb at the Forest Fringe in Edinburgh last year. Artists are doing it for themselves | Lyn Gardner 2010-03-31T11:44:00Z

At 26, he gave up the art world to study archaeology as a “mature student” at Edinburgh. The Wanderer 2011-02-25T17:39:26Z

Read patrick's preview of the Imagine festival and his review of the Edinburgh festival, with author interviews. John Green: 'I'm tired of adults telling teenagers that they aren't smart' 2013-02-27T16:04:45Z

Way to go Flights were provided by easyJet, which flies to Geneva from 13 UK airports including Edinburgh, Manchester and London. Trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

"It's part of the tourist view of Scotland, with the whisky, the Highlands, Edinburgh, the castle and the shortbread," Loach told reporters. Kilts and whisky hit Cannes screens in Ken Loach film 2012-05-22T16:38:49Z

Bostrom first focuses on the origins of the detective, largely modeled after a brilliant medical diagnostician named Dr. Joseph Bell, who had been Conan Doyle’s teacher at the University of Edinburgh. If you love Sherlock Holmes, you’ll love this book 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

As it is, he's a brilliantly funny, Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated stand-up who's winning followers all the time. This week's new comedy 2011-03-19T00:06:49Z

Photograph: Nuno Santos Luca Silvestrini is at his comic, imaginative best in this satire on love and the age of social networking, which has its Edinburgh premiere at this year's festival fringe. This week's new dance: Edinburgh special 2011-08-19T23:10:11Z

Tim Crouch's show The Author is the talk of the Edinburgh fringe. Noises off: About The Author 2010-08-18T15:27:00Z

The Edinburgh fringe doesn't officially begin until next weekend. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-07-29T16:45:04Z

It's sort of appropriate that Edinburgh has shifted a large chunk of its operation to the multiplex in Fountainbridge, a properly rank cinema that is a l-o-o-o-ng way from the Croisette or Lido. Edinburgh's festival of non-discovery 2010-06-21T15:50:00Z

Photograph: Yana Rusakevich The Edinburgh fringe finishes this weekend, with Monday offering a last chance to catch some of the action. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-26T15:02:48Z

Eleven cities worldwide are currently designated Cities of Literature, including Melbourne, Edinburgh and Iowa City, Iowa. War of words sidelines Seattle’s ‘City of Literature’ bid 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

He continued writing and performing through college and beyond, in shorts and “loads of plays at Edinburgh Fringe and off, off, off, off West End,” he said. Brett Goldstein Faces Life After ‘Lasso’ 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z

Heading over to Edinburgh, the Traverse has Quiz Show, the new show from Rob Drummond, who made last year's Edinburgh hit Bullet Catch. Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-03-29T16:09:45Z

But its success – Edinburgh take note – is clinched by really good programming from artistic director Loughlin Deegan: this is a festival that takes off from recessionary times. Ulster Bank Dublin theatre festival? review 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z

When visiting Edinburgh last year James, Martyn and I caught up for a drink. Dating two people at once: why I'm polyamorous and proud 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z

New York theater is a little short on festivals this year, but the one in Edinburgh is going according to plan, and 59E59 is hosting several companies before they head off to Auld Reekie. 10 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

Thanks to EdTwinge, you'll also be able to keep an eye on the top 10 acts in each genre according to Twitter – see the handy chart on the righthand side of our Edinburgh festival page. Edinburgh festival: Here's the plan 2011-08-05T15:23:32Z

Mixing dark, gothic oddness and daft, surreal gags, the duo staged a series of assured Edinburgh shows and appeared to be on the up. This week's new comedy 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z

The budget option Take the train but avoid the standard walk-up rate, which for London to Edinburgh is usually between £99 and £117 single. The Edinburgh festival on less than ?50 a day 2010-08-05T13:52:00Z

Lyell found her surrounded by editors and writers for the liberal quarterly Edinburgh Review. Darwin’s Dim View of the Second Sex 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z

Only in its second year of action, the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival is a baby compared to its great-grandfather in Edinburgh. Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2013 2013-07-12T14:06:21Z

Getting serious … Stewart Lee's piece on the corporate takeover of the Edinburgh Fringe sparked a lively conversation. Stewart Lee causes Fringe rumpus, while US standup causes outrage 2012-08-01T14:59:00Z

Written by Paul and Michael Hodge, brothers from Australia, “Clinton” was first presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe two years ago and then had a run in London. ‘Clinton: The Musical’ Makes Everybody Look Bad 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

In the following years George worked with Beuys on the dismantling of the broken doors of the Edinburgh Poor House which are now in the Mönchengladbach Museum in Germany. Celebrating George Wyllie: a sculptor and surrealist who still ruffles feathers 2012-08-24T08:50:37Z

Do what you can to help them, because it's a wonderful organisation, and Edinburgh would be poorer without it. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-12-10T17:16:00Z

His points about the uselessness of leafleting as a publicity tool, the crippling expenses involved in taking a show to Edinburgh and the woefully long odds of success were all fair ones. Edinburgh fringe hecklers should exit stage left and right 2010-09-03T16:03:00Z

A raft of new TV comedies have been announced – several of them at the Edinburgh Television festival, which took place last weekend. Edinburgh is over. But comedy keeps the laughs coming 2012-08-29T09:06:23Z

So for our first run in Edinburgh, half of the songs were quite generic, and half were like, “The pope said nope!” The Making of ‘Six’: How Tudor Queens Turned Into Pop Stars 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

He first appeared in Sir David Lindsay's 16th-century play A Satire of The Three Estates at the Edinburgh Festival of 1948, and became forever associated with the role of Divine Correction. Tom Fleming obituary 2010-04-20T18:08:00Z

The row began on Monday when the rebranded Foster's Edinburgh comedy award announced a poll to choose the best act of all 173 nominated since the Perrier award's inauguration 30 years ago. Why is Stewart Lee railing against the Edinburgh comedy awards? 2010-07-21T16:04:00Z

Let us know the shows you are seeing and enjoying, not just in Edinburgh but further afield, too. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-12T13:07:17Z

Edinburgh Theatre Art's director Mike Duffy said it was a great honour. Theatre group to perform with RSC 2012-07-05T00:10:22Z

But Crawford was best known as the imposing publicity director of the Edinburgh international festival, appointed in 1973 when the festival society ended its practical relationship with the Scottish Tourist Board. Iain Crawford obituary 2011-08-04T17:21:28Z

Or the wigwam at £50 Two days of bus pass: £6 Bus home on Sunday evening leaving Edinburgh at 23:30. The Edinburgh festival on less than ?50 a day 2010-08-05T13:52:00Z

One, a repurposed storage room, is featured in Ways We Watch Films in Africa, a photography exhibition mounted by the Africa in Motion film festival in Edinburgh and Glasgow from Friday. Cinemas in Africa – from cramped shacks to screenings in the Sahara 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

One-man promenade in the University of Edinburgh anatomy department from pioneering Scottish company Grid Iron. Edinburgh festival 2011: Soak it up! 2011-07-17T20:29:01Z

This is a neighborhood where physical urban beauty is as easy to appreciate as it is in Paris or Edinburgh. My Brooklyn, Then and Now 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

The early summer months are a notable exception to the rule, as comedians stage work-in-progress shows in advance of August's Edinburgh festival fringe. This week's new live comedy 2013-06-15T05:00:27Z

But this short Edinburgh run, in advance of a national tour, finds Davies rust-free. Alan Davies – Edinburgh review 2012-08-13T17:45:00Z

Rebus, promised the Scottish author, will be "as stubborn and anarchic as ever", and will find himself in trouble with the author's latest creation, Malcolm Fox, of Edinburgh's internal affairs unit. Rebus will soon be back on the case, reveals Ian Rankin 2012-06-06T10:15:47Z

Gold was the film to which Tom introduced me 10 years or so ago, when we were writing for The Fitzrovia Radio Hour, a cultish thing that did reasonably well at the Edinburgh fringe. My favourite film aged 12: Gold 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

The original museum was established in 1855 by George Wilson, an Edinburgh doctor and chemist, and his elder brother Daniel, secretary of the Society of Antiquities in Edinburgh. National Museum of Scotland: suspend your disbelief 2011-07-26T20:31:01Z

This dude Charles Booth did his Victorian poverty maps in the capital, not in Birmingham or Edinburgh, and that provides a neat device. TV review: The Secret History of Our Streets 2012-06-20T21:01:01Z

Davies's debut solo show was nominated for the Edinburgh comedy award, taken on a successful national tour – and led to him appearing on BBC1's Live at the Apollo last December. From sketches to standup: the great escape 2011-08-08T20:30:02Z

The Edinburgh comedy award – selected by an audience and industry panel, and sponsored by Foster's since 2010 – is worth £10,000. Revealed: six acts in the running for 2012 Edinburgh comedy award 2012-08-22T19:07:48Z

One of the largest collections of art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Four is set to be sold at an auction in Edinburgh. VIDEO: Mackintosh collection to be sold 2012-09-06T12:29:48Z

Coyote, formed in the summer of 1978, went on to play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was subsequently broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Obituary: Rik Mayall 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

I am producing a comedy show at the Edinburgh fringe. The Edinburgh fringe: why did I do it? 2010-08-13T08:00:00Z

After Edinburgh, the World Writers' Conference will visit 15 different cities over the next year so that writers around the world can input into the debates surrounding writing and its relationship to contemporary life. 'Revolutionary' conference marked 2012-08-16T17:07:03Z

Martin Creed's just refurbished the Scotsman Steps in Edinburgh, using beautiful marble slabs. The sights and sounds of summer 2011-08-08T19:30:02Z

Last fall, the Edinburgh Film Festival went into administration, which is similar to bankruptcy in the United States. A Violinist Prepares Her Next Star Turn: Festival Leader 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Another Edinburgh hit, The Fantasist, is touring all over the country, including the Corn Exchange in Newbury on Tuesday. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-06-07T16:06:29Z

Ms. McIntosh, 44, an Edinburgh native who originated the role of Claire, said “The Events” had taught her patience that she didn’t have early on, when she once got angry with a chorus. ‘The Events’ Uses Local Choirs for Vocals, Minus a Script 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

At last year's Edinburgh festival, I saw more than 104 shows in just over three weeks. Lyn Gardner on being inundated with shows 2010-04-21T21:00:00Z

A natural comedian from his early days performing in revue sketches at the Edinburgh festival, Grant adopts an ironic tone about his work as well as his personal life. Englishmen at 50 2010-09-25T23:07:00Z

He is able to fund more than 50 major arts events and companies, including the Edinburgh international festival, at the same level this year. Scottish artists offered funds to get away from it all in Highland retreats 2011-01-14T20:35:53Z

He became Professor of Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art in 2000. Town centre artwork winner revealed 2013-07-18T00:43:38Z

Of the many weird shows in Edinburgh this month, House Cabaret is one of the most innovative. The House Cabaret home invasion 2010-08-15T20:30:00Z

King's Edinburgh visit followed a 40th anniversary reunion in London's Gloucester Hotel where 40 of the world's top women players, inspired by King, formed the WTA at a secret meeting. Billie Jean King film replays tennis battle for women's equality 2013-06-24T21:49:57Z

It is the second time the Koestler Trust, a prison arts charity, has exhibited at Edinburgh, and the response from visitors suggests that the Co-operative-sponsored show could be an annual fixture. How a little praise in prison can go a long way 2010-08-24T15:00:00Z

You wonder if it's entirely coincidental that a satire on Scotland's colonial ambitions, Alistair Beaton's Caledonia, received a frosty reception at last year's Edinburgh festival. Edinburgh festival 2011: where National Theatres meet 2011-08-02T20:30:02Z

Kind "Auntie" Martha in Edinburgh has the solution and lines up a job and airline ticket for her. This week's new theatre 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

Edinburgh in August will be bursting with the most talented artists from every area of the arts world. From Abi to Dizzee: Edinburgh fringe festival lineup revealed 2010-06-10T14:06:00Z

Photograph: Dario Acosta It might be mostly happening across the border, but even the Edinburgh International festival is not immune to Olympic fever. This week's new live music 2012-08-03T23:05:27Z

The man behind Blackadder, QI and Spitting Image is to debut a solo show on the Edinburgh Fringe, according to Chortle. Tracy Morgan called 'sexist' at Melbourne comedy festival 2013-04-16T12:09:02Z

After all, in Edinburgh, as in life, there's rarely such a thing as a free lunch. The Edinburgh festival offers plenty for free but is it better to pay? 2010-08-10T13:30:00Z

The show has been bubbling around since the Edinburgh festival fringe of 2008 but 2011 may well be the year that Showstopper gets the recognition it so obviously deserves. This week's new theatre 2011-01-22T00:06:52Z

Matar declined to talk to the Edinburgh audience about whether he believed his father was dead or alive. Libyan revolution has made democracy real and tangible idea, says novelist 2011-08-26T19:11:21Z

The closure in 2010 of a “tolerance zone” for sex work in the Edinburgh suburb of Leith led to a “1000 percent” increase in attacks on women there, she adds. Edinburgh to end sex in saunas 2014-01-07T13:45:00Z

Sure, London and Edinburgh are popular destinations, but they’re also expensive. How to save money on a trip to Britain 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

The former Big Brother host is mid-way through a seven-day challenge during which she is running, swimming and cycling more than 500 miles from Edinburgh to London. Davina carried ashore after swim 2014-02-10T13:18:02Z

An edition printed in the 1760s is expected to fetch up to £400 when it goes on sale at Edinburgh auction house Lyon and Turnbull. Formerly banned sex manual to go under the hammer in Edinburgh 2013-01-03T18:02:57Z

In Edinburgh, another orchestra has been in the news for the wrong reasons: that of Scottish Opera, which played in a concert performance of Puccini's La fanciulla del West last Monday. BBC Prom 54; La fanciulla del West; Joyce DiDonato; Simon Keenlyside; Kronos Quartet 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

British writer and academic Rosamund Bartlett at the Edinburgh international book festival where she talked about her biography of Leo Tolstoy. Edinburgh international book festival diary 2011-08-19T17:57:03Z

It is launching in Edinburgh this month and plans to expand into other cities. Airbnb: from homesharing cool to commercial giant 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Twenty-one members of Juilliard Dance’s class of 2013 presented the premiere in December; in August they performed it at the Edinburgh International Festival, and here they were, dancing it again. Dance Review: Fall for Dance Festival at City Center 2012-09-30T21:58:45Z

Twice nominated for a British Comedy award, she went on to do three highly successful solo Edinburgh shows. Isy Suttie: 'I like to explore love… and throw in stuff about cagoules' 2013-03-16T17:00:02Z

I have responded to witnessing this cruel slide downwards with the appropriate dignity, and written a show about it for the Edinburgh festival. Comedian Mark Tomas: why I wrote a show about my dad 2012-08-06T17:35:04Z

The show takes place at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre on Wednesday 18 August. Stewart Lee Stewbilee 2010-08-04T09:13:00Z

Nick Barley is the director of the Edinburgh international book festival. Directing the Edinburgh international book festival: Nick Barley 2011-08-12T21:55:15Z

Meanwhile, the Edinburgh film festival continues and Jason meets Hattie Dalton, the director of this year's closing night gala, Third Star. Podcast: Film Weekly gets Breathless again 2010-06-24T09:23:00Z

Edinburgh cringe … Hugh Grant at last year's Fire in Babylon premiere. Hugh Grant turned away from Edinburgh comedy show 2012-08-20T12:55:04Z

I was at a house party at a flat in Edinburgh in the spring of 1989 and someone put on his withering satire of the Nixon administration, The H20gate Blues. Gil Scott-Heron: poet, campaigner and America's rough healer 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z

As piloted by the suave Matt Smith, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Lagonda is an impeccable example of one of the most beautiful objects ever manufactured in Britain. 'She is the Queen, whereas you are Joe Shmuck': Clive James on The Crown 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

Migration is a major source of irritation between London and Edinburgh. Can't get the staff: Scenic Highlands at eye of Scotland's Brexit... 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

He was educated at Daniel Stewart's college in Edinburgh before making his debut as an actor on tour with Edith Evans in India towards the end of the war. Tom Fleming obituary 2010-04-20T18:08:00Z

"I'm calling my Edinburgh show Child of Privilege, which I consider myself to be," he adds. Tom Rosenthal: 'I'm quite sort of talented' 2011-08-14T20:45:00Z

Almost a decade on, with the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaching, Wolfe is bringing his one-man show Generation 9/11; So Far, So Close to the Edinburgh festival fringe. 9/11 remembered at Edinburgh festival fringe as 10th anniversary approaches 2011-08-08T13:58:00Z

He will move to Gorbals Street in October after directing Philip Massinger's The City Madam at the RSC in May, and overseeing his final Edinburgh fringe season as artistic director of the Traverse in August. What next for Edinburgh's Traverse theatre? 2011-03-21T16:09:20Z

His latest movie, which screens at the Edinburgh international film festival this week, sees him back on the fringes of artistic expression. Werner Herzog: a killer at the table 2010-06-22T20:31:00Z

Although Scotland has a history of religious conservatism, the new crackdown in Edinburgh is being championed primarily by radical feminists who argue that sex work is bound up with trafficking, exploitation, violence and slavery. Edinburgh to end sex in saunas 2014-01-07T13:45:00Z

The Russian version of A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Dmitry Krymov previews at the Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon before heading to Edinburgh. Edinburgh festival: day five at the fringe 2012-08-10T12:33:02Z

"I personally don't see myself as a libertine," said Lombardo, speaking at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. Game of Thrones broadcaster HBO defends scenes of sex, violence and rape 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh award is held to confer instant greatness on whoever wins it. Will Adamsdale: the guru of nonsense 2011-01-05T22:01:01Z

Edinburgh can push some people over the edge. Edinburgh performers bid to reclaim the 'true spirit' of the fringe 2012-08-04T13:23:54Z

“We need to eat better food, but it is equally clear that regular exercise is also very important in cancer prevention,” said Prof Linda Bauld of Edinburgh University. Exercise can help prevent cancers, new research finds 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z

The sixth candidate is Hew Locke, an artist born in Edinburgh and brought up in Guyana. Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth faces huge cock up 2010-08-19T14:10:00Z

"The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are delighted with the news," the palace said in a statement. Palace: Zara Phillips engaged to be married 2010-12-21T13:00:10Z

A similar belief in the power of art to bridge cultures also led to the founding that year of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Festival d’Avignon. At 75, the Holland Festival Is Back and More Global Than Ever 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

And yet more standups in It Is Rocket Science, a pithy, sweet programme about space presented by comedian Helen Keen, adapted from her 2008 Edinburgh show. Rewind radio: Stand Up for Comic Relief; So Wrong It's Right; It is Rocket Science ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:41Z

Once the film was done, I couldn't even get a screening at the London film festival or the Edinburgh club. Why British film is all kitsch 'n' sink 2013-06-22T16:45:01Z

Standup, sketch, silent and a "difficult theatre show" in the advanced stages of collapse are among this year's shortlist for the Foster's Edinburgh comedy award, announced on Wednesday. Revealed: six acts in the running for 2012 Edinburgh comedy award 2012-08-22T19:07:48Z

There are two inevitable reactions when you tell people you live in Edinburgh. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

A lot's changed since the first season of "Fleabag" debuted nearly three years ago — and even more since Waller-Bridge first introduced the character at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013. "Fleabag" gets a brilliant swan song: Who says there are no great finales? 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

I will be returning to the Guardian and this blog at the beginning of August, in time for the joys of the Edinburgh festival. Farewell: I am away until August 2010-06-07T11:27:00Z

It was the opening film at Edinburgh that year. Sean Connery at 90: a dangerously seductive icon of masculinity 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

The two met at the Royal College of Music, and cut their performing teeth in a pub a couple of years later at the Edinburgh Fringe. O Duo: 'It's not just music. It's visual, too' 2010-09-30T22:25:00Z

She and Tindall announced their engagement shortly after William and Middleton's announcement generated worldwide headlines, and she scheduled her wedding after William's, choosing Edinburgh over London, which is a huge media hub. Queen's granddaughter set to wed rugby standout 2011-07-29T13:55:07Z

After lunch, explore the shops on nearby George and Princes streets, a mix of familiar global brands and the ornate department store Jenners, a longtime institution in Edinburgh. 36 Hours in Edinburgh 2013-07-11T22:58:24Z

I just love wandering around Edinburgh, and every time I come I think "I must come when there's not so many people here," because I'm short and I can't see the buildings. Five-minute festival: Sandi Toksvig 2012-08-20T14:16:05Z

All the venues outside the Edinburgh Comedy festival, and inside the Edinburgh Fringe festival, must be supported more by the public, performers, press and media scum. Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe 2012-07-30T19:00:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian It's pretty quiet in Scotland this week – no doubt many are getting ready for Edinburgh and their summer hols. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-07-06T14:44:00Z

The two-week gap between the two sporting events occurs in late August, coinciding with peak periods for the festivals in Edinburgh. Edinburgh international festival fears snub from culture secretary 2010-08-10T18:27:00Z

"The same critics who destroyed Seven Streams when we opened in Edinburgh – and yes, it was horrible – called it one of the most important shows of the 21st century six years later in London." Director Robert Lepage: risking it all 2012-10-08T17:31:23Z

Rick Ingersoll, who posts frequent flier advice at FrugalTravelGuy.com, said he booked an award ticket to Dublin, then paid about $40 for a flight on a low-cost carrier to his destination, Edinburgh. The Getaway: How to Get a Seat Out of Your Award Miles 2013-01-23T17:35:51Z

Idle Motion's lovely little Edinburgh Fringe hit, The Vanishing Horizon, is at the newly re-opened Pegasus in Oxford next Friday. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-09-17T16:05:00Z

Later, they busked on the streets outside the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in a band called Pookiesnackenburger. ‘Stomp’ Turns 25. Here Are 10 Things You Didn’t Know About It. 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

The doors of the Airlink 100 bus from Edinburgh airport hissed open at what we thought was the stop nearest to our hotel. Discovering the magic of Edinburgh 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

Where once we took ex-toilets as Edinburgh spaces, we're now offered bona fide comedy venues such as the Pleasance, Underbelly and Just the Tonic and slots at comedy festivals nationwide. Women aren't funny? You must be joking 2012-05-21T20:00:01Z

Recorded in Edinburgh, this was Reardon, played by Christopher Douglas reading some of his favourite literature to a live audience. Radio review: An Audience with Ed Reardon 2010-10-21T08:00:00Z

It was in 2013, while performing his fourth show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, that he was spotted by J. P. Buck, who books the stand-up performers for “Conan.” Daniel Sloss Brings Young, Scottish and Blustery to New York 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

His latest is due to open at the end of the year in Edinburgh. Gordon Ramsay’s social media project culminates in cookbook 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

It just shows you how beautiful and marvellous Edinburgh is. This is Edinburgh by Miroslav Sasek - review 2012-11-08T12:00:00Z

Jonathan Mills, director of the Edinburgh International festival. Should Edinburgh's festivals unite? 2010-07-09T16:18:00Z

There have been retrospectives of Gray’s work at the Kelvingrove museum, the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, the Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh, and elsewhere. How Alasdair Gray Reimagined Glasgow 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

Rebus had edge and noir, while Doors Open, though set in familiar Edinburgh locations, was flimsy. TV review: The Girl; Doors Open 2012-12-26T23:00:01Z

Earlier this year, scientists at the University of Edinburgh announced that they had successfully matured human eggs in a lab. 'It gives you hope': the fight to save the fertility of children with cancer 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z

New Territories concludes in Glasgow, and The Hard Man, inspired by the life of Jimmy Boyle, gets a rare revival at the King's Theatre Edinburgh. What to see 2011-03-25T15:37:33Z

The estimable Forest Cafe in Edinburgh – which many of you will know from during the festival – is in the middle of a three-day fundraising series to try and secure its future. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-12-10T17:16:00Z

They’ll run first on the Lowland route from London to Edinburgh/Glasgow in October, then join the Highland route to Fort William next year. 18 of the world’s best rail journeys 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z

It proved an astringent diet for Edinburgh palates. Tom Fleming obituary 2010-04-20T18:08:00Z

This week, it's Edinburgh's chance to find out how the clubbing cookie crumbles in Miami, as Florida's finest mash-up merchant Damaged Goods does the honours deckside. Clubs picks of the week 2011-03-19T00:06:36Z

By the time you read this we will probably be in Edinburgh, a city that has been important to us since we were first together. How to stop being a people pleaser 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z

And what about the Edinburgh and London film festivals, who have basically been directed and repositioned as part of a Film Council funding programme? Film Council axemen could murder an industry 2010-07-26T16:56:00Z

Pat Barker will be appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 26 August. Toby's Room by Pat Barker – review 2012-08-10T21:55:02Z

The new cycle of history plays, which will be directed by Laurie Sansom, are an unprecedented co-production by the National Theatre of Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre of Great Britain. Killing actress stars in James plays 2014-01-20T12:51:56Z

But the “Fleabag” that has set up camp in New York through April 14 is a 65-minute monologue first seen five years ago at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Gives New York a Fabulous ‘Fleabag’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

"Andrew," a heckler shouted as he walked behind the queen's coffin in a procession in Edinburgh in September, "you're a sick old man." The Windsors outdid themselves in 2022 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z

Hotel Medea at this year's Edinburgh festival runs to a rare but forbidding five hours and 45 minutes. There's more to the Edinburgh festival than one-hour wonders 2011-08-15T15:32:13Z

Three years later four students in Edinburgh broke that record by 10 hours. Bridge: Bridge – The Longest Day and Young Chelsea Bridge Club 2013-05-26T22:11:02Z

Alex Marshall watched 21 shows in three days at the Edinburgh Fringe, then went back to the city to see “Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha” again. It’s 1:30 a.m., and a Clown Wants to Fix You 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z

He conducted the orchestra at Prague and at the Edinburgh festival in 2000, besides making a recording that year with the orchestra in Prague of Janacek's rarely heard first opera, Sarka. Charles Mackerras 1925-2010 2010-07-15T10:55:00Z

The subject is close to the public’s heart, director Beth Morton told Reuters at the world’s biggest arts and culture festival in Edinburgh. Play predicts chilling future for Britain's prized health service 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

Q: You're trained as a historian with a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh. Philippa Gregory's how-to on writing about the Tudors 2011-12-29T21:08:06Z

Contemporary themes are being dealt with in Edinburgh, too, even as this year’s celebrity names chose to look toward the past. At Edinburgh’s Festivals, Big Names and Live Issues 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

The 48-year-old said he was "flattered and grateful" to be invited to speak in Boston, London, Edinburgh and Delhi. Harvard doctor is Reith lecturer 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

Now long retired and removed from his home base of Edinburgh, Scotland, he’s not able to leverage the once helpful former-policeman connections. Review | Kate Atkinson’s dreamy detective returns, and his first case is a tangle of sex and lies 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Deservedly poor reviews, too: early clips of Miranda on stage at Edinburgh and a radio programme in which Morecombe and Wise are trying to be American are frankly embarrassing. My Hero – TV review 2013-03-29T23:30:01Z

Two years ago I attended an interactive play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that simulated what it would be like to be sent to the gas chamber. Week Ahead: May 30 ? June 5 2010-05-28T15:11:00Z

Markovits will present The Life of Byron at the Edinburgh international book festival on Tuesday 23 August. Rereading: Childe Harold by Lord Byron 2011-08-12T09:00:01Z

Many other awards are presented annually at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the three week multiarts festival that will conclude on Monday. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Leo' to Gravitate From Edinburgh to New York 2011-08-26T13:52:34Z

The show, directed by Ramin Gray, was first presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last summer, where it drew critical praise and won several awards, including the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh honor. Arts, Briefly: A New York Premiere for a Scottish Play 2014-05-11T22:10:05Z

Plus I just managed to squeeze in the magically murderous The Girl with the Iron Claws at the Underbelly – as it happens, our final Edinburgh act of the day. Edinburgh festival: week two roundup 2011-08-22T15:29:22Z

"He's shown me so many movies and TV shows that I'd never typically see and we've done so much exploring of London as well as hiking in Edinburgh and visiting Liverpool." British man to marry American woman who liked his ‘chonky’ cat photo 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z

That all changed when my new dad was posted to Edinburgh. Why didn’t I contact my father before it was too late? 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

Journalists, media types, and the delusive Edinburgh Comedy festival are complicit in supporting a broken system. Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe 2012-07-30T19:00:00Z

Shortly after I arrived in Edinburgh for this year’s festival, I had lunch with a Scottish friend and her young son. At Edinburgh Fringe, Small Shows With Big Ambitions 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z

"They are all dwarfed by the Edinburgh Fringe," he said. Edinburgh performers bid to reclaim the 'true spirit' of the fringe 2012-08-04T13:23:54Z

Edinburgh Festival Fringe It’s where I first saw live stand-up and fell in love with it and realized that that was something that you could do for a living. Jack Whitehall Will Do Anything to Get to the Glastonbury Festival 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

"I just played Russia," Izzard continued, "and they are going to the Edinburgh festival, I think, next year." Eddie Izzard to bring international comedians to Edinburgh festival 2013-07-29T10:35:31Z

Equally, in perhaps more conventional terms, Thomas Struth's recent portrait of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh is a wonderful evocation of a senior figure of the highest worldwide status. Response: The death of Lucian Freud was not the end of portrait painting 2011-08-01T21:30:01Z

The exhibit’s last leg, from Nov. 22 until March 15, will showcase 80 drawings at the Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of Leonardo 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Jude Domski/WireImage Brochures for this summer's Edinburgh fringe have started thudding on to doorsteps this week, revealing the full programme for the August event. Seven days on stage: Edinburgh festival fringe gets the Hoff 2012-06-01T14:39:26Z

Yet the coalition of the four big venues at the Edinburgh fringe, which half broke away to form the independent Edinburgh Comedy Festival in 2008, have yet to find a corporate backer. Edinburgh festival comedy endorsements are no laughing matter 2010-08-25T12:41:00Z

All this and more will be discussed, deliberated, considered, broadcast live online via the Edinburgh World Writers' Conference, and disseminated around the world. Zadie Smith to headline Edinburgh book festival 2012-06-21T08:00:05Z

‘A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity’ and ‘Clean’ The Traverse Theater Company of Edinburgh presents this brisk double bill, directed by Orla O’Loughlin, as part of the Brits Off Broadway festival. Theater Listings for April 18-24 2014-04-17T22:49:24Z

Costs The total cost of getting a play with nine actors, one crew/lighting technician and myself with costumes and props to Edinburgh, lodging in basic private rooms, food etc : $26,000. ArtsBeat Blog: Was It Worth It? Theater Makers Who Showed Their Stuff in Edinburgh Add It Up 2011-08-17T21:00:29Z

Since the first one in Edinburgh in 1947, fringe festivals have become increasingly ubiquitous. 50 Essential Summer Festivals 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

One solution was to send pictures immediately on loan to Edinburgh, as the Scots were considered more lax. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z

Scottish painter Owen Normand, who studied at Edinburgh College of Art but is now based in Berlin, won the £7,000 Young Artist Award. Family paintings win portrait award 2013-06-19T07:03:21Z

Charles's father, the Duke of Edinburgh, is among his harshest critics, the book claims, and believes the prince to be guilty of "selfish behavior" in putting his "cerebral passions" before his royal duties. Queen Elizabeth fears Britain not ready for 'King Charles': new book 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

The author addressed the issue at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in the U.K. on Monday night, according to the Guardian. Game of Thrones Author Explains Why There's No Gay Sex in His Books 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Here at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which runs through Aug. 27, Ms. Callander has been introducing short plays from the new 2012 series. ArtsBeat: At Edinburgh Fringe, Topical Playwriting is Seriously Up to the Minute 2012-08-22T23:28:25Z

As a teenager, he stopped engaging with the language and then went to Edinburgh University to study English literature. Hawaiian, Gaelic, Yiddish: so you want to learn an endangered language on Duolingo? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

But if this is the show without the jokes, then audiences at Stand Five in Edinburgh will be well entertained over the next month, as What The **** Is Normal?! is Martinez at her most impactful. Comedian Francesca Martinez: "Surely I can't be more unfunny than Patsy Palmer" 2011-08-06T23:05:45Z

Dr David Weeks, a neuropsychologist at the Royal Edinburgh hospital and the author of Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness, agrees. Eccentric women: why they are more important than ever in our oppressive era 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

Galloway will be discussing her memoir at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Friday 28 August. A life in books: Janice Galloway 2011-08-05T21:55:05Z

From Liberia, Nigeria and America, they have been working together in Edinburgh for years, since their early teens. New band of the day - Young Fathers (No 1,404) 2012-11-27T16:48:09Z

The other night, I took a train from Edinburgh to London. NYPD attempts to censor anticipated Park Avenue art project 2013-07-29T16:39:12Z

Yesterday I raced through sets from a series of Edinburgh newcomers. Edinburgh comedy notebook: TV is making comedy better ? and worse 2011-08-26T14:38:24Z

While nowhere near the size of Edinburgh's, the Adelaide fringe is has long been largest in the southern hemisphere and is growing faster than ever. Combing the Adelaide festival Fringe 2013-03-13T05:35:10Z

Edinburgh during the festival is a fantastic place to bring children and it need not cost a fortune. Edinburgh fringe: the 10 best shows for children 2010-08-24T10:00:00Z

His drippy, monster-laden paintings and installations have been shown from Edinburgh to Taipei.  'Mythical Creatures': Gary Baseman's search in 'Holocaust by Bullets' sites 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

Yet it began as a group of unassuming university graduates making work on the cheap on the Edinburgh fringe. In the complex ecosystem of British arts, weeds are as important as trees 2010-09-28T19:59:00Z

They continue to flourish, as do specimens planted in the various arboreta of Kew’s Scottish equivalent, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Perspective | Meet the Wollemi pine, the ‘dinosaur tree’ brought back from the dead and threatened once again 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

The final week of the Edinburgh fringe can sometimes feel a little tired and weary, but not this year. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-19T15:30:17Z

The book will be launched next week at the Edinburgh book festival, where McDermid is one of the most sought-after names. Val McDermid: a life in writing 2011-08-12T21:55:20Z

Kirshen is in Edinburgh taking part in the Set List show at the Caves venue. Is the Edinburgh comedy bubble about to burst? And X Factor, the musical 2012-08-14T14:40:09Z

The 10-minute walk from the Edinburgh Comedy festival was too far and there was no private bar. Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe 2012-07-30T19:00:00Z

Not Bath, near Fox Talbot's home in Lacock; not Edinburgh, where the new Athenians lived; but this windy little antique butting into the North Sea. The Beginning and the End of the World: St Andrews, Scandal and the Birth of Photography by Robert Crawford ? review 2011-08-12T21:55:04Z

The campaign, being staged as Amnesty celebrates its 50th year, will ask audiences at Amnesty's fringe and Edinburgh international book festival events to add their names to a global petition using text messages or postcards. Comedians and writers lead Amnesty campaign to free jailed UAE activists 2011-08-07T14:34:43Z

He studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art in the 1960s before moving to London to study at the Royal College of Art. Artist John Bellany dies at 71 2013-08-29T05:50:16Z

“Just seen the goddess that is @amyschumer live in Edinburgh,” she tweeted. J.K. Rowling Gave Amy Schumer's Stand-Up Show a Rave Review on Twitter 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

Here is a look at the 2010 Edinburgh Comedy Festival show that bagged him awards and propelled him into the world of television. TV highlights 30/08/12 2012-08-29T19:00:25Z

The highlight, White Nights, modeled after the Edinburgh Festival, is held here every June and features 2,000 performers in an international potpourri of cinema, art, theater and music. A Bilbao on Siberia?s Edge? 2011-07-22T18:59:16Z

A first edition of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is among a treasure trove of books being auctioned in Edinburgh this week. Book collection could fetch £230,000 2013-05-12T15:44:13Z

When I arrived at the Edinburgh festival, I had no agent, no industry interest. Luisa Omielan: destiny's comic 2013-07-29T18:29:00Z

Be that as it may, Connery turned up to introduce the film at Edinburgh's ornate Festival theatre: as this is his final year as the film festival's patron it was a fitting tribute. Call me sentimental, but the Edinburgh film festival made me warm to Sean Connery 2010-06-23T12:43:00Z

Clancy's Tavern,' with his first stop in Edinburgh on October 30. Toby Keith is never one to mince words in songs 2011-10-19T13:27:41Z

"The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Queen Mother all have adopted a Champagne cocktail they call mimosa." Keep the booze comin'! How did bottomless mimosas become a brunch staple? 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z

He graduated from Edinburgh University, from which he received a master’s in classics. Valerie Veatch, Benjamin Rampton 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

While staying in an Edinburgh B&B, I got talking to a fellow guest over breakfast. Readers recommend songs about assassination: The results 2010-08-26T22:30:00Z

He will be appearing at the Edinburgh international book festival on Sunday 28 August. Honey Money: The Power of Erotic Capital by Catherine Hakim ? review 2011-08-19T09:00:02Z

He received a Bafta for best newcomer with Last Resort in 2000, and went on to win best film at the Edinburgh Film Festival with My Summer of Love in 2004. Polish film Ida wins double awards 2013-10-21T08:21:25Z

He added that Britannica - which first published its book form encyclopedia in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768 - will hold onto a few sets so they can be displayed somehow or donated to museums. Britannica's halt of print edition triggers sales 2012-04-05T20:15:09Z

It fits in with ringing the changes, and with the Guardian's inaugural sponsorship of the Edinburgh international book festival. Join the Reading group revolution 2011-08-08T13:53:41Z

Having won two Chortle Comedy awards for last year's Maximum Nonsense show, he stops off at Glastonbury en route to Edinburgh. Glastonbury: 11 acts to watch 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

"The thing that's so fantastic about the Edinburgh festivals is that no management system could ever have invented them." Edinburgh festival: day 14 on the fringe 2012-08-20T16:11:32Z

Three years after the country voted narrowly in favour of quitting the bloc, some comics at the Edinburgh fringe consider the issue too risky to mention. Paradise Lost? Edinburgh on edge as Brexit divides festival audiences 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

The centre, which is close to Edinburgh Airport and about eight miles from the city centre, will be transformed to stage a powerful new Polish production of Macbeth set in the Middle East. Festival begins at Speed of Light 2012-08-09T08:44:08Z

These are all venues at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Edinburgh Fringe's unusual venues 2012-08-07T07:09:30Z

At the Lyceum, 21 August to 3 September Miller, debut author of Snowdrops, is one of a handful of Man Booker-nominated novelists to be featured at this year's Edinburgh international book festival. Dance Marathon aims to exhaust Edinburgh festivalgoers 2011-08-05T17:28:06Z

Edinburgh festival fringe is famously the place where comedians' dreams are fulfilled — or shattered. Bo Burnham: the teenage YouTube sensation lighting up Edinburgh 2010-08-13T20:11:00Z

Waller-Bridge honed her comedy skills at the Edinburgh fringe, where her one-woman show – the inspiration for Fleabag – found critical acclaim. Phoebe Waller-Bridge lands gig hosting Saturday Night Live 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

She is based in Port Chester, N.Y., and represents the United States, and he is based in Port Chester and Edinburgh, Scotland, and represents Scotland. Olivia Blatchford, Alan Clyne 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

"The Edinburgh International Fringe Prize brings a fresh opportunity for some of the most innovative of these artists to develop new ideas and conversations." U.S. theater wins Edinburgh Fringe award 2011-08-30T17:17:16Z

The following year he returned to Edinburgh with his first experiment in storytelling theatre. Daniel Kitson: the Salinger of standup 2012-08-05T17:30:01Z

The first time I went to Edinburgh, it wasn't too bad. Lucy Mangan: I'm in Edinburgh and I want to kick something to death 2012-08-24T22:00:00Z

The other day we took Holt to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. How Doing Nothing Became the Ultimate Family Vacation 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

Last year, she offered Edinburgh audiences a 26-part series on soil erosion – a show that told us more about her character's disordered state of mind and obsessive behaviour patterns than it did about physical geography. This week's new live comedy 2012-08-17T23:05:31Z

“I love being in Edinburgh,” he added, “because there are actually other comedians here.” They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

It's 15 years since they made their UK debut, appearing together in a showcase at the Edinburgh festival fringe. This week's new live comedy 2012-07-13T23:11:28Z

Young people participating in programs run by the prince’s Duke of Edinburgh charity and youth cadet associations will line the steps of the abbey to greet guests for the service. Senior royals gather to honor Prince Philip at memorial 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

Atkinson, who lives in Edinburgh, won the U.K's prestigious Whitbread Book of the Year award for her first novel, "Behind the Scenes at the Museum." 'Started Early, Took My Dog': Kate Atkinson's story of a cop, a child rescue and a fabulous dog 2011-03-31T20:30:05Z

I saw Blade Runner at the premiere at a packed Edinburgh playhouse. 'I was terrified!': you share stories of watching classic films on first release 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

It's that time of the year when companies are looking for ways to hone their productions before they hit the Edinburgh festival fringe in August. Almeida festival 2013, Too Clever By Half, Josephine & I: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z

The trend has spread to New York and since found a home in the UK, in London and Edinburgh as well as Dundee. Ssshhh! How the cult of quiet can change your life 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Linehan, who was the director of the Sydney festival, then head of the contemporary music program at the Sydney Opera before coming to Edinburgh, succeeded Jonathan Mills as director. Edinburgh International Festival, Under New Director, Sets Lineup 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

LA-based Delaney, 36, is on the New York leg of a tour that will take him through the US south as well as Boston, LA, London and Edinburgh. Rob Delaney: 'Men in their 20s are the worst thing happening on our planet' 2013-06-12T20:01:13Z

The 64th Edinburgh international film festival closed last night, giving its highest prize to Skeletons. Edinburgh film festival roundup 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z

Lammy, speaking at the Edinburgh International Book festival, said he was also concerned about images of masculinity and male role models for boys. Riots jail sentences 'punish the poor the hardest', says Tottenham MP 2012-08-12T17:58:00Z

Tomorrow you'll find me at the book festival talking about my Olivia series, which is about a performing arts school and in particular about Olivia's Enchanted Summer which is set in Edinburgh on the fringe. Edinburgh festival: day eight on the fringe 2012-08-13T15:59:48Z

You couldn't get a bottle of water in Edinburgh today for 50p. Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe 2012-07-30T19:00:00Z

She and her “Auntie Martha” were on their way to a new life in an Edinburgh flat. Keeping You Entertained (and on Your Toes) 2010-08-27T22:59:00Z

Career: Has been performing at the Edinburgh fringe since 1996 and tours extensively internationally. Brendon Burns, comedian 2012-08-07T16:51:02Z

Edinburgh skyline dominated by Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile. How to save money at Edinburgh festival 2010-07-27T12:21:00Z

It was among the highlights of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last summer. Neil LaBute play highlights off-Broadway festival 2013-01-25T13:39:10Z

If this year's Edinburgh festival fringe is characterised by one thing, it is undoubtedly theatre's attempts to engage playfully with technology. This week's new theatre 2011-08-19T23:09:21Z

An Edinburgh international festival spokeswoman said Boreyko was one of the most exciting and dynamic conductors to emerge from eastern Europe in recent years. Conductor accused of child molestation pulls out of UK concerts 2010-08-05T10:33:00Z

The Duke of Edinburgh looks at exhibits as he officially opens the Sammy Ofer Wing at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. Titanic artefacts go on display for first time 2011-07-13T18:47:55Z

Of note, is the name of Edinburgh’s main shopping street - Princes Street! ‘Prince Was Our True Artist’: Readers Share Their Memories 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Scotland completes an almost 300-million-pound project to restore an old train line linking Edinburgh to the Scottish Borders this summer, making it easier than ever to get there. How to Travel in 2015 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Edinburgh suggested peace and a retreat of some kind. Once upon a life: Caryl Phillips 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z

His family moved to Edinburgh when he was a toddler and then to Canada when he was about 6. Alan Young, the Affable Owner on ‘Mister Ed,’ Dies at 96 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

An early version was performed last spring in New York; its debut in Britain was last year, during the Edinburgh fringe. White Rabbit, Red Rabbit: the play that asks you to leave your phone on 2012-06-21T11:39:05Z

A hymn to the depravity of Edinburgh that balances the noble pursuance of art. Tim Key's exclusive Ode to the Edinburgh festival 2011-07-29T16:30:00Z

Two students at the University of Edinburgh spend one night together just before their graduation. One Day by David Nicholls 2011-07-28T11:55:21Z

So Edinburgh has been one of the luckiest places for me to look at art. Edinburgh festival 2011: stand by for a smorgasbord of surprises 2011-07-26T14:26:58Z

The 88-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, an experienced carriage driver, was forced to miss engagements last year because of a back injury sustained while practicing the sport. Queen Elizabeth's husband suffers ankle injury 2010-04-23T20:35:00Z

Giving the keynote MacTaggart Lecture, at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Murdoch let rip, as I recalled on Radio 4's Today programme . Torin Douglas: 24 years in media 2013-06-03T07:43:41Z

“This was something the citizens of Edinburgh were willing to trust their politicians, police and medical professionals with. They were willing to do that on the basis that it worked.” Edinburgh to end sex in saunas 2014-01-07T13:45:00Z

Fifty-two shows over 13 days make up Pulse, a thriving festival which often throws up future Edinburgh hits. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-05-25T23:05:26Z

And he was a regular visitor to the Edinburgh Festival. Comic actor Victor Spinetti dies 2012-06-19T12:11:49Z

One way or another, I never go to Scotland without stocking up at Mellis’s in Edinburgh or one of his five other shops scattered around the country. | Explorer: Unforgettable Foods, from Austrian Apricots to Parisian Butter 2011-09-30T19:03:18Z

The story’s pretext is an award named for the Duke of Edinburgh, a.k.a. ‘Get Duked!’ Review: The Kids Are All Fight (and Jokes) 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

If that seems a little tenuous, the launch of this year's Edinburgh Festival is also being celebrated, as is the return of the 5am drinks license during the Festival. Clubs picks of the week 2012-08-03T23:05:29Z

Plenty to smile about … Nica Burns, director of the Edinburgh comedy awards. Edinburgh fringe face-off: Stewart Lee v Nica Burns 2012-08-08T14:55:00Z

The Edinburgh international festival is branching out, too, experimenting with something the fringe does as a matter of course – popping up where audiences least expect it. Edinburgh festival turns back clock 50 years to literary debates of 1962 2012-08-10T15:45:44Z

Edinburgh fringe theatre is attracting big names such as Simon Callow to its theatres. Edinburgh fringe: A-listers arrive for a renaissance of live theatre 2011-08-06T18:49:17Z

Her drama “Tiny Dynamite” was a hit at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a production that united two adventurous British companies, the new-writing specialists Paines Plough and Frantic Assembly, known for dynamic physical theater. Theater Review: ‘Tiny Dynamite’ by Abi Morgan at 59E59 Theaters 2012-06-14T21:05:36Z

Natalie Taylor, a spokeswoman for Extinction Rebellion, said that while Edinburgh’s festivals needed to become more sustainable, the protest group wanted to work within them rather than protesting against them. At Edinburgh Festivals, Climate Awareness Comes at a Cost 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

“Clinton: The Musical,” which was nominated for best new musical at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2012, takes a less earnest approach. Hillary and Bill Clinton Inspire Musical Theater 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

Cora Bissett in last year's critically acclaimed Edinburgh production of Midsummer at the Traverse theatre. Edinburgh Q&A: Cora Bissett, Scottish director and actor 2010-08-27T11:15:00Z

The production has delighted audiences since its premiere at the Edinburgh festival last year, selling out its limited run at the Barbican in London before it even opened this past February. Into the forest 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

From Glasgow, drive about 50 miles east to Edinburgh. Q&A: A Base for Exploring Scotland 2010-04-15T16:00:00Z

Three other arts organisations, including Edinburgh Printmakers workshop, have been added to the list of foundation organisations. Scottish arts shakeup to concentrate funding on one-off projects 2012-05-17T22:47:12Z

It's as if the glitter was for London, the serious exploration for Edinburgh. Prickly customers: Martin Creed and Richard Wright in Edinburgh 2010-08-04T20:31:00Z

Born into a fishing family at Port Seton, just west of the capital, Bellany attended the Edinburgh and London colleges of art in the 1960s. Art of Scotland's John Bellany colors with age 2012-11-16T18:05:09Z

In many ways, then, she was hardly “Edinburgh,” as people who live there often describe themselves. How Muriel Spark Came Home to Scotland 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

For late-night grandness get yourself a good viewing point of the castle and stare in awe at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo's firework display. How to save money at Edinburgh festival 2010-07-27T12:21:00Z

What has made me laugh the hardest over the past few years have not been the sold-out Edinburgh fringe shows or the Bafta-winning television comedies, but strangers on the internet. From Distracted Boyfriend to Unhelpful Teacher, I love the twists of a meme’s journey | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

“The Object Lesson” debuted at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival; a subsequent production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s multi-arts center sold out. Presenting . . . a play featuring a sock puppet armed with blue vocabulary 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

The Fringe started as an offshoot of the Edinburgh International Festival founded in 1947 to brighten the austerity of post-war Britain. Edinburgh Fringe festival seen biggest yet in 2011 2011-06-09T15:38:44Z

He had spent his Irish immigrant childhood begging from grocery shops near Edinburgh’s dockyards. How I came face to face with my dead father’s brain 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

Or extend the event itself into a season, like the Edinburgh festival. The importance of the Notting Hill carnival 2011-08-25T18:59:03Z

Until now, Gregson-MacLeod has been splitting her time between home and college, where she is studying history at the University of Edinburgh. Katie Gregson-MacLeod Sang About a ‘Complex’ Love. TikTok Responded. 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

She returned to Edinburgh in 2009 with divorce a thing of the past, her new show making light of the differences between men and women. Sarah Millican: 'I tell the audience bits of my rude life' 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

This English comedian has won plaudits and prizes for his comedic storytelling the world over, from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

We lucked into last-minute tickets to a ceilidh held every week at Summerhall, an event venue in Edinburgh about a mile south of the Royal Mile. In Edinburgh, dancing is a great way to reel in new friends 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Interviewed by Jay Richardson for the Chortle website, Lee claims poorer performers are being "priced out" of success, and accuses the BBC of letting powerful agents dictate its Edinburgh Fringe coverage. Sarah Silverman's 'anal probe' tweet sparks political row 2013-07-10T13:49:04Z

Every Edinburgh is a mixture of horror and glitter. Edinburgh festival 2011: 'The day I set fire to my venue' 2011-07-17T20:45:01Z

He also, at the Edinburgh Forest Fringe this summer, took part alongside a number of other brilliant artists and producers in something we called an Inspiration Exchange. Could a war game and a stage set be the perfect match? 2010-09-29T14:02:00Z

At its best, Levine's set offers stark and unapologetic dispatches from an exotic life – exotic, at least, to largely middle-class Edinburgh audiences. Fat Whore: Kristine Levine – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-06T09:29:00Z

The Duke of Edinburgh was born a Prince of Denmark and his ancestry spans both the British and the Danish royal families. Palace releases new portrait of Britain's Prince Philip 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z

The train from Edinburgh stops at a Victorian station next to a riot of neatly planted flowers in a hidden glen in the shadow of a medieval castle. Here's the Best Way to Explore Europe's Secret Villages 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Previous winners include Daniel Kitson, the Pajama Men and last year, in a double-whammy with his Edinburgh Comedy Award, Doctor Brown. Tracy Morgan called 'sexist' at Melbourne comedy festival 2013-04-16T12:09:02Z

I met her first, and I already had a soft spot for her because she used to write in the cafe of the Traverse Theater in Edinburgh when I was the director. Why J.K. Rowling Endorsed ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ for the Stage 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

Benedict was capping off his first day of a four-day state visit to Britain that included a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh. Susan Boyle's dream: To sing for the pope 2010-09-16T16:31:00Z

Photograph: Perou If Edinburgh's annual fringe festival still speaks to you of backpacks and hordes of students in unwashed T-shirts, it is time to look again. Edinburgh festival 2010: cabaret takes on standup comedy at the fringe 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z

We’re going to work with the other Fringes around the world to celebrate the moment of the birth of this concept in Edinburgh. Leading the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘I’m Not Intimidated’ 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

The skeleton at issue in Val McDermid's new stand-alone mystery, "The Skeleton Road," is discovered by an acrophobic demolition surveyor atop a Victorian Gothic school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Val McDermid's new whodunit rattles with recent Balkans history 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

Back in Edinburgh, the clear layering of objects on show in the renovated museum is a joy. National Museum of Scotland: suspend your disbelief 2011-07-26T20:31:01Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Neil Bennett/PR/Geraint Lewis/Rex Features It's August: you may have noticed from the cute pictures of animals and coverage of the Edinburgh Festival plastered across the media. Radio Catchup: the fringe, happiness and unsigned bands 2010-08-12T12:26:00Z

The penguinial link between Edinburgh Zoo and Norway goes back to 1914 when a Norwegian family presented the zoo with king penguins. Penguin promoted to brigadier at Edinburgh Zoo 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

"In what promises to be a pivotal year for the BBC, I am delighted that Mark has agreed to share his vision with the Edinburgh audience." BBC chief for TV festival lecture 2010-05-04T10:47:00Z

But she is well served by Paul Meade's production, which has made its way from Dublin to London via Edinburgh, and by her three performers. Review 2010-04-20T00:48:00Z

Edinburgh is set up to, like, show off to tourists. Places 22 and 23 of 52: Cheeky Surprises in Bristol, and a ‘Wee Look Around’ Glasgow 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

Rowling has herself explored her difficult earlier years on film, revisiting the modest Edinburgh flat where Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was written, as part of an ITV documentary in 2007. JK Rowling's life story to be made into film 2011-02-18T11:11:04Z

This “Great Expectations” began with readings, too, as Izzard did what she calls work-in-progress performances, initially in 2019 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Eddie Izzard Plays Which Part in ‘Great Expectations’? All of Them 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

“I didn’t ever think that there’d be anything better,” says Wagner, 29, now a law student in Edinburgh, Scotland. We were ‘married.’ Yet the Supreme Court ruling made us want an ‘I re-do!’ 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

Most of my early 20s were spent in Edinburgh, a city with seven hills, including one situated gloriously in the centre. Why I love … hill walking 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

In Edinburgh, you can experiment, you can take risks, you can improve. Tim Key's exclusive Ode to the Edinburgh festival 2011-07-29T16:30:00Z

"There's another French act, Yacine Belhousse; he's going to play the Edinburgh festival next year in English and he's learning his English to try to expand his shows." Eddie Izzard to bring international comedians to Edinburgh festival 2013-07-29T10:35:31Z

After honing a version of it around New York, he took it to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer, where it was well received. A Stand-Up Talks About Depression. He Hopes You’ll Laugh. 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

In the piece, he blames inverse snobbery for the BBC initially spurning Armstrong and Miller after their big break on the Edinburgh fringe in the mid-1990s. Alexander Armstrong hits back at 'tribal aversion' to posh comics 2013-05-14T15:04:06Z

The fringe festival will run alongside the Edinburgh International Festival, which announced its ambitious 2016 program in April. What Do a Dating Game and Shakespeare Have in Common? Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

His self-portrait will hang in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh when it reopens in the autumn after a refurbishment. Jack Vettriano: postcards from hell 2011-02-11T12:24:33Z

Das, the Indian comedian, said being in Edinburgh was “very much a holiday, if I’m honest.” They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

At the time Simpson, a divorced mother of two in Edinburgh, was struggling. Crypto artists have been building a rebellious, underground community of outsiders for years. Now they’re making a living selling NFTs. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

Coming directly from a well-received appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Mr. Irving comes with stories, songs, multiple instruments and a quirky sense of humor. A New Theater Season of Hitting the Boards Hard, From Broadway to Oregon 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

At one lecture, in Edinburgh again, a former colleague, Tom Creighton, rose to his feet to protest after a peculiarly challenging exposition of new Continental thinking: "it's all higher froggy nonsense, isn't it Frank?" Frank Kermode: a tribute by John Sutherland 2010-08-20T23:22:00Z

Out of this mental stew have come some of the most exciting plays to have been staged at Edinburgh in recent years. Enda Walsh: 'I only operate properly in my imagination' 2010-08-10T21:00:00Z

The ceremony in Edinburgh began with the royal mace and the Crown of Scotland being brought into the chamber. Queen Elizabeth reflects on ‘deep’ affection for Scotland 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

The collections are wonderful but no more so than those to be found in London – or indeed Edinburgh or Oxford or Liverpool. Museums should appeal to the heart 2010-06-28T09:59:00Z

Lawrence Durrell praised the linguistics department in Edinburgh University for creating "a computer that can already write sonnets and will be writing novels by Christmas". How the Edinburgh writers' conference changed the world of literature 2012-08-11T15:58:34Z

The Tragedy of Coriolanus is at the Edinburgh Playhouse on 21 August. Heavy rock Coriolanus turns up volume 2013-08-21T01:27:33Z

She's naive enough to believe in magic, yet independent enough to follow him on the boat back to Edinburgh. 'The Illusionist': Hats off to this magician's tale and tribute to Jacques Tati 2011-01-27T22:37:12Z

Ms. Mainland joined the society in 1991 as an administrative assistant and became general manager of the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2005 before taking on her current post in 2009. Kath Mainland Stepping Down as Head of Edinburgh Fringe 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

The company staged the UK premiere at the Edinburgh festival in 1953. The Rake's Progress; BBC Prom 35; Three Choirs festival 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

It may sound like a grim prophecy—or a liberal fantasy—but in fact it's the premise of Trumpus Interruptus, a comic play due to be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. Donald Trump Takes Center Stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Nowadays people have to go to Edinburgh for years to get noticed, and that is a shame. Lenny Henry: This Much I Know 2012-10-13T23:06:00Z

Nature’s soundtrack certainly beats the car alarms, slamming doors and student parties that disturb our sleep at home in central Edinburgh. Bedding down in a gypsy caravan in a Scottish field

“I would always advise someone with a cat not to introduce another cat,” says Mat Ward, a cat behaviourist in Edinburgh. Are you stressing out your cat? How to spot the signs 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

Commissioned for the RSC's , the production heads to Edinburgh next week. A Midsummer Night's Dream (As You Like It) – review 2012-08-15T17:05:47Z

Mind over mattress … performers on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. Edinburgh festival: day five at the fringe 2012-08-10T12:33:02Z

Every year, 59E59 Theaters in New York presents a showcase of productions headed to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Theater to Stream: Revivals, One-Man Shows and Docu-Theater 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z

Shock Treatment is preceded at the King's Head Theatre by the 21st anniversary revival of Trainspotting, which was first seen at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Rocky Horror sequel set for London 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

So the Queen is "really divine" and the Duke of Edinburgh is "dignified and neat", but the "young Creole" is actually empowered by what he sees. Readers recommend songs about royalty: the results 2010-12-16T22:59:01Z

Her one-woman stage show, Fleabag, had run successfully at the Edinburgh festival and was now at the Soho theatre in London, where I went to see a matinee performance. Killing Eve: how my psycho killer was brought to life 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z

At the same time, "comedy" about sex are increasingly popular, at least on the Edinburgh and London fringe, harking back to Carry On films and the Benny Hill Show. Porn on stage ? take a position 2010-04-16T14:19:00Z

He has just arrived in Edinburgh, where he is directing his long-time friend Julian Sands, the British actor, in A Celebration of Harold Pinter. Homage to Harold Pinter 2011-08-07T20:31:01Z

Yet at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Eldjarn, 40, has found himself in less celebrated surroundings: the fourth room of the Monkey Barrel Comedy Club. They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

“He’s definitely a dab hand at the barbecue … I can safely say there’s never been a case of food poisoning in the family that’s attributed to the Duke of Edinburgh.” The barbecue king: British royals praise Philip’s deft touch 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z

An art gallery will host a visiting performance artist; a new dance troupe will be re-enacting an ancient myth as interpreted, perhaps, at the Edinburgh Fringe. On Java, a Creative Explosion in an Ancient City 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

Andrew Bentley-Steed, who manages Robertson's Edinburgh bookshop, said local authors had complained to him about the venture. World Book Night branded 'misguided and misjudged' 2011-02-10T16:28:49Z

Edinburgh and Glasgow will host an eclectic range of film screenings, concerts and poetry events from the Middle East, including Syrian documentary Shout and Zeina Daccache's 2009 film, 12 Angry Lebanese. Scottish films to be shown in Middle East 2011-04-17T12:14:36Z

The Australian writer Christos Tsiolkas, author of a controversial novel on race and class, The Slap, and the first Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature writer in residence, will be speak on the opening day. Edinburgh book and film festivals to join forces 2010-06-17T16:59:00Z

The plays about James I, II and III of Scotland, by acclaimed playwright Rona Munro, are to be debuted at this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Killing actress stars in James plays 2014-01-20T12:51:56Z

I had that feeling familiar from the Edinburgh Fringe – trying not to catch the eye of an actor who wants to make you the foil for the wacky routine he's got planned. Secret Cinema: Back To The Future review – fancy dress eccentricity 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Tom Price There can't be many British comedy performers who are preparing for their Edinburgh debut while at the same time becoming a series regular on US TV. This week's new comedy 2011-07-22T23:07:43Z

It was then that the editors of “Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine” prophesied the dawn of a new hirsute era, according to Christopher Oldstone-Moore, a senior lecturer at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. The Modern Man: Suited and Hirsute 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Then he bombarded me with texts and chased me round Edinburgh for an entire fortnight. Claire Walker stands up to her stand-up comedian husband Ed Byrne with humour 2013-03-03T00:07:03Z

He also caused controversy in 1999 in Edinburgh when he saw an untidy fuse box during a tour of a factory. Prince Philip tells NHS nurse her country 'must be half empty' 2013-02-20T20:29:06Z

The Brothers Streep are more shameless, tunefully hawking trampolines from their homeland – though quite why anyone in Edinburgh would be seeking to purchase a South African trampoline is beyond me. Edinburgh festival comedy endorsements are no laughing matter 2010-08-25T12:41:00Z

This year's Edinburgh Art Festival runs between 31 July and 31 August. Art festival programme launched 2014-03-13T11:52:12Z

Zadie Smith told an audience at the Edinburgh festival that she will never set another book in the US after her experience with her 2005 novel On Beauty. Zadie Smith returns to her native London for her fourth novel 2012-08-26T15:13:10Z

His character, Bruce Robertson, who narrates the film, is an Edinburgh police detective sergeant on a catastrophic downward spiral. ‘Filth’ Stars James McAvoy as an Insane Detective 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

But on Friday, after a £47m makeover, the new National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh will reopen, looking distinctly different from the way generations of Scottish schoolchildren remember it. New National Museum of Scotland unveiled after ?47m revamp 2011-07-27T23:05:04Z

Photograph: Simon Annand Trash Cuisine, their first English-language production, which goes to Edinburgh this summer, shows a company on the cusp of change, taking in stories about executions and capital punishment from around the world. Strange Interlude; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Trash Cuisine – review 2013-06-08T23:05:35Z

One of their targets was the venue I co-run, the Underbelly, which is also part of the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. Why Stewart Lee is wrong about the death of the Edinburgh fringe 2012-08-16T07:00:05Z

Photograph: Alamy I remember my first experience of the Edinburgh Fringe through a nostalgic haze. Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe 2012-07-30T19:00:00Z

That was followed by a production of “Macbeth,” which he took to the Edinburgh Festival in 1985 and to Central Park in the summer of 1986 as part of Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival. Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Who Directed Avant-Garde Productions of Classics, Dies 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

Here, too, it was awfully drizzly, making the opening weekend of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe a soggy one. ArtsBeat: Postcard from Edinburgh: Spirits of Fringe Festivalgoers Remain Undampened 2011-08-08T15:10:53Z

Rowling, who recently donated £10 million to set up a new multiple sclerosis research clinic in Edinburgh, was chosen for her writing skills, tenacity to succeed and philanthropic nature, the National Magazine Company said. Harry Potter creator JK Rowling named most influential woman in the UK 2010-10-10T22:39:00Z

Satire with humour … Matt Haig, speaking at the Edinburgh book festival. The Humans by Matt Haig – review 2013-05-15T07:00:04Z

Sir Nils Olav, a resident king penguin at Edinburgh Zoo, was honored with the title of brigadier on Monday during a parade in the Scottish park. Penguin promoted to brigadier at Edinburgh Zoo 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

There’s a sanitation strike in Edinburgh, where this hormonally charged production from Headlong Theater takes place. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Imagination From Despair in Ednburgh and Minsk 2012-06-18T19:49:07Z

In terms of attendances it is now, after London and Edinburgh, the third-biggest film festival in the UK, and expanding exponentially. Glasgow film festival is the real event in Scotland 2011-02-16T10:35:53Z

When he returned to the UK for the next Edinburgh, he brought a pregnant Sarah, too. Tim Minchin: the man who waltzed Matilda 2013-03-31T00:06:26Z

He later contended that the crash was orchestrated by MI6 on the instructions of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. These claims were dismissed by a French judicial investigation that concluded in 2006. The 7 Most Mysterious Hollywood Deaths 2011-11-21T17:40:17Z

After stints in London and Edinburgh, a theatrical production of the play will soon arrive in New York. What makes a play unstageable? 2010-09-28T15:18:00Z

And in July, the group – minus Mr. Hay, who was sidelined by knee surgery – played a short set in Edinburgh, as part of the a concert celebrating the opening of the Commonwealth Games. Culture Club to Tour With Original Lineup 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

Among other positions, Philip will step down from his role as chancellor of the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge. UK's Prince Philip, almost 90, to reduce work load 2010-11-22T17:10:00Z

Noah's tour sold out in nine cities in southern Africa, including a run with minimal pre-publicity at the 1,100-seat Lyric Theatre in Johannesburg, and was well received at this year's Edinburgh Festival. South Africa's new comedians find a nation eager for laughs 2013-01-04T13:02:55Z

These are some of the most successful and well-funded organisations in the country and their presence in Edinburgh this August looks like another instance of the creeping professionalism of the fringe. Edinburgh fringe 2013: are the big names stealing the show again? 2013-07-29T12:06:00Z

Firefighters remained at the scene in Edinburgh’s Old Town with the street closed off into Wednesday. Fire damages self-described ‘birthplace’ of Harry Potter 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

"We're really only the latest: there's been a spike in closures in Edinburgh, quite a substantial list of venues which is terrible for a capital city," said Ally Hill, the manager, despondently. Rock music under threat as small venues go bust across Britain 2012-05-26T17:37:38Z

And this week Rankin announced a new novel featuring the dyspeptic Edinburgh detective, due in November. Characters brought back from the brink 2012-06-08T07:00:01Z

“It would be a huge shame for science, and for the public, if this disappeared into the basement of an oligarch,” said Steve Brusatte, a professor of paleontology and evolution at the University of Edinburgh. Christie’s to Sell a Dinosaur That Inspired the ‘Jurassic Park’ Raptor 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

In the early 90’s we were in Edinburgh, Scotland. ‘Prince Was Our True Artist’: Readers Share Their Memories 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Overall, we can rejoice in Rebus’ return — the mean streets of Edinburgh are better for it. Detective John Rebus returns 2013-01-24T23:29:57Z

The Last Hotel,” by the Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy, has been seen at the Royal Opera House and the Edinburgh International Festival, where one reviewer found it “searingly powerful.” At an opera festival, tales of drug cartels. At opera houses, same old song. 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

It's great to see Edinburgh Libraries encouraging reading and literacy in such a fun way. Edinburgh festival book lovers to attempt reading record 2011-08-09T13:10:39Z

The Hunt and Darton cafe is a pop-up cafe in the centre of Edinburgh Back to school is set in a community centre in Edinburgh. Edinburgh Fringe's unusual venues 2012-08-07T07:09:30Z

It should be the perfect fare for Edinburgh audiences and There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens could turn out to be the anthem of the festival. This week's new theatre 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

The Edinburgh festival fringe is known for its cramped venues, uncomfortable seats and floors lightly carpeted with spilled lager. Edinburgh festival fringe woos the money set with upmarket move 2010-08-06T18:08:00Z

The drama was one of a number of commissions unveiled by Jay Hunt, Channel 4's chief creative officer, at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival on Thursday. Channel 4 lines up gun-crime drama and David Tennant panel show 2012-08-23T15:30:01Z

"The people are hospitable and great fun, and I thought this would be a great format to tell the story of modern China to the world," he said in a telephone interview from Edinburgh. Irish-American Bishop learns Chinese to break down comedy walls 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

But the joke cuts close, because Sweet – an Edinburgh best newcomer award winner in 2009 – is stronger on character than he is on content. Jonny Sweet ? review 2011-01-12T21:30:01Z

"There are genuine opportunities for the festival and for the broader promotion of Edinburgh as a cultural and festival destination," he said. Edinburgh festival director Jonathan Mills extends his contract until 2014 2011-02-03T13:58:56Z

In typical Mariinsky fashion, casts for Edinburgh have yet to be announced. Edinburgh festival 2011: Soak it up! 2011-07-17T20:29:01Z

Raised in Edinburgh, Mr. Proffitt moved south to attend the University of Oxford, where he studied English language and literature. O.E.D.’s New Chief Editor Speaks of Its Future 2014-01-21T21:45:05Z

And it’s based on a play Ms. Waller-Bridge performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013, which may have something to do with why it doesn’t quite feel like anything else on television. Review: ‘Fleabag,’ Biting, Bitter and Pushing Boundaries 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Luisa Omielan secured a best newcomer nomination at last year's Edinburgh comedy awards for a show on the Free Fringe, far from the festival's main stages. Luisa Omielan – review 2013-01-18T18:07:11Z

Whitehead is not the only author to have spoken about zombies in Edinburgh. Zombie invasion 2012-08-13T16:21:23Z

Revolution is in the air at the Edinburgh international book festival, so we set out to explore its implications – both political and technological. Revolution for a modern world 2011-08-22T12:42:32Z

The early favourite is probably Riches, an Edinburgh veteran whose previous claim to fame was slipping on a yoghurt and breaking his leg onstage in his 2008 show Rogue Males. Edinburgh 2011 comedy awards: who should have the last laugh? 2011-08-24T16:56:37Z

The review, due to report by December, will include police, the NHS, courts and child protection officers in Fife and Edinburgh and include evidence uncovered by the police investigation into Mikaeel's death. Mikaeel Kular: inquiry launched after mother admits killing three-year-old 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

He added that as a newcomer to the TV industry and an "Edinburgh TV festival virgin", he had no idea what he was letting himself in for. Kevin Spacey to deliver MacTaggart lecture at Edinburgh TV festival 2013-05-12T23:01:03Z

You can read all our coverage of the festival on our Edinburgh books page, or follow us on Twitter using the hashtag #Edbookfest. Tips, links and suggestions: What you are reading today? 2012-08-21T16:05:56Z

The phonebox is itself a hoax: one of several that appeared across Edinburgh over the weekend. Invisible Dot's hoax phoneboxes have a story to tell 2010-08-08T20:44:00Z

This annual festival features several American productions doing what are essentially warm-up performances before they are staged in Scotland in August at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 59E59 Announces Season 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

Next Friday, a partially recreated Hamilton Palace drawing room, about 15 feet high, will be unveiled at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, along with the family’s portraits, gilded dinnerware, perfume bottles and toothbrushes. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

First seen in 1985 in a landmark season at Edinburgh's Traverse, White Rose is a Brecht-influenced study of the contradictions between elite achievement and the common good. White Rose – review 2013-02-27T18:03:48Z

The Edinburgh festivals slot in neatly through August between the London Olympics and the Paralympics in the British capital. Edinburgh festivals bat eyes at London Olympic fans 2011-11-24T17:35:18Z

Channel 4 will broadcast a documentary on 9 July about a notorious Scottish murder trial which includes scenes filmed in the high court in Edinburgh. Television cameras may be allowed to film in crown courts 2013-07-01T21:08:00Z

Meanwhile, making good use of its star attendees, Edinburgh has asked Ben Miller and Jason Isaacs to judge the best international feature. Edinburgh film festival, Madonna's latest movie and a restored Bronco Bullfrog 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z

Before the play arrived on Broadway, “The Shark Is Broken” had a brief tryout in Brighton, England, in 2019, and ran later that summer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Wrestling With His Past. And an Animatronic Shark. 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

The sale takes place at Bonhams Edinburgh saleroom on Queen Street over two days from 15 April. Comics and Colourists up for auction 2014-04-11T11:02:48Z

The Edinburgh international film festival is now settling nicely into its new slot in June, away from the city's many August . Pick of the Edinburgh film festival 2010-06-09T21:00:00Z

Just when it seems as though every available space in Edinburgh has been colonised by the big venues, up pops a brilliant new space, with not a comedian in sight. BAC at Summerhall ? review 2011-08-25T16:59:54Z

The five star reviews and – ever important at Edinburgh – the word-of-mouth buzz have come despite, rather than because of, any hype. Bo Burnham: the teenage YouTube sensation lighting up Edinburgh 2010-08-13T20:11:00Z

For Helm Edinburgh is a grueling but rewarding training ground. On the brink of making it big in comedy at Edinburgh Fringe 2013-08-23T13:30:17Z

David Miller, a widower from Edinburgh aged in his 70s, said working class Scots were misguided if they believed that independence would help them. Tale of two towns as Scottish independence shows social divide 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe are to take part in a show in aid of mental health charity Mind following the death of Robin Williams. Fringe to host mental health benefit 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

Members of influential New York theatre company The Wooster Group discuss their production of Hamlet for the Edinburgh International Festival. VIDEO: The ghost of Richard Burton's Hamlet 2013-08-19T17:14:35Z

Before the pandemic, the Edinburgh Fringe, which opened last Friday and runs through Aug. 30, was surpassed only by the Olympics and the soccer World Cup in terms of audience size. Edinburgh Fringe Is Back. Is a Smaller Festival Better? 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

Page last updated at Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines song has been banned from being played in any of the student union buildings at the University of Edinburgh. Blurred Lines ban for Edinburgh Uni 2013-09-12T16:40:15Z

But as an adventurous cook and eater, I pride myself in trying everything at least once, so I eagerly spooned a first taste of it into my mouth at a castle in Edinburgh. In Scotland, Guts, Glory and Haggis 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

How do Edinburgh performers keep going, late night after late night? Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn 2010-08-11T20:31:00Z

Some of the performances are like those you might find at the Edinburgh festival: hour-long sets in rooms far smaller than you'd normally find a performer willing to enter. Montreal: king of the comedy festivals 2013-06-07T20:00:00Z

The divisive comic and Britain's Got Talent judge has been lambasted for trading on and undermining the Edinburgh fringe festival, where ticket prices have traditionally remained affordable. Michael McIntyre charges £31 for unfinished show at Edinburgh fringe 2012-06-26T10:40:32Z

“Case Histories” doesn’t seem to want to make a great deal out of its Edinburgh setting, in the pilot at least. Television Review: Jackson Brodie Mysteries on PBS - Review 2011-10-14T23:14:58Z

Hugh Grant and his friends are refused entry to a comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe, begging some obvious questions, which are duly explored in the comments thread. Forget Edinburgh's funniest joke award. Have you heard the one about the Amused Moose? 2012-08-21T16:10:27Z

The Regency Wing was later designed by Edinburgh architect Robert Reid to house the collection which includes the gloves of Patrick's first love, Sophie Brandt, alady-in-waiting at the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia, . Historic Britain: days out and short breaks 2012-08-17T21:45:06Z

Lined up outside, waiting to get into a fringe festival performance in Edinburgh, the spectators aren’t sure at first whether the clash they witness between two passing drivers is entertainment or genuine combat. Missing the Theater? Trade Playbills for These Novels 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

This is a good ethos for art at the Edinburgh festival, which is all about the moment of connection between artist and audience. Martin Creed's stairway to?heaven 2011-08-01T20:31:00Z

Snookered, Tamasha's exploration of what it means to be young and Asian and male in the UK today, is at the Traverse in Edinburgh. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-02-10T17:08:45Z

Adrian Anthony Gill was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 28, 1954, and grew up mostly in London. A.A. Gill, British columnist and food critic with an acid wit, dies at 62 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

His delighted guffaws were a fitting prelude to my stint in Edinburgh. At Edinburgh Fringe, Small Shows With Big Ambitions 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z

The band, who met at art college in Edinburgh, make quirky, infectious tunes powered by hypnotic, dance-influenced rhythms. The artful sound of Django Django 2012-09-09T23:48:34Z

It is also growing in scale within Edinburgh itself. Edinburgh festival fringe 2012 lineup revealed – and even Glasgow's in on the act 2012-05-31T13:38:49Z

And because there's no better place to get started again than Edinburgh. Portrait of the artist: Phill Jupitus, comedian 2011-08-08T21:30:00Z

The pair had starred in Mack's Edinburgh sketch show Lee Mack's Bits, but their services were not requested when ITV invited Mack to perform in The Sketch Show in 2001. Blackadder marches again and Zach Galifianakis votes for Boris 2012-10-10T08:11:05Z

But both are doing Edinburgh shows this year, so that should change! The comedians' guide to the Edinburgh festival fringe 2011-07-29T23:04:00Z

The Traverse in Edinburgh has a cracker with The Three Musketeers and Princess of Spain, and at the Lyceum there's a lovely revival of Stuart Patterson's The Snow Queen. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-12-17T15:49:42Z

The tour begins at the Traverse in Edinburgh this week before heading to Glasgow then further south. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-10-15T14:13:00Z

“It massively changed my work,” Ms. Harrison said from her studio in Edinburgh. Where Artists Go to Play With Clay 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh international festival theatre programme kicks in tomorrow with the Korean Tempest and Wu Hsing-Kuo's one-man King Lear. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-12T13:07:17Z

“The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news,” Kensington Palace said. It's a boy: Kate, wife of UK's Prince William, gives birth to third... 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

For the first time, the Edinburgh fringe is swamped with religious shows. A fetish for the Bible 2010-12-20T21:30:03Z

The free-spirited Fringe, the Edinburgh International Festival, the International Book Festival, the military tattoo and major art exhibitions combine in the world's biggest annual arts festival. Buskers, stars and tourists crowd Edinburgh Festival 2011-08-05T16:38:42Z

He will be appearing at Edinburgh International Book Fair on 23 August. What I see in the mirror: Jeremy Vine 2012-08-03T21:59:15Z

For the “Clinton: The Musical” team, in particular, the New York Musical Theater Festival is a chance to gauge the local appetite for all things Clinton after its debut in Edinburgh. Hillary and Bill Clinton Inspire Musical Theater 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

Questions of nationhood, identity and belonging loom large in three politically themed productions at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. Wrestling With Identity at the Edinburgh Festival 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z

Got any highlights from your time at the Edinburgh International Book Festival so far? Edinburgh International Book festival: day two bulletin 2012-08-12T12:01:56Z

Upstairs, Cinema One boasts one of the best screens in all of Edinburgh, with a red-curtained cosiness harking back to a lost age of cinematic glamour and old-fashioned, starry-eyed movie mystery. Cine-files: Filmhouse, Edinburgh 2013-01-08T14:26:09Z

The insider tip Try weekly rental of a University of Edinburgh student flat. The Edinburgh festival on less than ?50 a day 2010-08-05T13:52:00Z

The Edinburgh international book festival, which begins on 12 August. Directing the Edinburgh international book festival: Nick Barley 2011-08-12T21:55:15Z

Her first big performance, “Rhythm 10”, took place in Edinburgh in 1973. Busy doing nothing 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Your best bet might be the annual Edinburgh Mela, which kicks off this weekend. AUDIO: Indian summer at the Edinburgh Mela 2013-08-30T14:15:48Z

Over the years they expanded their little comedy, performing it at the Edinburgh Theater Festival, in Toronto, London and elsewhere. Middle School Students Review ‘Potted Potter’ 2012-06-20T16:21:59Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod As the Edinburgh festival finally comes to an end, so do weeks of prize-giving ceremonies that have collectively seen more awards handed over than the Oscars. And the award for most awards goes to ... the Edinburgh festival 2010-09-07T13:42:00Z

Finally, the preponderance of broadcast interviews were from the golden triangle of the south-east, London, Oxford and Cambridge, with only Edinburgh getting a look in from outside. BBC science coverage: time for some joined-up thinking? 2011-07-21T12:39:38Z

She graduated with first class honors from the University of Edinburgh, and received a graduate diploma in law from BPP University Law School, London. Sarah Van den Bergh, Christian Sahner 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

But he admits he wouldn't be in Edinburgh without it. Arj Barker: Landing of the Conchord 2010-08-10T20:29:00Z

Will you be previewing any of your Edinburgh routine? Glastonbury: 11 acts to watch 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

The latest is “Soul Sisters,” a burn-the-midnight-oil cross-cultural tale set largely in Edinburgh and Johannesburg. Setting the Stage for Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

What's most important, he says, is that the number of quality independent coffee shops is exploding, not just in London but across the country in cities like Bath, Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh. The coffee revolution 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z

A People journalist sent by plane to Edinburgh was disconsolate when he found a News of the World team on the same flight. AP Enterprise: UK tabloid paid spies for scoops 2011-09-28T12:10:09Z

So I thought, if Edinburgh is the city, I wonder if a version of the Highlands can be Neverland. John Tiffany: from Black Watch to Peter Pan 2010-04-05T20:35:00Z

They may be great writers and performers all year round but for three weeks in Edinburgh they become massive crowd-pullers and real festival favourites. This week's new comedy 2011-08-05T23:09:38Z

The European premiere of One Thousand and One Nights , dramatised and directed by Tim Supple, is at the Edinburgh international festival from 23 August to 3 September. Retelling One Thousand and One Nights 2011-08-12T21:55:19Z

"You know how many weird, crazy people we put on TV because they're celebrities? Who says 'No, you can't go on'?" he told his audience in a speech he gave at 2019's Edinburgh TV Festival. Jerry Springer, talk TV's ringmaster, leaves an entertainment legacy we'll be living with for years 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Quizzed who won the first series at the Edinburgh TV Festival last year, a senior BBC executive was unable to remember who won. BBC1's The Voice: Tom Jones says winning may not be the best thing 2013-03-23T00:01:04Z

From Edinburgh to Chicago and from Long Island to Mexico, my forty-odd cousins and I are united by a common yearning for the food cooked by our grandmothers, eight long-dead Hungarian sisters. A Search for My Grandmother’s Lost Chicken Paprikash 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland, where Mr. Gergiev served as honorary president, also said Monday that he had resigned his position after being asked to do so. Valery Gergiev, a Putin Ally, Fired as Chief Conductor in Munich 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

Edinburgh Festival Fringe runs through Monday at various sites; edfringe.com. Keeping You Entertained (and on Your Toes) 2010-08-27T22:59:00Z

Attending the Edinburgh television festival last week after a gap of four years, I couldn't help noticing the relative lack of women. Jane Martinson: 10 lessons I've learned from being Guardian women's editor 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh festival fringe will not forsake its roots, say organisers. Edinburgh festival fringe woos the money set with upmarket move 2010-08-06T18:08:00Z

Our two youthful guides are dressed as notorious Edinburgh ghosts. Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn 2010-08-11T20:31:00Z

He made his acting debut at the age of seven in a local library production, and was playing Hamlet by the age of 18 at the Edinburgh festival. VIDEO: Derek Jacobi on stage fright 2013-09-16T12:07:42Z

Apart from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh and Kettle's Yard in Cambridge, no major gallery contains his work. Letters of sculptor George Kennethson donated to Cambridge 2010-06-20T23:00:00Z

Their last visit to Edinburgh saw them nominated for the If.Comedy award for their goofy sketch-show Double Down Hearts. Edinburgh festival 2011: Soak it up! 2011-07-17T20:29:01Z

I’m reminded of the famous Hollywood actor I saw starring in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” in Edinburgh. Jonny Donahoe’s ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Diary 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

Prior to his appointment at the National Theatre of Scotland, Tiffany was an associate director at the new writing company Paines Plough and literary manager at the Traverse theatre in Edinburgh, for four years apiece. John Tiffany steps down from National Theatre of Scotland 2012-12-19T15:21:02Z

At the Edinburgh airport, you can find three large soft-play areas in the terminals, ample highchairs and dedicated lines for families. How Doing Nothing Became the Ultimate Family Vacation 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

Edinburgh: Prices are sky-high with the event expected to sell more than 2m tickets. The Edinburgh festival on less than ?50 a day 2010-08-05T13:52:00Z

As to Edinburgh, it built itself a splendid Georgian extension and grew a reputation for physically cleaner and less arduous industries such as publishing and the law. On Glasgow and Edinburgh by Robert Crawford – review 2013-04-12T14:01:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton The programme for this August's Edinburgh International Festival is out and, of all Jonathan Mills's lineups to date, it is the one that shifts our centre of gravity the farthest. Edinburgh international Festival looks to the New World | Mark Fisher 2010-03-17T09:56:00Z

The indie hit Top arthouse film in the market by a considerable margin is Winter's Bone, which arrived garlanded with praise from the Sundance and Edinburgh Film Festivals. Comeback kid Will Ferrell leaves Devil in the dust for top spot in UK cinemas 2010-09-21T15:15:00Z

After touring Europe for six months, presenting a rotating repertoire of short plays, we staged the premiere of Paul Foster's Tom Paine at the 1967 Edinburgh festival and then in the West End of London. Ellen Stewart obituary 2011-01-26T18:02:52Z

According to a Fringe spokeswoman, people from Scotland made up more than half of the audience members at the 2019 event, and Edinburgh residents around 35 percent. Edinburgh Fringe Is Back. Is a Smaller Festival Better? 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

She went on to adapt it for the stage and performed it at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Spare Times for Jan. 2-8 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

The galleries said that in the future they would take turns showing the paintings together in London and Edinburgh. British galleries buy Renaissance masterpiece 2012-03-01T12:38:09Z

You'd be hard-pressed to find them in Edinburgh, where people seem to be either busy writing rom-coms or retreating into Edwardian fantasy. Beulah – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-21T17:30:00Z

McCulloch says Edinburgh’s sex workers are “very frightened” by the developments. Edinburgh to end sex in saunas 2014-01-07T13:45:00Z

“In each of these cities, I’ve tried to stay away from the kind of obvious: the bagpipe in Edinburgh or the didgeridoo in Australia,” he said. How a Philly Cheesesteak Goes From the Grill to Carnegie Hall 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

Head over to Edinburgh and the Traverse for a first peek of the new show from Rob Drummond, who made Bullet Catch. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-03-22T16:46:17Z

The songwriters took their school project with Armitage in 2017 to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, one of the theater world’s great laboratories for dramatic innovation. ‘Six’ was shut down on the day it was set to open. It’s finally getting its big Broadway night. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

Employing 4,000 volunteer runners and walkers wearing digital lights, it is occupying one of the most dramatic spaces in the cityscape: Arthur's Seat, the craggy extinct volcano that lours over Edinburgh. Edinburgh festival turns back clock 50 years to literary debates of 1962 2012-08-10T15:45:44Z

The Illusionist, which tonight opens the Edinburgh film festival, amounts to a quiet act of defiance with its hand-drawn tale of an ageing, outmoded music-hall entertainer. Edinburgh film festival review: The Illusionist 2010-06-17T08:41:00Z

Her next project was a show of her own, this thriller set at an Edinburgh university, which she created and largely wrote when she was 27. Fall TV 2018: New and Returning Shows to Watch 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is hosting talks on the subject. At Edinburgh Festivals, Climate Awareness Comes at a Cost 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

I'll be tweeting away as I see shows – in fact, you can follow our full Edinburgh team here – and if you've got any hot tips, do please share them with us below. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-05T12:45:07Z

But when the family moved to Edinburgh when he was 16, just as the festival was getting into swing, it changed everything. A life in theatre: Michael Boyd 2012-11-16T12:43:29Z

“Cara Josephine,” an introspective hit show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that ran at SoHo Playhouse last fall, was an unexpectedly hopeful examination of a breakup. Sick of Angry Comics? Try Some Sweet-Tempered Stand-Up 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

It included "pretending" that millions of activists were headed to Edinburgh from the continent to "re-enact a sort of Dunkirk", he said. Bob Geldof condemns lame and ineffective anti-poverty campaigners 2010-04-02T18:43:00Z

The Edinburgh fringe – which sells around 2m tickets a year – is almost entirely privately financed. Why Stewart Lee is wrong about the death of the Edinburgh fringe 2012-08-16T07:00:05Z

Crawford persuaded Princess Grace of Monaco to meet the press when she came to Edinburgh in 1976 to give a rare public performance – an evening of prose and poetry readings. Iain Crawford obituary 2011-08-04T17:21:28Z

Spacey won a best actor Oscar for his performance in American Beauty Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey is to deliver the annual MacTaggart lecture as part of the 2013 Edinburgh International Television Festival. Spacey to deliver MacTaggart lecture 2013-05-13T12:20:26Z

Except, in the long term, the performers, the public, and the once great open-access arts experiment that was the Edinburgh Fringe. Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe 2012-07-30T19:00:00Z

Now this was starting to look more like the haggis I’d eaten in Edinburgh. In Scotland, Guts, Glory and Haggis 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

A year ago the company’s production of “Beautiful Burnout,” a play by Bryony Lavery about young boxers in Glasgow, was a hit in Edinburgh. Connoisseurs in the Theatrical Import Business 2011-08-02T22:02:35Z

He went on to study Arabic at Edinburgh University, and then fancied toughing it out as a war correspondent. The dad who gave birth: ‘Being pregnant doesn't change me being a trans man’ 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

A unique collection of royal children's portraits is on display in Edinburgh. VIDEO: Capturing the British Queen's early years 2011-02-24T17:29:45Z

Anecdote three is from my colleague Thom Dibdin who, in his reviews for the Edinburgh Evening News and his own Annals of Edinburgh Stage website, is the only serious chronicler of the local amdram scene. Critical distance is a far-off fantasy 2010-12-01T12:46:00Z

Crowden was born in Edinburgh of Presbyterian stock, the third of four children of a classics teacher. Graham Crowden obituary 2010-10-22T16:08:00Z

The setting It spans East Lothian, the sweeping coastal plains and rolling hills east of Edinburgh, where neat villages are connected by quiet country lanes. Scotland's best classical music festivals 2012-05-25T21:45:07Z

"Edinburgh is without doubt the world's leading festival destination and audiences continued to be inspired and enthralled by the many and varied events on offer." Edinburgh Fringe festival breaks box office records 2010-08-30T18:45:00Z

The Edinburgh International Festival and Book Festival run concurrently with the Fringe each summer, together drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors. ArtsBeat: Center Stage at Edinburgh Fringe: Two New Works From the National Theater of Scotland 2011-06-09T13:24:41Z

In Edinburgh an hour it is, however, and there are obvious reasons for this. Edinburgh comedy notebook: Is an hour too long for a comedy set? 2011-08-23T13:27:40Z

Mills said he was surprised at Hunt's attitude – especially as the culture secretary is appearing at a broadcasting industry event in Edinburgh this month. Edinburgh international festival fears snub from culture secretary 2010-08-10T18:27:00Z

Even without the World Fringe Congress in town, the Edinburgh Fringe, which ends on Monday, would have an international flavor. World Fringe Congress in Edinburgh 2012-08-26T21:38:54Z

One of the festival’s top prizes, the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, went to “Key Change,” created by the Newcastle upon Tyne company Open Clasp along with a group of incarcerated women. Edinburgh Festival Fringe Offers Stories That Are More Personal, Less Political 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

An award winner at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this ever-evolving show is written and performed by Baba Brinkman, an affable white rapper from Canada with a master’s in medieval and Renaissance English literature. | 'Rap Guide to Evolution': Rapping Your Mind-State Around Darwin 2011-06-27T21:53:16Z

President Higgins thanked the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh for their "gracious welcome and warm hospitality" throughout his UK trip. Irish culture celebrated in London 2014-04-11T00:00:38Z

There followed various manual jobs: lifeguard, bricklayer and even coffin polisher, as well as a nude model for Edinburgh art students. Sir Sean Connery obituary 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

Our ship sailed from Edinburgh, Scotland, up the coast of Norway and ended at Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago closest to the North Pole. From the bottom of the world to the top, two friends explore the poles 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. King was referring not only to Edinburgh, he pointed out, but to most Fringe festivals, which he feels are too dependent on sponsorships. World Fringe Congress in Edinburgh 2012-08-26T21:38:54Z

He turned to Robert Adamson’s Edinburgh studio to photograph their likenesses in preparation for his enormous canvas, for which over 2,000 images were shot over five years. How Photography Cast New Light on Art 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

There was some kerfuffle last week after comments Zadie Smith made at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, about limiting her seven-year-old daughter’s mirror time, were mis-framed as a way of scoffing at women’s vanity. The hidden costs of vanity 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

In April, the Greek artist Augustus Veinoglou, who lives and works in Edinburgh, set up Snehta, an international residency programme for young British artists. Athens arts scene flourishes in midst of economic crisis 2012-07-27T18:35:03Z

The program was announced in Edinburgh on Wednesday morning. Edinburgh Festival to Feature Shakespeare and a 'Menagerie' Return 1462-02-28T05:00:00Z

Welsh was speaking on the third day of the five-day conference, held at the Edinburgh international book festival. Irvine Welsh tears into Booker prize 2012-08-19T19:06:49Z

Then, staffed by Pearce alone, the Dot took Key, Sweet and The Meeting to Edinburgh and swept up the awards. The Invisible Dot: a hand up for standup 2013-05-27T16:14:09Z

Now it’s a central part of what makes Edinburgh a huge late-summer cultural attraction, along with the other arts festival and one devoted to books. For Theater Lovers, a City Is the Stage, and a Purple Cow Is a Prop 2011-08-12T22:44:06Z

This August, artists from both sides of the Atlantic are placing American politics at the heart of the Edinburgh Fringe, which claims to be the world’s biggest arts festival. Donald Trump Takes Center Stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Then, in April last year, he was sent back to the High Court in Edinburgh for a fresh trial. TV highlights 09/07/2013 2013-07-09T06:00:03Z

The queen arrived in Edinburgh from the castle. Queen Elizabeth reflects on ‘deep’ affection for Scotland 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

More than a year later, the project we conceived with fellow Bristol gaming outfit Splash & Ripple, launched in Edinburgh in May. Making a museum game that's more than just a tour of the building 2013-06-14T15:18:29Z

It was the first tie in the 26 years that Edinburgh Fringe venue Gilded Balloon has been running the contest. 'Funny' contest tied for first time 2013-08-23T10:16:20Z

The opera, from Landmark Productions and Wide Open Opera, is being presented at the Edinburgh International Festival this summer. Mark Rylance and 'Streetcar' Are Part of St. Ann's New Season 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

Blackburn, just off the M8, is equidistant from Edinburgh and Glasgow but a world apart from either. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian The Edinburgh fringe kicks off next week, but although things are pretty quiet elsewhere, it's by no means the only thing of note. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-07-29T16:45:04Z

A kind of mash-up of vanguard and rear guard, of Antwerp and Edinburgh, they offer some of the dandyish charm of tartans while paying homage to the black mood that never goes out of fashion. Trading Up: Black, White and Plaid All Over 2010-12-16T06:40:03Z

"In his speech accepting freedom of the city of Edinburgh in 1942, he quoted Robert Burns and ended by quoting the music hall entertainer Sir Harry Lauder, who was in the audience," said Packwood. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z

A British storyteller and comedian, his shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe are routinely the hottest tickets in town. A New Theater Season of Hitting the Boards Hard, From Broadway to Oregon 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Having studied English Literature at Sussex University, he began a teacher training course in Edinburgh. Q&A: Frankie Boyle 2012-08-24T21:59:30Z

Their work was illegal, and rather remarkably far ahead of the real-world cloning of Dolly the sheep, in Edinburgh, in 1996. The History Lurking Behind “Orphan Black” 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

"Edinburgh is like the Olympics," she said, "a lot of unfinished buildings, and a bunch of amateurs trying to outperform each other." Simon Hoggart's week: festival folks flip between jokes and soaks 2011-08-19T20:00:00Z

The Psychology of Dance Show as part of the Edinburgh festival fringe. Peter Lovatt: 'Dancing can change the way you think' 2011-07-30T23:05:56Z

The starter's pistol has fired and the Edinburgh fringe programme has sprinted into view, all 344 pages of it. Edinburgh fringe frenzy 2010-06-10T12:27:00Z

Thomas and Benedict, students from the University of Edinburgh, had ventured out — by train, then bicycle — to make an attempt at summiting Ben Alder, the 3,766-foot mountain that loomed nearby. In Britain, Enraptured by the Wild, Lonely and Remote 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

The first Edinburgh international book festival run by its new director Nick Barley saw a small dip in ticket sales, bucking a trend of increasing audiences in previous years. Edinburgh international book festival sees dip in ticket sales 2010-08-31T13:04:00Z

A consummate lesson in how to lose friends and alienate people from an Edinburgh comedy promoter, who managed to lose bookings at two venues within the same week. Seven days on stage: Blood Brothers bows out as Leicester's Curve comes under fire 2012-08-10T15:14:45Z

For three-and-a-half weeks a year, Edinburgh seems to become home to all of the paper in the world. The art of successful flyering at the Edinburgh festival 2010-08-17T14:55:00Z

A representative for Ryanair added that the crew also called ahead to the Edinburgh Airport to request medical assistance upon landing. 'Flight from hell': 4 Ryanair passengers allegedly faint on flight to Scotland 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

She was miles from her Indian home, living with unforgiving new Presbyterian in-laws in Edinburgh. 'I put my head on her knee and cried': what my 102-year-old friend taught me about grief 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z

On the day we speak, Edinburgh is still a little way off. Tom Rosenthal: 'I'm quite sort of talented' 2011-08-14T20:45:00Z

Eldon says the idea of having his own show hadn't entered his mind until two years ago, when he performed for the first time on the Edinburgh fringe. Kevin Eldon: the bridesmaid becomes a bride 2013-03-13T18:59:01Z

It's not a coincidence that both of those occasions were at the Edinburgh international festival, when there are no previews to iron out the glitches. Prop flops: when things go wrong 2013-07-03T10:02:00Z

The Scottish writer achieved fame — or notoriety — in 1993 with his first novel, “Trainspotting,” which chronicled the joys and horrors shared by young heroin addicts in Edinburgh. Irvine Welsh is back with another brazen novel: ‘A Decent Ride’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

The American poet is based in Edinburgh and his first collection, Tomorrow, We Will Live Here, won the 2009 Crashaw Prize. Why we're watching: Ryan Van Winkle 2013-05-05T07:06:01Z

After winning a number of coveted awards at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Hannah Gadsby has finally brought her one-woman show, “Nanette,” to New York for a run that was recently extended. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

He graduated three short years later from the University of Bristol, and began work in theoretical physics at the University of Edinburgh. The Spy Who Handed America’s Nuclear Secrets to the Soviets 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Smith was headed abroad once again, this time to Scotland, to get a master’s degree at the University of Edinburgh. A Hologram Delivered the Toast 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

Jonathan Mills, the director of the Edinburgh International Festival, is seeking entrepreneurial links with the 2012 games Photograph: Murdo Macleod When the Olympic Games end on 12 August 2012, all eyes will be on London. Edinburgh festival organisers plan VIP tie-up with Olympics 2011-08-12T20:19:04Z

I can honestly say I've never sat through an Edinburgh set without looking at my watch. Edinburgh comedy notebook: Is an hour too long for a comedy set? 2011-08-23T13:27:40Z

The connections are sometimes drawn rather vaguely, but the theme of this year's international festival in Edinburgh is the European discovery of the New World, and the resulting cross-fertilisation of ideas. This week's new live music 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

This young, technically impressive company, based in London and the south-west, have become regulars on the Edinburgh fringe, working in a vocabulary that takes its influences from a wide range of classical and contemporary dance. This week's new dance 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

The latter should be made available immediately on prescription to all fringe-goers, as it provides the antidote to the endless hustle and bustle of Edinburgh. Edinburgh festival: day eight on the fringe 2012-08-13T15:59:48Z

This year's Edinburgh International Festival looks East, with an eye to the diverse cultures of Asia and their influences. This week's new theatre 2011-08-12T23:08:37Z

I know that at the University of Edinburgh, your area of study included fairy tales — specifically fear in fairy tales. Mona Awad on her sharp-voiced debut, '13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl' 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

She is in The James Plays at the Edinburgh international festival from 10 August, then at the National Theatre. Q&A: Sofie Gråbøl 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

Acclaimed by the likes of Stewart Lee and Stephen Merchant for his original and engrossing take on the world, his Soho Theatre run sees a repeat performance of his 2009 Edinburgh show. This week's new comedy 2010-05-28T23:07:00Z

The Cry at the Pleasance Dome during the Edinburgh fringe festival. Noises off: Edinburgh festival bloggers, we feel your pain 2010-09-03T13:51:00Z

Photograph: David Cheskin/PA Edinburgh will mark its 20th year of hosting one of the world's largest new year parties with a series of artistic, musical and sporting events to celebrate the onset of 2013. Edinburgh's Hogmanay lines up Simple Minds to headline new year festival 2012-11-13T17:23:09Z

Britain's economic uncertainty and painful memories of the 1988 Lockerbie airplane bombing are somber undercurrents at the raucous Edinburgh Fringe, a vast buffet of performance, standup, theater and music that opened Friday. Lockerbie play draws attention at Edinburgh Fringe 2010-08-06T16:39:00Z

But the best thing about the Edinburgh festival is surprise. Edinburgh festival 2011: stand by for a smorgasbord of surprises 2011-07-26T14:26:58Z

She will start her challenge in Edinburgh on 8 February, arriving in London on Friday 14 February. Davina to go 'Beyond Breaking Point' 2014-01-27T12:58:49Z

The Edinburgh Fringe sees established acts to unknown artists play – be it in comedy, theatre, dance, spoken word, musicals and even cabaret – in over 200 venues scattered around the city. This Was Voted the Funniest Joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

Jonathan Mills of the Edinburgh international festival absolutely seizing the point of this event – that no one could have made it up. Edinburgh festival: day 14 on the fringe 2012-08-20T16:11:32Z

In Britain this month he is due to play Liszt, Schubert and Franck at the Edinburgh festival and Rachmaninov’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” in his 25th appearance at the BBC Proms in London. He’s the piano man 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the biggest arts festival in the world, a sprawl of multidisciplinary entertainment that transforms Scotland’s capital for several weeks every August. At Edinburgh Fringe, a Spotlight on Mental Health 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

It was then that Polly was referred to Wallace in Edinburgh. 'It gives you hope': the fight to save the fertility of children with cancer 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z

He will be appearing at the Edinburgh International Book festival on 25 August. Will Self: modernism and me 2012-08-03T21:55:10Z

Edinburgh is a great city for wandering and discovery. Discovering the magic of Edinburgh 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

At Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, until 15 January Hans Schabus: Remains of the DayThis Viennese artist has collected all his domestic rubbish over a year, catalogued and packaged it as art. Vel?zquez, Christian Marclay and the Brighton Pavilion ? the week in art 2011-08-05T11:36:14Z

In his Edinburgh show, Das said, “I remember thinking, ‘This is so insulting to actual terrorists.’” They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

Cargo, part of last year's Edinburgh fringe festival. Edinburgh festival 2011: Soak it up! 2011-07-17T20:29:01Z

A similar literary pub crawls are operated out of New York City, Dublin and Edinburgh, Scotland. ‘London literary pub’ tour brings writers and writing home 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

"Edinburgh's the only place where you can say to someone, 'Let's meet at 2.30am,'" says Jethro Compton, one of Belt Up's directors. Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn 2010-08-11T20:31:00Z

The National Gallery’s “Monet & Architecture,” organized by Prof. Richard Thomson of the University of Edinburgh, is one such event. ‘Monet & Architecture’ Review: Watching a Painter Build His Career 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z

Don't turn the Edinburgh Fringe into Tescos, but let the juice of the fresh produce available elsewhere trickle down your chin this August. Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe 2012-07-30T19:00:00Z

The painting, "Nude Woman in a Red Armchair," appeared on a poster at the airport advertising an exhibition on Picasso and modern British art at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. ArtsBeat: After Complaints, Picasso Nude Is Covered Up at Edinburgh Airport 2012-08-08T14:06:21Z

No art form has benefited from the Edinburgh halo more than puppetry. Edinburgh festival: day nine at the fringe 2012-08-14T15:35:20Z

Could it be inspiration for another Lloyd Webber musical? @josielong – Edinburgh comedy award nominee Josie Long is currently appearing at the Pleasance Courtyard with her show Romance and Adventure. Seven days on stage: When acting proves too believable 2012-08-24T10:39:15Z

Educated at home, then at Loretto school, Edinburgh, and Pembroke College, Cambridge, Forman was 21 when the second world war broke out. Sir Denis Forman obituary 2013-02-25T13:46:32Z

The 2014 festival, which was announced in Edinburgh on Thursday morning, will feature a number of other works referencing the hot-button topic of Scottish Independence as well. Scottish Independence Debate Will Reach Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Wainwright turned the character into a woman, and ended up directing the play for a short run at the Edinburgh festival that summer. From The Archers to HBO: how Sally Wainwright conquered TV 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

But it might also be something to do with Edinburgh's split personality: that stark division between the New Town, neoclassical Georgian, prim and proper, and the shadowy medieval muddle of the Old Town. Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn 2010-08-11T20:31:00Z

He received honorary degrees and appointments from many universities, including Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Turin, Ghana and California, and was also decorated by Portugal and Cape Verde for his services to their history. Basil Davidson obituary 2010-07-09T16:52:00Z

It sounds like just another week in Westminster, but in fact this drama – or , to be precise – is unfolding 400 miles away, on the Edinburgh fringe. Edinburgh fringe shows find new ways to tackle political comedy 2012-08-09T14:57:48Z

“Siegfried,” which the orchestra will encore at the Edinburgh Festival on Aug. 8, marked the Hallé’s recovery: a slow, steady rebuilding in the two decades since it faced mortal financial peril. A Critic’s First Orchestra Defines Britain’s Musical Soul 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Among the Edinburgh offerings in music, dance and opera will be the Salzburg Festival’s imagining of Bellini’s “Norma,” starring Cecilia Bartoli in the title role. Edinburgh Festival to Feature Shakespeare and a 'Menagerie' Return 1462-02-28T05:00:00Z

In 1977 his satire on the creative life, Writer's Cramp, was the hit of the Edinburgh fringe, and transferred to London. John Byrne: in from the margins 2011-08-17T15:00:01Z

The festivals are now preparing for intense discussions with their main funders, the City of Edinburgh Council, the arts funding agency Creative Scotland and the Scottish government. Edinburgh festivals funding: see what they get, before the cuts bite. Full data 2010-08-16T07:00:00Z

Not according to Sefton, who compares the event's pull to that of the Edinburgh festival. Tuning up for the Adelaide festival – the Edinburgh of Australia 2013-02-24T19:30:02Z

In a way, the success of Edinburgh is the most impressive of all because it takes place as part of this city's famous festival season, in direct competition with the fringe and other festivals. Book festivals bring out the brains in Britons 2010-08-18T10:22:00Z

He is also exhibiting at the Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh art festival, until 5 September. John Byrne: in from the margins 2011-08-17T15:00:01Z

“Nanette” — which won awards last year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and has since been picked up by Netflix for a future release — begins in that quirky vein. Introducing a Major New Voice in Comedy (Who Also Attacks Comedy) 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

"It was one of those Edinburgh stories," she says. Mies Julie in London: 'Apartheid was an insane experiment' 2013-03-06T20:00:02Z

The collection of the old Royal Museum stretching along Chambers Street in Edinburgh's Old Town is an engaging but initially baffling affair. National Museum of Scotland: suspend your disbelief 2011-07-26T20:31:01Z

According to a review of the Edinburgh production in The Guardian of London, we can expect "living, breathing history, naughty bits and all, of the kind you never find in the history books." Spring and Summer Theater Listings 2010-02-21T00:33:00Z

Short link for this page: http://gu.com/p/39kxq The Speed of Light walk in Edinburgh, organised by the Scottish arts charity NVA. Eyewitness: Edinburgh, UK 2012-08-10T11:22:09Z

Both of these – plus other attractions – are in this new Edinburgh set. This week's new comedy 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

While many in Edinburgh are worried about the risks that independence might bring, some residents of Kilmarnock see little to lose and believe change can only be for the good. Tale of two towns as Scottish independence shows social divide 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

It was a squalid piece about the nightly descent one makes in Edinburgh. Tim Key's exclusive Ode to the Edinburgh festival 2011-07-29T16:30:00Z

Boyle revealed in March that he is planning a sequel that could find its way to the big screen for 2016, the 20th anniversary of the cult film about Edinburgh drug addicts. Ewan McGregor ready to work with Danny Boyle on Trainspotting sequel Porno 2013-05-16T11:41:48Z

He won the funniest joke award at the 2011 Edinburgh festival fringe for his gag: "I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves." BBC3 lines up new comedies 2013-04-29T10:27:06Z

Lomax was born in Edinburgh and on leaving school at 16 began a career in telephone engineering with the Post Office. Eric Lomax obituary 2012-10-09T18:16:49Z

Last year there was a lot of concern on the fringe that the Olympic effect would keep companies away from Edinburgh this year. Edinburgh festival: day 10 on the fringe 2012-08-15T13:58:00Z

Other than the tweets, and atmospheric move from Bath to Edinburgh, what of real interest is fresh? A new ‘Northanger Abbey:’ tweets, texts and vampires 2014-04-23T19:15:12Z

He says that in a hotel in Glasgow they called the soap "soap" but in a hotel in Edinburgh they called it a "skincare bar" when, of course, it is the same thing. Michael Rosen's A-Z: The best children's poetry from Agard to Zephaniah- review 2013-04-08T11:00:00Z

And as for standup at the Edinburgh festival – well, "I started that as well." Alexei Sayle: How?Stalin stole my?childhood 2011-08-11T20:00:02Z

His other posts in the arts included the directorships of the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and the Adelaide Festival in Australia. George Lascelles, Lord Harewood, Dies at 88; Wrote Opera Reference 2011-07-26T22:29:27Z

Scotland's independence vote is too close to call, but the owners of hotels, pubs and restaurants are already jubilant as thousands of journalists and tourists descended on the ancient streets of Edinburgh. Yes or No, Edinburgh hotels and bars win big in Scottish vote 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

More than 20,000 performers and hundreds of thousands of tourists are descending on Scotland's capital for the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. Comedy and controversy as Edinburgh Fringe begins 2010-08-06T12:01:00Z

On day five at the Edinburgh International Book festival, we turn our attention to historical fiction. Guardian Books podcast: Historical fiction with Hilary Mantel and Gillian Slovo 2012-08-16T14:38:52Z

It is certainly a feature of a growing number of Edinburgh shows, including this year's piece Audience, from the Belgian company Ontroerend Goed. Dance Marathon aims to exhaust Edinburgh festivalgoers 2011-08-05T17:28:06Z

The difficulties of venues have always made me wonder why more artists don't take their shows outside and use the natural beauty of Edinburgh as backdrop. Edinburgh festival: day five at the fringe 2012-08-10T12:33:02Z

China Miéville, at last year's Edinburgh World Writers' Conference, raised the idea of "guerrilla editors" – readers remaking the text, much in the manner of the fan reaction to The Phantom Menace, The Phantom Edit. Why ebooks are a different genre from print 2013-03-26T08:21:56Z

One Day in Spring is at Oran Mor at lunchtime until tomorrow, before it heads to the Traverse in Edinburgh. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-05-25T16:48:54Z

Its producers will be hoping for a similar result to their previous Ian Curtis biopic Control; it has been picked for the closing gala at the Edinburgh film festival on 2 July. Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

For many performers at Edinburgh, the festival is a showcase and they want their act to be undiluted, as you never know who might be watching. An Edinburgh comedy judge's diary: good old-fashioned standup 2010-08-16T09:58:00Z

For my next joke … Michael McIntyre's ticket prices for his preview shows in Edinburgh have been criticised. Taking the mickey out of Michael McIntyre 2012-06-26T16:24:20Z

Edinburgh was also told recently that it will lose £1.9m in funding over the next three years following the government's decision to scrap the UK Film Council. Isabella Rossellini leads cast of Edinburgh film festival curators 2011-02-15T12:08:55Z

Some of his etchings were publicly exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, in Edinburgh and in Glasgow. Leonard Beaumont exhibition pays tribute to Sheffield's prints charming 2012-12-31T16:00:01Z

In her article, Rowling had described her experience as a single mother in Edinburgh when writing the first Harry Potter book. J.K. Rowling Wins Court Battle Over British Tabloid's False Claims 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

Ban all comics from the festival, make them hold their own festival outdoors in November or February, when Edinburgh is dead and freezing. Stewart Lee causes Fringe rumpus, while US standup causes outrage 2012-08-01T14:59:00Z

British theatre faces a tough financial future, but a rising generation of graduate companies flocked to Edinburgh this year. Edinburgh festival 2011: The highs and lows 2011-08-28T21:19:00Z

Last night, in the BBC's Edinburgh Festival Potterrow tent, a nervous Crook sat back for the first time and watched episode one of his creation in front of members of the public. Mackenzie Crook unearths metal detector sitcom 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

This is such a dark part of Edinburgh, behind the station, that the changes have to be quick. Edinburgh festival: art comes out of the gallery 2012-08-10T21:54:01Z

In Edinburgh, Carey is channelling artists' energy to act outside the cossetted space of the white cube. Edinburgh festival: art comes out of the gallery 2012-08-10T21:54:01Z

Since her death the company has performed 15 works; since July alone it has appeared at festivals in Athens, Edinburgh and Lyon, France. Guarding a Bright Flame?s Afterglow 2010-09-19T04:36:00Z

It is a peculiar experience, prowling the streets of Edinburgh before the festival has begun. Tim Key's exclusive Ode to the Edinburgh festival 2011-07-29T16:30:00Z

The Greenwich Comedy Festival aims to combine the “charm and wonder” of events like Glastonbury and Edinburgh Fringe, Ms. Briggs said. Theme at London Festival Is Simply 'Funny' 2010-09-02T10:00:00Z

Maybe self-preservation led him to set the novel in London rather than Edinburgh. Ian Rankin on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 2010-08-16T14:31:00Z

Seeing the performance later in Edinburgh, I was impressed by Briers' ability to encompass the hero's rage and madness. Richard Briers was a potent presence on stage, as well as in The Good Life 2013-02-18T16:04:36Z

Its magic in Edinburgh will be its fleetingness, under a minute in all, and the mystery of where the sound is coming from. Edinburgh festival: art comes out of the gallery 2012-08-10T21:54:01Z

Pappy's first Edinburgh show saw them performing for free every lunchtime in a pub basement. Pappy's: the boys who never grew up 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z

The show is heading to the Edinburgh fringe, where its raucous, bubble gum aesthetic is likely to be a hit. Unhappy Birthday – review 2012-06-06T17:28:31Z

Born in the Edinburgh slums, Connery was full of raw material. Sean Connery: From Tentative Secret Agent to Suave Bond 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

For Lee, who began his standup show on Thursday night, Edinburgh is still the "biggest, best and most diverse" place to perform. Edinburgh performers bid to reclaim the 'true spirit' of the fringe 2012-08-04T13:23:54Z

“Edinburgh is heaving with fantastic pubs,” she wrote in an e-mail. In Transit Blog: Q&A: An Autumn Trip to Edinburgh 2011-10-04T14:31:15Z

If you do Edinburgh and Glastonbury every year, your life is worth living. Portrait of the artist: Phill Jupitus, comedian 2011-08-08T21:30:00Z

A hit at Edinburgh last year, it deserves its wider showing. Mad About the Boy – review 2012-06-07T17:00:02Z

As an 18-year-old he went to university in Edinburgh because "it was expected of me". Adventures of a Waterboy 2012-06-22T16:41:33Z

Ms. Kleinhans and Mr. Tear are not the only theater entrepreneurs from the United States to prospect for gold at Edinburgh. Connoisseurs in the Theatrical Import Business 2011-08-02T22:02:35Z

That his mother is an Anglophile, loves having Roger read the Harry Potter books to her and confuses the Duke of Edinburgh with Dumbledore are just part of this novel’s unpredictable charm. Books of The Times: ?Truth Like the Sun,? by Jim Lynch 2012-04-08T22:00:45Z

A massive street party in Edinburgh’s city center is only part of the madness. The Best Places to Celebrate the New Year 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

As the hall's majestic organ became suffused with colour, its mimicking pipes appeared to turn into giant sticks of Edinburgh retro rock. BBC Prom 54; La fanciulla del West; Joyce DiDonato; Simon Keenlyside; Kronos Quartet 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

Last writes … Iain Banks, who died on 9 June, will be the subject of a special event at the Edinburgh international books festival. Edinburgh international book festival announces 2013 lineup 2013-06-20T08:30:20Z

It would be hard to make such a claim today, not as the Edinburgh festivals spark into full life this weekend. Edinburgh festival turns back clock 50 years to literary debates of 1962 2012-08-10T15:45:44Z

The Festival of the Spoken Nerd creates a "fire tornado" on stage Later this month, Drummond will chair a debate in Edinburgh titled . Scientists invade Edinburgh Fringe 2013-08-05T06:56:50Z

McGowan, who is about to perform in a one-woman show at the Edinburgh festival, revealed more details about Pomerania to the Hollywood Reporter. Rose McGowan to make directorial debut with dog animation 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

So how did they come to work together on Caledonia, the centrepiece of this year's Edinburgh international festival? Alistair Beaton and Anthony Neilson: double trouble 2010-07-27T20:31:00Z

He said in years past he had seen Mr. Amstell at festivals in Edinburgh and Montreal but was not won over by his material until recently. ArtsBeat: British Comedian Simon Amstell Bringing Solo Show to New York 2012-05-31T14:50:04Z

Lothian Road, right in the bustling heart of Edinburgh and only a few hundred yards away from Edinburgh's other famous independent cinema, the Cameo. Cine-files: Filmhouse, Edinburgh 2013-01-08T14:26:09Z

Since its premiere at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, “The Events” has toured widely in Europe and the United States. ‘The Events’ Uses Local Choirs for Vocals, Minus a Script 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

The Penthouse and Pavement tour starts at Edinburgh HMV Picture House the same day. Forgive us our synths ? how 80s pop found favour again 2010-11-18T23:33:00Z

The tour then continues until the following July, stopping off at major venues in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Dublin, among other cities. War Horse to be led out on UK and Irish tour 2012-10-02T11:49:14Z

The Edinburgh hit, Unmythable – all the Greek myths in 70 minutes – is at the Met in Bury on Wednesday. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-02-08T15:48:00Z

Before the plaque was unveiled, Lord Patten wished the Duke of Edinburgh a quick recovery from his operation. Queen officially opens new BBC HQ 2013-06-07T18:51:06Z

She visited Edinburgh Castle and took a train to Inverness to see where her relatives came from. Jane Russell obituary 2011-03-01T13:00:28Z

In Edinburgh it was dark, or it feels now as if it was always dark, as well as freezing cold. Listen to Britain 2010-03-20T00:05:00Z

The Muppet Show theme tune lyrics – "Why do we always come here/ I guess we'll never know/ It's like a kind of torture/ To have to watch the show" – sometimes seem appropriate for Edinburgh veterans. GEITF chair Karl Warner: 'The BBC must be bold and take risks' 2013-07-07T17:29:01Z

From 1995 to 1997 she was director of the Edinburgh book festival and is credited with attracting noted authors, infusing a strong Latin element and ensuring that human rights were on the agenda. Jan Fairley obituary 2012-06-14T12:56:13Z

The Flying Scotsman was the first train to go non-stop between London and Edinburgh, and the first to reach 100 miles per hour. Broadchurch; Mayday; The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance – TV review 2013-03-05T07:00:37Z

It was conceived of as being a big, one-off celebration of books and the written word at the Edinburgh Festival, which had every other art form represented but nothing on literature. Book festival celebrates 30 years 2013-08-09T23:04:00Z

The Wooster Group brought it to the Edinburgh international festival two years ago, in a slippery yet hypnotic production that emphasised the queer otherness of Williams' characters. Vieux Carré – review 2012-07-20T14:42:31Z

Following its Canadian run, the musical will be staged at the Edinburgh fringe festival in August. Arcade Fire: the high school musical 2010-05-26T09:26:00Z

After drama school, then a mildly unhappy period acting in regional theatre, she and a friend brought a show to the Edinburgh festival in 1982, an adaptation of a novel, Dulcima, by HE Bates. Nica Burns: queen of Edinburgh comedy 2011-08-26T11:45:01Z

The Duke of Edinburgh was born a Prince of Denmark and his ancestry spans both the British and the Danish royal families. Palace releases new portrait of Britain's Prince Philip 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z

The story closed my Edinburgh show the following year. Claire Walker stands up to her stand-up comedian husband Ed Byrne with humour 2013-03-03T00:07:03Z

Sir Patrick Stewart is heading the jury at the 64th Edinburgh international film festival. Edinburgh film festival, Madonna's latest movie and a restored Bronco Bullfrog 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z

Photograph: Sang Tan/AP has given his strongest indication yet that a sequel to his cult film about Edinburgh drug addicts, , may yet find its way to the big screen. Danny Boyle: Trainspotting sequel 'will happen' 2010-12-07T09:59:00Z

The event launched last night New York time with the Big Live Comedy Show, a streamed floorshow featuring the likes of Tim and Eric and Edinburgh Fringe favourite and 30 Rock writer Hannibal Buress. YouTube Comedy Week 2013-05-20T11:54:44Z

“They are just amazing, so down to earth and people’s people who bring everyone together,” said Amanda Scott, from Edinburgh. UK's Prince Harry and tartan-clad Meghan wow Edinburgh 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

Located in the rural region of Fife, Scotland, the home is 16 miles from St. Andrews and 30 miles from Edinburgh. Estates of the Week - July 17, 2015 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

I’d viewed a lot of places in Edinburgh on my return from London, but none of them seemed quite right. Why I love … hill walking 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

In late 2017, after a student production in Edinburgh, Marlow and Moss revised “No Way” for a professional showcase in London. The Making of ‘Six’: How Tudor Queens Turned Into Pop Stars 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Less than a year old, Hotel Hotel, 25 Edinburgh Avenue, hotel-hotel.com.au, is eco-friendly, luxurious and unpretentious, outfitted with multifarious décor — wool tapestries, stone bathtubs and chandeliers both vintage and bespoke. 36 Hours in Canberra, Australia 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Nick Barley, director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, said Jackson's triumph was "a wonderful, home-grown success story". First book prize for Edinburgh author 2013-10-25T08:33:04Z

First up, veteran critic Michael Coveney offers a round up of his favourite Edinburgh eateries. Noises off: The best of the Edinburgh festival blogs 2011-08-25T09:55:12Z

James, drew large crowds to the Chicago theater where it originally opened and was part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before its New York premiere. ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Musical Heading to Off-Broadway 2013-01-08T16:30:29Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton In just a few days, the Edinburgh fringe will be in full swing and I'll have done my yearly hard labour down in the dark in Traverse Two. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-08-02T12:42:00Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian This summer's Edinburgh festival comedy awards promise to be bigger than ever before with an already record-breaking 530 shows eligible for entry, organisers said on Thursday. Edinburgh comedy awards: 'record year' with 530 eligible shows so far 2012-06-21T15:24:29Z

I know for certain we are taking “The Glass Menagerie” to the Edinburgh Festival and Dublin for three months next year, and I am so excited. A Word With Cherry Jones: ‘I’m Having the Kind of Year Actors Live For’ 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

In Edinburgh, particularly, success is seen as the venue that returns the following year bigger, shinier and selling more tickets than ever before and preferably involving an upside-down purple cow. Artists are doing it for themselves | Lyn Gardner 2010-03-31T11:44:00Z

But he disputed that his show, which he performed last year at the prominent Edinburgh Festival Fringe, was deserving of censorship. A Festival Is ‘Uncensored’ No More After Pulling a Work About Gender 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

Preparing to tackle the queues at the Edinburgh festival. Laura Solon: My Edinburgh 2010-08-13T10:09:00Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod Like heavy rain, and terrible flyers, one thing you can rely on at Edinburgh is the comedy award panel failing to reward the standout show on the fringe. Why did Edinburgh's comedy award settle for second best? 2010-08-29T11:57:00Z

"I've no doubt that his speech in Edinburgh will be as blistering, honest, and entertaining as any of his extraordinary performances on screen and stage," she said. Spacey to deliver MacTaggart lecture 2013-05-13T12:20:26Z

Neil Mackinnon, the head of external affairs for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, which organizes the festival, and Kath Mainland, its chief executive, both declined to speculate on how the numbers might turn out. World Fringe Congress in Edinburgh 2012-08-26T21:38:54Z

His standup show This Way to Spaceship is at the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, until 27 August. Rhys Darby, comedian and actor: Portrait of the artist 2012-08-22T07:01:00Z

Jo Brand is now a successful comedian, but which Edinburgh Fringe venue started her on the road to fame? Edinburgh Fringe venues fight over who really launched star comedians' careers 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

In this remarkable haunted house of a novel, Fagan tells the stories of nine residents of an Edinburgh tenement over nine decades. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

Think of the Fringe as a circus for theater nerds, though, and it’s more likely that the giant purple cow lying on its back on the grounds of Edinburgh University might come to mind. For Theater Lovers, a City Is the Stage, and a Purple Cow Is a Prop 2011-08-12T22:44:06Z

In today's podcast from the Edinburgh International Book festival, we hear the five finalists for the £5,000 Edwin Morgan Poetry prize read the poem they submitted - anonymously - for the competition. Edinburgh International Book festival podcast: the Edwin Morgan Poetry prize 2012-08-19T10:42:00Z

It's far cheaper to see 20 shows over a weekend at Latitude, than to do the same in Edinburgh in August. Could Latitude's theatre arena steal Edinburgh's show? 2010-07-21T12:43:00Z

Ms. Redpath studied medieval history at the University of Edinburgh and sang, she told The Times in 1988, for “beer money.” Jean Redpath, Prolific Scottish Folk Singer, Dies at 77 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Toby Farrow Week two is over, week three is looming and the Edinburgh fringe is at last entering the home straight … but it's not over until it's over. Edinburgh festival: week two roundup 2011-08-22T15:29:22Z

The great thing about Edinburgh is how well organized it is. It's not all about the money in Edinburgh busking paradise 2013-08-23T14:40:43Z

You'll know by now that the Edinburgh fringe programme was launched last week. Al Murray: comedians should never express political views 2013-06-04T13:41:55Z

Photograph: Graeme Robertson Shocking, edgy and offensive are all words as familiar to regular visitors to Edinburgh fringe theatre as the bagpipes and bargain woollens shops along the Royal Mile. The fringe turns angry as shows plan to deliver a political punch 2013-07-20T11:30:29Z

If the profile picture I chose suggested my ambivalence, then the fact that I chose Edinburgh for my location drove it home. You Have to Let Go to Move On 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

Boyd's real education came not from Edinburgh University's lecture halls, but at the festival – watching, writing, directing, performing. A life in theatre: Michael Boyd 2012-11-16T12:43:29Z

It often seems the Edinburgh festivals are powered by an unholy cocktail of creativity, blind hope and beer. How do you survive the Edinburgh fringe? Don't drink 2012-08-15T12:04:17Z

In Edinburgh, church spires and austere towers are “thinking awful Scottish thoughts, or plotting the downfall of reason.” World class: Remembering legendary travel writer Jan Morris 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

Archivist Rachel Hosker from the University of Edinburgh will be investigating whether archives hold facts, or alternative facts in a show entitled Alternative Facts: Is the Truth in the Archives? Donald Trump Takes Center Stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

The eight-bedroom Victorian house in Edinburgh belonging to the Harry Potter author is listed for sale on the website of real estate agents Rettie. JK Rowling's former Edinburgh home for sale 2012-09-21T11:31:05Z

One of his most crucial roles was that of Gandhi in a play Verma wrote, and Anthony Clark directed, for the Edinburgh festival fringe in 1982. Paul Bhattacharjee obituary 2013-07-18T14:53:53Z

Priscilla Queen of the Desert is camping it up at the Edinburgh Playhouse from Monday. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-03-01T13:56:37Z

God’s Own Country made a splash on its debut at Sundance in January; UK audiences will get their first chance to see it at the Edinburgh film festival on 21 June. Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

The Californian standup hasn't been to Edinburgh in 10 years, and he's forgotten those local touches that can make the Fringe so, well, explosive. Arj Barker: Landing of the Conchord 2010-08-10T20:29:00Z

But one of the museum’s most famous attractions is definitely Dolly, the cloned sheep created at the University of Edinburgh, now preserved for posterity by taxidermists. 36 Hours in Edinburgh 2013-07-11T22:58:24Z

Edinburgh international book festival day four lineup Tuesday's lineup promises plenty of political delights. Edinburgh international book festival: day four bulletin 2012-08-14T10:28:00Z

People at Edinburgh often like to talk about whether the sketch is dead or dying, or maybe suffering from a chronic debilitating disease. An Edinburgh comedy judge's diary: the sketch show has left the pet shop 2012-08-13T10:54:54Z

Still, I must be missing key fringe events — and not just in Edinburgh. My theatrical busman's holiday in London: what am I missing? 2010-08-16T08:35:00Z

Officially, I was now an unemployed resident of Edinburgh and I was learning to survive on a fortnightly dole cheque. Once upon a life: Caryl Phillips 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z

If you're popping into Unbound tonight – the book festival's exciting free series of events – you'll get to hear some of Edinburgh's most promising young writers in an evening hosted by local writing group Illicit Ink. Edinburgh International Book festival: day five bulletin 2012-08-15T10:12:54Z

He won rave reviews for his recent Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, confirming he’s on the right path. Nine Shows to Catch at the New York Comedy Festival 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

Now he's following up his Edinburgh success with a short London run, giving southern audiences a chance to relish a masterclass in character comedy. This week's new comedy 2011-02-12T00:05:45Z

Controversy is nothing new for the Fringe, which began in 1947 as a democratic alternative to the high-toned Edinburgh International Festival. Lockerbie play draws attention at Edinburgh Fringe 2010-08-06T16:39:00Z

“Obviously, this was done by an artist,” Paul Roberts, a visitor from Edinburgh, said appreciatively. Piercings and Eye-Popping Tattoos: Fashion’s Latest Canvas Is the Skin You’re In 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

Ms Paterson left school, went to Edinburgh School of Art, and then briefly to London to complete an MA, before starting work as a full-time artist. Expanding universe 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

The Usher Hall in Edinburgh is one of them, the Royal Albert Hall in London is not. Tom Service on the Royal Albert Hall 2012-08-26T19:58:01Z

Tell us about your trip: I got to the Faroe Islands by traveling through Edinburgh, and at the end of my trip I took a three-day tour up to the Isle of Skye. How Much Did You Spend on Your Solo Vacation? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z

Rankin, the creator of the phenomenally successful Edinburgh detective Rebus, writes one book a year - starting the process by looking for ideas in a green folder full of scraps of paper. Ian Rankin and a fear of page 65 2012-11-06T00:19:55Z

But it began its public life a year ago at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette”: The stunning Netflix special that made Louis C.K.’s comedy irr... 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

But then, why risk reducing Edinburgh to the homogeneity Mills already detects in its media coverage? Should Edinburgh's festivals unite? 2010-07-09T16:18:00Z

Still working with his Rolleiflex camera and a close-up lens bought from a camera shop in Edinburgh, Pyke made his name with very tight portraits of everybody from philosophers to film stars. The 10 best photographic portraits 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

It may well disappoint a few playgoers hoping to see Em performing back in Edinburgh, where it all began for her. En Route; Fair Trade; Shakespeare: The Man from Stratford; Up 'N' Under; Odyssey; Poland 3 Iran 2; Beautiful Burnout 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

Amnesty will be campaigning for his release at the Edinburgh festival this year. U Myint Aye: Amnesty urgent action 2012-08-11T23:05:47Z

The high court in Edinburgh heard that the case could be "the tip of the iceberg" and many others may not have been identified or reported. Schoolboy who raped nine-year-old girl is spared custodial sentence 2012-05-31T17:09:28Z

And at least a couple of those days are coming up in Edinburgh. Gunther Schuller: Conducting? He wrote the book 2010-08-12T22:30:00Z

Sketches of film and stage productions are among hundreds of drawings reproduced in a forthcoming book, which follows a documentary about his art and an exhibition in Edinburgh last summer. Brush with genius: the hidden talent of Orson Welles 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

"It's about  my relationship with 'my work'," says the Irish playwright of the piece, the first of two new Walsh dramas being performed in Edinburgh this month. Enda Walsh: 'I only operate properly in my imagination' 2010-08-10T21:00:00Z

The farthest I could stretch my leash was Edinburgh university, two hours away. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z

Don't feed the animals … the newly renovated original wing of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. National Museum of Scotland: suspend your disbelief 2011-07-26T20:31:01Z

And Den locks horns with Dr Moore over the need for Beedy to rush back from Edinburgh to visit her frail mother. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z

Last year, I handed a flyer for our show to a guy in Edinburgh, whose wife and three daughters wanted to see some comedy. Women aren't funny? You must be joking 2012-05-21T20:00:01Z

Handwritten poems and letters by Robert Burns have gone on display at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh ahead of Burns Night. New display of Robert Burns' poems 2014-01-23T12:39:54Z

McDermid is currently appearing at the Edinburgh Book Festival and was not at court for the sentencing. Restraining order over author attack 2013-08-12T11:11:39Z

After a four-night run in Stratford last year, they are refining the piece for its appearance at the Edinburgh international festival next week. Camille O'Sullivan: From cabaret to chaos 2012-08-13T17:44:54Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Murdo Macleod for the Guardian It's six o'clock on a sunny Edinburgh evening, and the Guardian's festival HQ – a three-storey rented house in the city's New Town – is being invaded. The House Cabaret home invasion 2010-08-15T20:30:00Z

Scotland is apparently in the midst of a cultural tourism push, with traveling exhibitions from its national museums in Edinburgh and civic museums in Glasgow visiting California. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh Fringe has for decades been an event that stand-up comedians flock to, hoping to make it big. They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

His debut BBC1 series got impressive ratings, he's selling out big venues, and at this year's Edinburgh festival it was impossible to avoid posters of his faintly Bez-like face. This week's new comedy 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z

The monarch watched the Duke of Edinburgh Rose planted in the Windsor Castle gardens last week to commemorate Philip’s centenary Thursday. UK: Queen marks late husband’s 100th birthday with new rose 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod More than 50 of Scotland's best-known arts organisations, including the Edinburgh festival and the Traverse theatre, face deep cuts in their grants from the new government arts agency, Creative Scotland. Most Scottish arts organisations to face deep funding cuts 2010-07-23T15:09:00Z

The work received positive reviews in the British media at the Edinburgh International Festival in August, with The Guardian calling it “both unbearable and essential.” A Racially Charged Exhibition in London Is Canceled After Protests 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

After performing at the Edinburgh festival fringe, in 1997 she was cast as the receptionist in the TV series I'm Alan Partridge. Q&A: Sally Phillips 2012-06-15T21:59:09Z

One of her longest professional relationships is with Warner: the pair first worked together 30 years ago, in an Edinburgh production of Woyzeck. Fiona Shaw: 'I'm not frightened of hard words' 2012-07-17T18:01:00Z

A team of scientists in Edinburgh found the solution, or at least part of it, in the 1990s. 'It gives you hope': the fight to save the fertility of children with cancer 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z

I think the Edinburgh fringe is a key place in the theatrical diary now, almost more than ever. Edinburgh fringe: A-listers arrive for a renaissance of live theatre 2011-08-06T18:49:17Z

Russell presented student television programmes during her time in university and also performed in an award-winning comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe. New Blue Peter presenter revealed 2013-07-25T17:04:28Z

So, as Edinburgh Festival Fringe wanes, like many of the faded celebrities who flock there to humiliate themselves before a baying public, those thundering hooves thunder ever louder. Letters: Beyond the Fringe in Brighton and Bath 2012-07-31T20:00:05Z

Speaking at the Edinburgh international books festival, Morris Gleitzman reads an extract from the book and talks to Michelle Pauli about some of the themes in it. Children's books podcast: Morris Gleitzman 2011-08-24T14:24:00Z

Like lots of women, I am proprietorial about Emma, who is, like me, from the north, and who attended, and at roughly the same time as me, an unexpectedly posh university – Edinburgh, in her case. David Nicholls, the man who made a nation cry 2011-08-06T23:05:39Z

There's also a slightly unpleasant section on Edinburgh's junkies. Andrew Maxwell ? review 2011-08-25T16:59:43Z

The closing Gala will be the European premiere of Brave on 30 June at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh. Film festival unveils programme 2012-05-30T12:09:08Z

Coalition will run every night in Edinburgh; it's previewing from Friday in London. This week's new live comedy 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z

Though today there are Fringe festivals all over the world, the one in Edinburgh, which will celebrate its 70th anniversary next summer, is the true original. Leading the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘I’m Not Intimidated’ 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

It’s a pub and restaurant in the village of Duddingston, on the edge of Edinburgh, and by the time we approached it was nearly sunset. Edinburgh in a day: A quick family visit to Scotland (with beer and skittles) 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, this young company – which found success at the 2008 Edinburgh fringe with Crocosmia, a heartbreaking show about orphaned siblings – enjoy a challenge. Little Bulb: natural born lyres 2013-03-27T08:00:06Z

Thriving fringes in Brighton and Bath are rising up to try to usurp Edinburgh, with the promise of a fairer deal for performers and punters, coupled with a sharper artistic edge. Edinburgh performers bid to reclaim the 'true spirit' of the fringe 2012-08-04T13:23:54Z

After descending, recuperate on a bench in Princes Street Gardens, once a flooded valley protecting Edinburgh Castle that is now a bucolic spot for a break. 36 Hours in Edinburgh 2013-07-11T22:58:24Z

There are more Titian nudes in Edinburgh than in Venice itself, but the painting that peculiarly attracted me on this visit was his great work The Three Ages of Man. A guide to Edinburgh's art treasures 2010-08-16T08:16:00Z

Dressed to kilt … Scottish stars attend the Edinburgh film festival awards ceremony and closing gala. Edinburgh film festival closes with reinstated awards ceremony 2012-07-02T13:55:34Z

It's the day that the Edinburgh fringe programme is published. Lyn Gardner on the Edinburgh fringe 2010-06-09T20:45:00Z

Hiley, a composer and songwriter who is the artistic director of the Charades Theater Company in Edinburgh, was skeptical. In a Musical About Penicillin’s Inventor, Superbugs Take Center Stage 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

At last year's Edinburgh fringe, one of the most talked-about shows was the debut from seemingly unprepossessing bearded primary school teacher David Trent. This week's new live comedy 2013-01-26T06:00:13Z

You have all three older men living in the Midwest, in Wisconsin, and a girl, a strange creature, from Edinburgh, Scotland— we couldn’t have been more different. “If we came out now, we wouldn’t have a chance in hell”: Shirley Manson looks back at 20 years of Garbage 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

I saw that for myself when, in August 1960, I was part of the audience at the brilliantly shambolic first night of Beyond the Fringe at the Edinburgh festival. Alan Bennett: a quiet radical 2012-10-12T09:38:00Z

The play will premiere at a new 200-seat Edinburgh Fringe venue called Topside, part of the Underbelly group, which will host a programme focused on theatre and cabaret. Stuart: A Life Backwards adaptation to launch new Edinburgh venue at Fringe 2013-05-02T10:14:16Z

You can take that literally — the show is being presented at the McKittrick Hotel in a pub environment, as it was in Edinburgh and at the hotel in 2016-17. Live Performance in New York: Here’s What to See This Spring 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

That their reputation as one of the world's great ensembles is richly deserved was borne out by the second of their Edinburgh concerts with their music director Franz Welser-Möst. Cleveland Orchestra/Welser-M?st 2010-08-19T21:01:00Z

Vivian French is curating a strand of events called "The Power of Words Through Play" at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Vivian FrVivian French: What I'm thinking about ... why children don't readench: What I'm thinking about ... the gift of dyslexia 2012-08-15T07:48:36Z

One striking thing about Edinburgh is that the city is completely overtaken by the festival. Keeping You Entertained (and on Your Toes) 2010-08-27T22:59:00Z

He lived artfully and died just before Fredricksson premiered this artful little show at Edinburgh last summer. Everything Must Go 2010-06-20T20:46:00Z

It was a role the Duke of Edinburgh played until his death Friday at age 99. Philip, in role with no job description, was queen’s bedrock 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

So this is what passes for hardship in the world of Edinburgh comedy these days. When did comedians get so middle-class? 2010-07-21T21:01:00Z

Woolf says he’s not expecting a huge amount of backlash, “bearing in mind we are in Edinburgh and not in America.” Donald Trump Takes Center Stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Mr Humphrys asked her how the Duke of Edinburgh was, adding "he was looking well yesterday". Queen officially opens new BBC HQ 2013-06-07T18:51:06Z

Cook's Edinburgh shows over the past few years have won him further plaudits, and led him to festival invites across the world - and ultimately, back home to Hebburn. Comedian puts Hebburn on TV map 2012-10-02T13:20:33Z

In this public commission he has invited every building in Edinburgh with a flagpole to fly the same standard: a white flag emblazoned with the word "hello". Edinburgh festival 2013: our critics' picks 2013-07-15T05:59:01Z

But it takes a lot of effort these days to keep people engaged, which is why he has shown recent Chanel collections in far-out places like a castle in Edinburgh. Front Row: Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld Talk About Themselves 2013-01-09T21:35:33Z

Stuart Archer and Sarah Braun, two London-based architects, recently updated a grand 19th-century home in Edinburgh to better suit the lifestyles of a family of five. It Was a Dark and Stormy Style 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

The fringe brings huge numbers of people to Edinburgh, all in search of a laugh, but with very different tastes. Edinburgh comedy notebook: It's official ? Dave loves Nick 2011-08-25T11:37:04Z

Either way, Edinburgh zoo hopes a giant panda couple from China will be the answer to its economic woes. TV highlights 10/02/2012 2012-02-09T20:00:04Z

In a surreal touch, peering down on the proceedings through two skylights are the faces of half a dozen fisherman photographed by Adamson in the port of Newhaven near Edinburgh. How Photography Cast New Light on Art 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

Right now, Machover is working on a new composition, Festival City, for the Edinburgh international festival this August; he envisages it as a collaboration with anyone who loves the Scottish capital. Tod Machover: how to crowdsource a symphony 2013-03-19T20:00:01Z

Scotland’s working age population will only remain stable over the next 25 years if current migration rates persist, a University of Edinburgh study said. Can't get the staff: Scenic Highlands at eye of Scotland's Brexit... 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

The play debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013 and was revived last year for Off Broadway and West End runs. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Elmo’s Playdate’ and ‘Fleabag’ 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

"Successful festivals respond to both place and provenance to create a unique identity, and this is particularly true of Edinburgh, the preeminent festival city." Edinburgh Festival names Irishman Fergus Linehan new director 2013-04-22T16:21:28Z

My most treasured Edinburgh art memory came a few years ago, when I was here to review the art festival. Edinburgh festival 2011: stand by for a smorgasbord of surprises 2011-07-26T14:26:58Z

“I found her lurking outside my writing studio,” O’Farrell said, of the reconstructed greenhouse in the backyard of their Edinburgh home. Maggie O’Farrell Looks for Stories Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

Three recent Edinburgh comedy award winners were also in the lineup. David Baddiel poised for solo return at Edinburgh fringe 2013-05-10T13:32:13Z

The Edinburgh Comedy Awards are still habitually referred to as the Perrier Prize, even though the sponsorship deal ended eight years ago. Sony pulls out of radio awards 2013-08-12T16:44:47Z

Plans include The One Show broadcasting live from the Hay Literary Festival as well as showing performances from Glyndebourne, the Edinburgh Festival and Shakespeare's Globe theatre. Channel 4 'supercharges' arts show 2014-04-16T13:01:47Z

Lothian and Borders police seized the Corot, which had been spotted by the curator, last November from Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers in Edinburgh, which disclosed it had sold a Peploe from the same source. Scottish police recover paintings stolen in 1990s 2011-01-20T12:48:22Z

Its depiction of Highland clan life, along with stunning locations from Inverness to Edinburgh, has fueled a tourism spike that the National Trust for Scotland refers to as “the Outlander Effect.” In Scotland, Taking the Traditional and Making It New 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

In her five-star review from Edinburgh, The Guardian's theatre critic Lyn Gardner described the results as "both unbearable and essential", while The Edinburgh Reporter declared it "hugely powerful, deeply unsettling, but vital viewing". Art show called off after protests 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

In Edinburgh, the National Museum of Scotland has turned its eye on Kabuki, the popular form of all-male Japanese theatre combining drama, music, dancing and acrobatics, with 61 prints. X-rated Japanese erotica sets throats clearing at UK shows 2013-10-21T14:55:13Z

The ads, now being screened on the Comedy Central channel, feature members of the public cracking their favourite jokes – one of which Kirshen says was written by him for his Edinburgh fringe show last year. Is the Edinburgh comedy bubble about to burst? And X Factor, the musical 2012-08-14T14:40:09Z

Perhaps Edinburgh should start looking over its shoulder at "the fastest-growing film event in the UK". This week's new film events 2011-02-12T00:05:25Z

On top of that, you are performing for a predominantly non-theatregoing audience, not just the London theatre community decamped to Edinburgh. Could Latitude's theatre arena steal Edinburgh's show? 2010-07-21T12:43:00Z

A generally approving inspection of Edinburgh concentrates on the stony magnificence of the wealthy city centre, and only fleetingly mentions the fact that most of the poor live on distant council estates. A New Kind of Bleak by Owen Hatherley – review 2012-07-06T07:00:01Z

The aircraft, which was traveling to Edinburgh, Scotland, took off from Budapest, Hungary, on Jan. 31, according to reports. 'Flight from hell': 4 Ryanair passengers allegedly faint on flight to Scotland 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

An excited crowd had gathered to greet the Hollywood star in Edinburgh on Thursday morning, as he visited Social Bite, a sandwich shop that helps homeless people. George Clooney cheered at Edinburgh cafe that helps homeless people 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

“The Sugar” was staged downtown at Soho Playhouse, which has developed into a hub of weighty theatrical stand-up shows, many of which are transfers from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. That’s the Funny Thing About Grief 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

Two Edinburgh fringe acts have won an award celebrating . Amnesty award goes to Edinburgh fringe plays Sold and The Wheel 2011-08-25T21:56:56Z

Found at Sea, adapted and directed by David Greig, is at the Traverse in Edinburgh – it's based on a series of poems by Andrew Greig, inspired by a trip to the uninhabited island of Cava. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-02-15T14:03:42Z

In a 2006 production of the play “Allegiance” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he played Winston Churchill. Mel Smith, TV Actor, Director and Producer, Dies at 60 2013-07-25T02:38:20Z

It is a bizarre and gruesome tale, a gothic ghost story that takes place in a deserted Masonic lodge on a quiet Edinburgh street. Keeping You Entertained (and on Your Toes) 2010-08-27T22:59:00Z

Speaking after the ceremony at the Edinburgh international book festival, McKie said winning was "like a dream." Jane McKie wins Edwin Morgan poetry prize 2011-08-18T12:21:19Z

Kath Mainland, chief executive of the Edinburgh Fringe Society, said: "The British Council's Edinburgh Showcase continues to provide a vital platform for artists, ensuring that their work is seen by promoters from around the world." British Council announces Edinburgh Showcase participants 2013-04-24T09:51:35Z

I opened it, and the very first paragraph said something like, "I didn't mean to work for the royal family. I wanted to work with poor children in the slums of Edinburgh." Why the monarchy needed Diana: "She had to be a front-rank aristocrat, and she had to be a virgin" 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

Lest we overstate Sheridan Smith's sophistication, it's worth nothing that she'll be seen soon in The Powder Room, a film version of a hit Edinburgh play that unfolds in the ladies' of a British nightclub. From slappers to Hedda Gabler: the irresistible rise of Sheridan Smith 2013-03-18T18:12:48Z

The winners of the James Tait Black fiction and non-fiction prizes will be announced at a ceremony at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 23 August. Cannibals wins Edinburgh drama prize 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

Harry, who stepped down from royal duties last year and moved to California, spoke for the first time about how the Duke of Edinburgh gave him the space to talk about serving in Afghanistan. The barbecue king: British royals praise Philip’s deft touch 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z

She lived there until 1933, when she was eight, at which point her father, a respected scientist, was offered a job at the University of Edinburgh. Eva Ibbotson: Ogres, aunts and happy endings 2010-10-06T11:57:00Z

One of the best of these works, The Bogus Woman by Kay Adshead, first staged in Edinburgh in 2000 but revived frequently since then, is the oldest in the current crop. It's time for immigration plays to take on the system 2010-09-27T17:00:00Z

In 2006, when I did my first ever show on the Edinburgh fringe, I resorted to a very old-fashioned way of marketing. Edinburgh festival diary: 'He punched me in the back so I chased him' 2012-08-13T17:41:51Z

Hot ticket … Junction 25 are set to reappear at this year's Edinburgh fringe with a new show, Anoesis. Edinburgh fringe 2013: my top tips 2013-06-06T15:18:28Z

The film uses the songs of The Proclaimers to tell its story A film based on the music of The Proclaimers is to have its UK premiere in Edinburgh later. Proclaimers musical gets UK premiere 2013-09-17T09:48:19Z

The full line-up for August's Edinburgh International Festival will be unveiled on 18 March. Killing actress stars in James plays 2014-01-20T12:51:56Z

“Life According to Saki,” an ensemble-driven play set in the trenches of World War I, is the winner of the annual Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, to be announced in Edinburgh on Friday. ‘Life According to Saki,’ a Play Set in World War I, Wins Edinburgh Award 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

Afterlife, another BBC4 science show, looks at decay and decomposition through an Edinburgh Zoo exhibition to be displayed during the city's annual festival. Doctor Who's Karen Gillan to play Jean Shrimpton in BBC4 drama 2011-03-30T09:59:00Z

First seen in Edinburgh in 2006, “Black Watch” caught the regiment at a moment of threat — from enemies without and within — and at a moment of inevitable redefinition. 'Black Watch' review: Battles blaze anew 2011-03-31T05:54:14Z

The Traverse, an Edinburgh theater devoted to new writing, presents a number of productions during the Fringe, often winning awards. Play About Marc Chagall Wins Edinburgh Theater Prize 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

And 50 years on, the Edinburgh International Book Festival is commemorating the anniversary of the event by hosting the 2012 Edinburgh Writers' Conference. 'Revolutionary' conference marked 2012-08-16T17:07:03Z

Edinburgh city council says it will not change its mind. Public sector cuts: where they will hit 2011-03-25T08:30:00Z

While the Fringe is certainly the largest of Edinburgh’s annual arts festivals, it is not the only one. ArtsBeat: Center Stage at Edinburgh Fringe: Two New Works From the National Theater of Scotland 2011-06-09T13:24:41Z

Talihina Sky will premiere at Edinburgh Festival Hall on Saturday 25 June, where the band of three brothers and their cousin will hold a live Q&A via satellite to cinemas across the country. VIDEO: Kings of Leon on the big screen 2011-06-24T03:49:20Z

Tim Key It was clear that Edinburgh ignited myriad feelings and memories in me. Tim Key's exclusive Ode to the Edinburgh festival 2011-07-29T16:30:00Z

Got any highlights of the Edinburgh international book festival you'd like to share? Edinburgh international book festival: day four bulletin 2012-08-14T10:28:00Z

Harper was a fixture of Edinburgh University's music department from the 1960s until his death in 2009. SCO/Walker ? review 2011-03-21T18:27:39Z

Cities are, by their very nature, haunted places, Edinburgh perhaps more than most. A Gothic Novel Haunted by Nine Lives Over Nine Decades 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

Their Double Down Hearts sketch show bagged them an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination in 2008, and it was fantastic entertainment, with bizarre playlets, hilariously awkward audience interaction and top-drawer gags. This week's new comedy: Edinburgh special 2011-08-12T23:09:07Z

Gecko's Missing is also likely to be a hit, and National Theatre Wales bring the award-winning Radicalisation of Bradley Manning to Edinburgh. Edinburgh fringe 2013: my top tips 2013-06-06T15:18:28Z

Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, served in the Royal Navy for 12 years and maintained close ties to the armed forces throughout his life. Senior royals to skip uniforms at Prince Philip’s funeral 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

They are now exhibited at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and the British Museum in London. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

Almost 10 years on, the 9/11 attacks will be remembered in Edinburgh performances. 9/11 remembered at Edinburgh festival fringe as 10th anniversary approaches 2011-08-08T13:58:00Z

It was originally commissioned for the Collegiate Chapel of the Holy Trinity in Edinburgh, in the late 15th century; the monarchs portrayed are James III, King of Scots and Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scots. Spiritual vision and realism converge in the work of Hugo van der Goes 2011-08-01T17:24:40Z

The novel opens with a mother confronting the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Review | Claire Vaye Watkins’s new novel approaches motherhood — with a torch 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

His Edinburgh show is, he says, "an hour of power", a greatest hits selection of jokes from the last two years. Arj Barker: Landing of the Conchord 2010-08-10T20:29:00Z

He knew fine well that there were two sides to Edinburgh's character – he'd known it since childhood. Ian Rankin on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 2010-08-16T14:31:00Z

Edinburgh is somewhat of an epicenter for ceilidh dancing, with regular ceilidh dances held around the city. In Edinburgh, dancing is a great way to reel in new friends 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

In a sequence that plays out on the streets of Edinburgh, the electromagnet pulls an entire car onto its side, then through a shop and into the bed of a delivery truck. For ‘F9,’ Making Stunts That Stick 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

But this year on the Edinburgh fringe, things are different, with a number of new comics keeping it in the family. Comedy's family affair 2010-08-14T11:10:00Z

On West Port is a variety of second-hand bookshops including Edinburgh Books, where stuffed animals look down on an array of music scores, leather-bound classics and pop psychology paperbacks. 10 of the best literary haunts in Edinburgh 2011-08-01T09:00:00Z

The following year, he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh comedy awards. Jack Whitehall: a class act 2012-10-05T21:59:00Z

From LA to Edinburgh Macdonald made at least one other sculpture of Parker, a full-length figure carved from lignum vitae, a dark hardwood. Charlie Parker: a genius distilled 2010-03-21T21:30:00Z

That was just what I always wanted to do in Edinburgh. London actor wins comedy award at Edinburgh fringe 2011-08-27T16:23:06Z

Speaking at the Edinburgh International Festival he described measures to prevent the piracy literature in the digital age as hypocritical and "artistically philistine". AUDIO: Pride and Prejudice... and zombies 2012-08-23T13:22:58Z

I just finished five concerts in Europe, in London, Birmingham and the Edinburgh Festival, then I went to Oslo, Norway. Ravi Shankar still making magic sitar music at 91 2011-09-23T19:38:53Z

Comedian Mark Watson will orchestrate another marathon performance in aid of Comic Relief next month, despite vowing never to do another after Last Ever 24 Hour Show at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe. Mark Watson promises 25-hour comedy marathon for Comic Relief 2013-01-11T12:49:03Z

But before the Edinburgh madness takes over, let's remember that there is theatre going on in other parts of the country during the month of August. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-05T12:45:07Z

Speaking at the International Television Festival in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, she said she felt bad for the prince, but that the photos were already all over the Internet. PR consultant: More Harry photos may emerge soon 2012-08-24T11:00:18Z

DC Jackson's romantic comedy hits Edinburgh before heading for Birmingham Rep, Sheffield Crucible and the Bush in London. This week's new theatre 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

EDINBURGH, Scotland — A British comedian says he was attacked with a bottle at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival while dressed as Moammar Gadhafi. British comedian dressed as Gadhafi attacked 2011-08-21T17:01:04Z

Right, it's an abbreviated What to see this week because the focus is very much on Edinburgh, where the international festival opens tomorrow. Edinburgh festival: day five at the fringe 2012-08-10T12:33:02Z

The podcast includes interviews with Rowling conducted at her home castle in Edinburgh. J.K. Rowling dismisses her transphobic legacy: "I'll be dead" 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

It's in the festival atmosphere of Edinburgh, though, where theatregoers are thrown together, that the conversation about the play is really growing. The Author: Edinburgh's most talked about play 2010-08-12T11:21:00Z

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh from 28 June until 17 November EnlightenmentA celebration of the radical, creative 18th century at a museum rich in masterpieces by the Enlightenment artist Joseph Wright of Derby.• Vermeer, Lowry and a cauldron scandal – the week in art 2013-06-21T13:53:06Z

The award, presented annually by the Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation, is to support a New York transfer for a production from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Ethical Drama Wins Edinburgh Theater Prize 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Edinburgh Comedy award champ 2010 Russell Kane has adopted his namesake Brand as a love-life role model, according to an interview in the Sun that will endear him to no one. Laughing stock: Jimmy Carr outed, comedy's top 100, Brand new Russell Kane 2012-06-19T16:15:22Z

Edinburgh International Book Festival Photograph: Press Office This Friday, the books team are packing up and heading north to the Edinburgh international book festival. Tell us about our Edinburgh international books festival 2011-08-12T09:00:00Z

Researchers in Edinburgh asked a group of people to walk from a busy urban space to a public park, or vice versa. Ecological grief: I mourn the loss of nature – it saved me from addiction 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

Ellmann, who was born in Illinois, but moved to Britain when she was 13 and now lives in Edinburgh, is the closest to an American nominee. Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie on Booker Prize Shortlist 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

The documentary was shown at this year's Tribeca Film Festival in the US and at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Film-maker hooked on fly fishing legend 2013-06-26T00:38:10Z

Certainly, the wider you cast your Edinburgh net, the more blurred the line between poetry and comedy gets. Poet, comedian, or both? 2010-08-27T16:10:00Z

She's now preparing her Edinburgh show which, on the basis of her work so far, is likely to be wildly eclectic and bristling with imaginative ideas. This week's new comedy 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z

Donnelly, whose job is to promote the city, said the referendum had bought about 1,200 accredited media to Edinburgh. Yes or No, Edinburgh hotels and bars win big in Scottish vote 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

A recent Edinburgh Festivals impact study suggested the Fringe generates about £142m for the Scottish economy. Record number of shows at Fringe 2012-05-31T12:17:52Z

Strumming guitars and Texas twangs are not the usual soundtrack for tea-fueled detection and beatings on dark Edinburgh streets. Television Review: Jackson Brodie Mysteries on PBS - Review 2011-10-14T23:14:58Z

Greig's extended family are from Aberdeen; he was born in Edinburgh and returned there at the age of 12, after a decade in Nigeria. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: David Greig on making a musical to rival Matilda 2013-06-18T07:00:00Z

The protagonist of one my all-time favorite books, “The New Confessions,” by William Boyd, begins life in Edinburgh, on the High Street. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

The Mariinsky still performs “Cinderella,” which opened on Thursday night as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. Dance Review: ‘Cinderella’ at Edinburgh International Festival 2012-08-31T22:50:44Z

Photograph: Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This shadowy vision of the human predicament is one of the most haunting paintings in Edinburgh's greatest art collection.• Susan Philipsz guns for glory at Edinburgh festival – the week in art 2012-07-27T11:55:18Z

He puts the two stars' decision to come to Edinburgh, alongside other unusually illustrious names, down to the appeal of creative risk-taking. Edinburgh fringe: A-listers arrive for a renaissance of live theatre 2011-08-06T18:49:17Z

Paul MacInnes will be reprising his role as one of the judges on this year's new, improved Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and scribbling and tweeting every single show he sees. Edinburgh, here we come 2010-08-06T11:05:00Z

Wild west ... gallop over to Cornwall to catch Kneehigh theatre's The Wild Bride The big openings this coming week are all in Edinburgh. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-12T13:07:17Z

I am mulling over these questions while sitting on the floor of a rehearsal room in Edinburgh's dockyard district of Leith. Plays beamed into cinemas: is this the future of theatre? 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z

When we were doing the show in Edinburgh, we obviously didn't have any fans, so talking about having fans – female fans especially – was a hilarious joke for us and the audience. Jemaine Clement 2010-08-28T23:05:00Z

For fall, the Edinburgh native known for her embellished Art Deco- and geometric-inspired prints and jewelry added Dada to the mix to splendid effect. London in the spotlight: Whimsy, royalty and retro cool 2011-02-28T20:59:03Z

In 2016, the theater started offering interest-free loans for companies who had already worked there, to offset the costs of venue hire or taking work to the Edinburgh Fringe. Among Faceless Offices, a Theater Taking Risks 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Kevin Roe This week's Cine-files is another entry from Lorraine Simpson, who runs a monthly film discussion club in Edinburgh. Cine-files: Grand Teatret, Copenhagen 2013-04-10T08:46:14Z

Elsewhere in Edinburgh, Diana Quick is starring in Midnight Your Time, as a mother speaking to her daughter in Palestine via a webcam. Alma Mater: Click here for tonight's show 2011-08-08T21:15:01Z

Unlike the Edinburgh Festival, however, the Holland Festival has not acquired a serious international following, though it is regarded by theater programmers and culture seekers as an important place to discover new, often experimental work. Holland Festival Tackles the Enigma That Is Europe 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

Passengers on the hourlong flight did not realize they landed in a different country until the pilot made an announcement welcoming them to Edinburgh, BBC reported. British Airways flight takes off in wrong direction, lands 525 miles away from destination 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

“This whole area,” Mr. Pettigrew said, “was a center of civilization when Glasgow and Edinburgh didn’t exist.” Footsteps: Poetry Made Me Do It: My Trip to the Hebrides 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z

This summer sees the launch of a new website dedicated to finding and exploring the UK’s numerous hillforts, coordinated by the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford. Strolling the ancient hillforts of southern England 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

On Saturday, the two will be gloriously reunited for Ms. Novak’s new one-hour performance, right before she takes it to Scotland for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

The tropical climes nagged him as much as his wife Lynne, whose zany behavior, like cursing out the Duke of Edinburgh, had turned them both into social pariahs. 2010-01-07T14:25:00Z

Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Politician George Galloway will be one of 24,000 performers taking part in this year's Edinburgh fringe, which has yet again announced a record number of participating productions. Edinburgh fringe lineup announced 2013-05-30T13:57:08Z

As has Wagner, in a show that he had hoped to transfer from the Royal Opera House to this year's Edinburgh Festival. Simon Callow's critical re-appraisal 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Here’s what the author had to say at the Edinburgh International Book Festival: Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin Admits Fans Discovered Plot Twist 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

I'd like to hear your tips for Edinburgh's best and worst venues. Edinburgh festival: day five at the fringe 2012-08-10T12:33:02Z

The City of Edinburgh Council has teamed up with Marketing Edinburgh to set up a media center at the Apex Hotel, where views of the castle make a perfect backdrop for pieces to camera. Yes or No, Edinburgh hotels and bars win big in Scottish vote 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

These monologues were both first seen at the Edinburgh fringe last summer, and while they are limited by their form, they both capture the excitement and vulnerability of youth on the brink of adulthood. Bitch Boxer/Bottleneck – review 2013-02-26T08:40:00Z

Kristin, who is now responsible for his business affairs, was running a bar in Edinburgh. Bill Bailey: Bill's excellent adventure 2013-04-19T14:00:00Z

The Media Guardian Edinburgh international television festival runs from 26-28 August. Michael Holroyd: writers in front of the camera 2011-08-19T21:55:13Z

A drunk passenger forced an Easyjet flight to make an emergency landing in Edinburgh, Scotland, after he became aggressive toward crew members and others on board. ‘Aggressive’ Easyjet passenger snaps phone in half, forces emergency landing 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

When he and Clement travelled to the Edinburgh fringe festival to perform as Flight of the Conchords, they found that those Tolkien fans had flown in from around the world to attend the shows. 'It's fine not to do it their way': Bret McKenzie on home, Hollywood and the oddness of fame 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

He takes the group of offenders, who are doing public service, painting old community centres and cleaning cemeteries, on a tour of a distillery and then to a whisky tasting in Edinburgh. The Angels' Share – review 2012-06-02T23:05:32Z

Like their 2007 Edinburgh hit, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, it is deadly and delicate. Swallows and Amazons; Get Santa!; The Animals and Children Took to the Streets; A Flea in Her Ear ? review 2010-12-19T00:06:17Z

The Poetry Library in London and the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh are great places to start. Hannah Lowe's top poetry writing tips 2013-07-24T11:25:48Z

This show, however, which won him the Edinburgh comedy award, was something different. Comedy gold: Brendon Burns's So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now? 2012-11-22T17:43:08Z

“Clinton” was nominated for best new musical at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Clinton the musical coming to NYC 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

Woodhill hired Chris Brand, a British psychologist who was fired from his tenured teaching position at Edinburgh University, to export Project Prevention overseas. Drug cocktails can kill 2012-06-12T16:00:00Z

The Orkney Islands – there are 70 of them – are a low-lying cluster just off the north-east tip of Caithness, accessible by ferry from Thurso or Aberdeen, or by air from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness. Scotland's best classical music festivals 2012-05-25T21:45:07Z

It happens so often in Edinburgh, when things are at stake – either in the performer's career or in the audience's desire to get value for money – that there's an uneasy feeling. Standup comedy only gets better with age 2012-08-23T14:03:58Z

“So, we were at Edinburgh and after that we went to the BBC,” begins Clement. Flight of the Conchords: ‘We're retired sex symbols' 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

Horror writer Darren Shan launched his new young-adult series of zombie books at the weekend, on a stage cluttered with bloody, limbless bodies on loan from the Edinburgh Dungeon. Zombie invasion 2012-08-13T16:21:23Z

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh EH4, from 15 December until 8 September 2013 Flame and Water Pots This free exhibition of ancient ceramics is a gripping encounter with prehistoric Japan.• Louise Bourgeois in Scotland and jail for the Rothko vandal – the week in art 2012-12-14T15:36:18Z

An impish figure in a black bowler hat and red sneakers, Wright once developed a site-specific “Romeo and Juliet” that unfolded over 36 hours at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In This ‘Wolf of Wall Street,’ You’re Part of the Debauchery 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

Then the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh came in a side door and, contrapuntally, they went round the room. Diamond jubilee: writers reflect on growing up Elizabethan 2012-06-01T21:50:02Z

Back in the UK, she completed an MPhil in Latin American studies at Oxford University, followed by a PhD in ethnomusicology at Edinburgh University. Jan Fairley obituary 2012-06-14T12:56:13Z

British expert Prof Richard Morris, a neuroscientist at the University of Edinburgh, said: “When someone with early Alzheimer’s is forgetful, it is tempting to suppose that the memory is lost. “ Nerve cell stimulation 'may recall memories' in Alzheimer's patients 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

"It is really quite unlikely," adds Cockell, whose centre will be officially opened this week at a ceremony in Edinburgh. Life on Earth… but not as we know it 2013-04-13T23:05:01Z

This month, the former Perrier Awards for Comedy on the Edinburgh Fringe have been taken over by Foster's, the beer company. The business of laughter 2010-08-03T19:00:00Z

Scotland, he told the Edinburgh international book festival, despite a long-held belief that its ethnic make-up was largely Scots, Celtic, Viking and Irish, was in fact "one of the most diverse nations on earth". Scottish people's DNA study could 'rewrite nation's history' 2012-08-15T00:24:24Z

This week's Cine-files review is from Lorraine Simpson, who runs a monthly film discussion club in Edinburgh. Cine-files: The Regal, Mumbai 2012-10-09T15:48:00Z

A bit farther is Edinburgh, about seven hours by car or four and a half or so by train from King’s Cross Station in London. In Transit: Q&A: How to Combine Paris, England and Scotland 2010-03-04T21:28:00Z

The Israeli duo said they were hoping to leave Edinburgh with some kind of solid plan to perform “Repertory Theater” in London and New York. Edinburgh Strategy: Check Reviews, Take Chances, Hope for the Best 2013-08-25T21:06:01Z

At one point in “Broken Ground,” Pirie’s verbal outburst in an Edinburgh cafe triggers an altogether unintended response, perhaps even a murder. Review | Val McDermid’s heroine is no Jessica Fletcher — and that’s a good thing 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

Speaking at the annual Edinburgh TV Festival on Aug. 21, Cohen was asked whether he thought there would be a woman Doctor Who. BBC's TV Director Wants to See a Woman Doctor Who 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

Wood also discussed painting a portrait of the Duke of Edinburgh, which was finished shortly before his death in April 2021. Ronnie Wood unveils Rolling Stones artwork, talks tour hopes 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

Last June, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh paid a visit to the set of “Game of Thrones” in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Pays a Royal Visit to the 'Downton Abbey' Set 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

A few days later I returned to Edinburgh. Once upon a life: Caryl Phillips 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z

Next month alone, Bristol will host the experimental theatre festival Mayfest, Circusfest continues at London's Roundhouse, and there will be a children's theatre festival in Edinburgh. Open season for the arts festival 2010-04-18T21:00:00Z

Now one of the most bankable comedians in the UK, McIntyre's career famously began in front of tiny audiences at the Edinburgh fringe, where he was nominated for the Perrier best newcomer award in 2003. Michael McIntyre charges £31 for unfinished show at Edinburgh fringe 2012-06-26T10:40:32Z

Practically, there are positives: Jonathan Cape want to turn her columns into a book, due out next March; and she's at the Edinburgh book festival to talk about it. AL Kennedy and the perils of the pen 2012-08-15T17:30:01Z

The concept originated when troupes that were not invited to the first Edinburgh International Festival in 1947 put on a counter-festival, which a journalist later described as “round the fringe of official festival drama.” A Festival Is ‘Uncensored’ No More After Pulling a Work About Gender 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

The queen and her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, were visiting the venue for lunch at the same time the wedding took place. Wedding crasher: UK queen drops in on ceremony 2012-03-24T23:31:04Z

In the United States, there aren’t many big interdisciplinary festivals of the kind so popular in Europe — Edinburgh, Salzburg, the Festival d’Automne in Paris. Perspective | Can a festival make the Kennedy Center a destination for political art? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

You could curl up with the excellent, page-turning thriller “Knots and Crosses,” by Ian Rankin, which is the first of his books about Rebus, a detective who works to rid Edinburgh of murderers and ne’er-do-wells. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

The Edinburgh international film festival, the world's longest running, is still going. Trailer Trash 2013-06-01T23:05:53Z

The Edinburgh Fringe festival reported record ticket sales last year, while the book festival also hit a new high. Edinburgh festival will reflect clash of cultures 2010-03-17T19:47:00Z

One promising market, much to his delight, was home cooks in Edinburgh. In Scotland, Serving Halibut for a Better Planet 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

There are some great shows in the mix, including Edinburgh hit The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-19T15:30:17Z

In August, it will take to the Edinburgh stage for the first time, and make a return visit to Beijing's Bookworm bookshop, the scene of the first international Death Match last year. What a performance 2010-07-30T23:05:00Z

Nowadays, you can dine out nude in New York or Edinburgh, sunbathe naked in city-centre parks in Munich or Berlin, skydive nude, fly to your holiday nude or ski in the altogether in Austria. A Brief History of Nakedness by Philip Carr-Gomm – review 2013-03-15T17:37:01Z

Instead she got involved in a series of new projects, including taking a show with the experimental performance company and "art lab" Early Morning Opera to the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. Experimental troupe Wilderness to bring back sold-out show 'The Day Shall Declare It' 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

The actors were from the London theater company Silent Faces, one of thousands of acts at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. At Edinburgh Fringe, a Spotlight on Mental Health 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

Graham decided that he wanted to write and had a play about the 1966 Aberfan colliery disaster performed at the Edinburgh festival fringe. Ranald Graham obituary 2010-09-16T18:14:00Z

Her one-woman play, “Fleabag,” hit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with such force in 2013 that it left a smoldering Phoebe-shaped crater in the comedy landscape. Phoebe Waller-Bridge Will Make You Laugh So Hard It Hurts 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

And of course, Edinburgh's legions of standups are ready to use Trump as a muse. Donald Trump Takes Center Stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Last summer, father and son took it to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after performing it in the “East to Edinburgh” series at 59E59 Theaters. Gray Tassels Along the Fringe 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Directed by Jude Kelly, this fusion of musical spectacle and intimate storytelling gets its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival. This week's new dance 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

Right, to Edinburgh then, and there are plenty of them – lost girls. Case Histories; Australia With Simon Reeve – TV review 2013-05-20T06:00:22Z

In Scotland, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe said, simply, “We still don’t know what the future holds.” Spring Culture Fell to Virus. In Oregon, Summer Theater Now Succumbs. 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

He studied at Bristol University and took an acclaimed student revue show to the Edinburgh fringe. Jamie Demetriou: ‘After Fleabag, people demand to see my teeth’ 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

Fruitmarket Gallery, until 9 October Argerich has cancelled her Proms appearance, so Edinburgh international festival will be a rare chance to see this extraordinary Argentinian who performs with Goerner as a piano duo. Dance Marathon aims to exhaust Edinburgh festivalgoers 2011-08-05T17:28:06Z

If these projects come off, committing him to more writing, he is, he says, unlikely to return to Edinburgh next year. Bo Burnham: the teenage YouTube sensation lighting up Edinburgh 2010-08-13T20:11:00Z

“This unique first edition features a remarkable glimpse into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter,” said Richard Lewis, Culture Convener at the City of Edinburgh Council. J.K. Rowling's Annotated Harry Potter Book Will Give You All the Feelings 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

Anyone who was at this year's Edinburgh festival will have their own memories of what thrilled, moved, delighted or just plain bored them. The Edinburgh festival ? how was it for you? 2010-09-06T17:07:00Z

Most Augusts, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe presents thousands of live performances in the Scottish capital, saving some of its most unusual specimens for a subfestival called the Zoo. Direct from Edinburgh: Theaters Are Closed, but a ‘Zoo’ Is Open 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

Well, consider that problem solved: Conaty won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy awards on Saturday, which should impress that tough schoolgirl crowd. Roisin Conaty 2010-08-29T21:16:00Z

Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra began their run of Brahms symphonies in Edinburgh with a performance of the First that was glorious in the end, but not without its ropey moments. LSO/Gergiev – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-21T17:44:01Z

The Edinburgh writers' conference has been slightly superseded in the cultural imagination. How the Edinburgh writers' conference changed the world of literature 2012-08-11T15:58:34Z

That's what I'm thinking about, yet again, in the authors' yurt at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, enviously eyeing up the other writers. Polly Toynbee: What I am thinking about ... envy 2012-08-25T08:08:56Z

We are looking forward to selling more voices in the States because of this, and also it raises the profile of the company and of the work that's done in this field in Edinburgh. New voice for critic Roger Ebert 2010-03-03T13:51:00Z

Buckingham Palace said "he's in good spirits" and family members will visit Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, in the hospital after lunch. Prince Philip in hospital as royals mark Christmas 2011-12-25T12:06:15Z

And “Nirbhaya,” which was first shown in 2013 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, turns what might have been a worthy work of political journalism into an intensely theatrical experience. Review: ‘Nirbhaya,’ a Lamentation and a Rallying Cry for Indian Women 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

Festival plans 'new world' theme The modern-day culture of the "new world" will be explored in this year's Edinburgh International Festival. New world theme at Edinburgh fest 2010-03-17T10:06:00Z

Thomas and Bird's collaborator, Sweet, was named best newcomer at the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Inbetweeners stars get Sky series 2012-02-23T08:28:10Z

In August, I wrote an article in G2 about the lack of political comedy on the Edinburgh Fringe. What happened next? Political comedy 2010-12-27T08:00:30Z

Fluorescent chickens were developed by scientists at Edinburgh University's Roslin Institute, the zoological research organisation responsible for the creation of Dolly the sheep. Genetic modification: glow-in-the-dark lifesavers or mutant freaks? 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

It's hard to avoid thinking about stars in Edinburgh at this time of year. Lyn Gardner on Edinburgh star ratings 2011-08-21T20:59:02Z

Likely to be a huge Edinburgh hit, this heads to the Barbican later in the year as part of Dance Umbrella. This week's new theatre 2011-07-29T23:06:00Z

Manson checked in from Edinburgh, Scotland, just before midnight her time, a week before rehearsals kicked off for the band’s “20 Years Queer Tour,” which starts Tuesday in San Diego. “If we came out now, we wouldn’t have a chance in hell”: Shirley Manson looks back at 20 years of Garbage 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

As that format suggests, “Rich Kids,” which originated as a live stage production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2019, is more interested in the big sociological picture than in the characters themselves. Conspicuous Consumption, Getting More Conspicuous Onstage 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

His enthusiasm for pop, rock and world music may point to a different emphasis for the Edinburgh international festival. A new flavour for Edinburgh festival as Fergus Linehan is appointed director 2013-04-22T10:55:54Z

Search the web and you will find unauthorised events springing up around festivals such as the One-on-One season at BAC in London, or Edinburgh's Forest Fringe. Spirit of the underground: theatre 2011-01-30T23:00:00Z

After acting in repertory and television, Carola returned to Edinburgh and gained her PhD, in 1967, on "the animal style in English Romanesque art". Carola Hicks obituary 2010-07-27T17:33:00Z

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which runs alongside the Edinburgh International Festival, includes more than 3,500 productions in theater, music, comedy, dance, cabaret and other types of performance, and concludes on Monday, Aug. 27. ‘Ulster American’ Wins Edinburgh Theater Prize 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

David Hasselhoff will perform a one-man show at the Edinburgh festival fringe. Seven days on stage: Edinburgh festival fringe gets the Hoff 2012-06-01T14:39:26Z

The appearance of fringe star Camille O'Sullivan in the Edinburgh international festival is another sign of the breakdown of the divisions between the fringe and the international festival. Edinburgh fringe: day 17 on the fringe 2012-08-23T16:05:54Z

The Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh is currently undergoing a major renovation. What’s new in Great Britain for 2020 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Neil Bennett I'm sure I'm the only person in Edinburgh's Meadows Bar who knows comedian Tony Cowards is about to take the stage. Can Twitter wit replace live comedy? 2010-08-09T11:57:00Z

The ballet won rave reviews after its debut at the Edinburgh Festival last year. Live Performance in New York: Here’s What to See This Spring 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

He tells me he saw her for a couple of days after she returned from Edinburgh when I was born. How I met my real father 2010-05-22T23:01:00Z

There's no shortage of creativity, novelty and imagination in UK comedy: this year's Edinburgh comedy award shortlist was the weirdest and most wonderful one yet. Funny men behaving boorishly 2013-01-04T19:00:01Z

One of the more surprising recipients of this award was James Gillespie's High School in Edinburgh, which educated pupils between 11 and 18. Michael Holroyd looks forward to the 2013 David Cohen literature prize 2013-03-01T16:00:02Z

Price's work was chosen from a list of 180 plays submitted from around the world by a panel, which included academics and students from the University of Edinburgh, as well as theatre professionals. Bradley Manning play scoops British drama award 2013-08-06T12:43:17Z

This weekend in Edinburgh, the annual Festival of Politics is hosting a discussion on the interaction between comedy and satire on the one hand, and modern democratic politics on the other. Heard the one about the corrupt, lying politician? 2011-08-25T21:30:03Z

Of course, Edinburgh has always programmed film like this, but the balance looks to have altered; I miss the kind of classy international art film that Edinburgh seems to be avoiding. Edinburgh's festival of non-discovery 2010-06-21T15:50:00Z

The halls of residence for Edinburgh, Napier and Queen Margaret Universities are another great bet. How to save money at Edinburgh festival 2010-07-27T12:21:00Z

In sickness and in health … AL Kennedy at Edinburgh this year. AL Kennedy and the perils of the pen 2012-08-15T17:30:01Z

Before that, last summer, we rented a flat in Edinburgh up on Charlotte Street near Charlotte Square. Exploring Scotland’s Past and Present 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

Even within Scotland, his status is that of a graduate of a Glasgow, rather than an Edinburgh, art training. John Byrne: in from the margins 2011-08-17T15:00:01Z

In his 30 years as a parish priest at Old St Paul's, Edinburgh, in England and the US, Holloway understood the problems of minorities not from religious texts but from personal experience. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - review 2012-07-27T21:55:03Z

Amidst all this hustling, just as in Edinburgh there are performers who believe that the fringe has lost its soul. Combing the Adelaide festival Fringe 2013-03-13T05:35:10Z

Thompson said she would take her 15-year-old daughter, Gaia, to this summer’s Edinburgh festival for the first time to watch a couple of her friends, Lily Bevan and Jessica Butcher, perform one-woman shows. Emma Thompson: sexism in acting industry is worse than ever 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

Like a lot of other events, the sprawling Edinburgh Festival Fringe did not happen last summer. Theater to Stream: Offerings on the Fringe of Edinburgh Fringe 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

The Bongo is closing because Edinburgh University, which owns the site, wants it back to build offices. Rock music under threat as small venues go bust across Britain 2012-05-26T17:37:38Z

There are other exceptions to the rule, such as McAlister Matheson Music, which flourishes just down the road from the Usher Hall in Edinburgh and is the crown jewel of Scotland's classical retailers. Don't let independent classical music shops become a thing of the past 2010-07-28T14:17:00Z

In an airy, elegant bar just around the corner from his flat in Edinburgh's east end, Scott Hutchison is recalling Frightened Rabbit's formative American adventures. Frightened Rabbit: 'We've gone back to brutal honesty' 2013-01-24T17:24:27Z

Malberg is working towards gigs in London and a trip to Edinburgh, and fellow Leicester Festival comedian Pustelnik, 29, now spends a week a month in London for work. Heard the one about the invasion of the Danish comedians? 2013-02-22T09:55:58Z

And it is this imagery that has generated so much academic interest in Alien, said David Sorfa of Edinburgh University. Dr Alien, PhD: the horror classic that academia loves 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

Teenage Riot is at the Drum Plymouth, before going to Edinburgh. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-08-06T09:16:00Z

The thing that annoys me about the Edinburgh Festival is that I'm not going. Beware the cookies: they can cost you money 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

Graham Dickson is the American guitarist and graduate of Edinburgh University who jumps around topless on stage as though he's moonlighting from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Crystal Fighters: Bringing Basque the beats 2011-03-28T20:44:00Z

Indeed, in Edinburgh it can seem like there is a prize for everything. And the award for most awards goes to ... the Edinburgh festival 2010-09-07T13:42:00Z

A View from the Bridge Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh Until 12 FebruaryBox office: 0131-248 4848 He puts such steady heat under A View from the Bridge, it feels ready to boil over at any moment. A View from the Bridge - review 2011-01-17T21:30:00Z

After the Edinburgh festival, Martinez will resume her ongoing battle to build a TV profile. Comedian Francesca Martinez: "Surely I can't be more unfunny than Patsy Palmer" 2011-08-06T23:05:45Z

PublishAmerica, in a message on its website, is telling authors that a "delegation" will soon meet with her in Edinburgh and tell the "Harry Potter" author about some of their books. Rowling rep: US publisher wrong about meeting 2011-08-16T17:16:03Z

To that end Fringe Society personnel travel to numerous cities, New York among them, to conduct information sessions for anyone interested in coming to Edinburgh. World Fringe Congress in Edinburgh 2012-08-26T21:38:54Z

"A festival is nothing but a pop-up, in a way," said Jonathan Mills, the director of the Edinburgh international festival. Edinburgh festival turns back clock 50 years to literary debates of 1962 2012-08-10T15:45:44Z

Modern life teems with the stuff, and this set by the South Shields comic – shortlisted for an Edinburgh Comedy award – rails against the trend. Chris Ramsey ? review 2011-08-25T16:59:37Z

As a member of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, Smith honed his theatrical and comedy prowess with a production of The Tempest in Oxford and shows at the Edinburgh fringe. Mel Smith 2013-07-21T16:12:44Z

Morley, who has worked at the Northcare Suites Care Home in Edinburgh since it opened last fall, began singing regular duets with Mackie in the dining room and hallways. ‘Music takes her back to her happy place’: A woman with dementia is lighting up the pop charts with a pitch-perfect tune 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z

Featuring live stand-up comedy, interviews with top comedians, critics’ top festival picks, comedy gems from Amnesty’s Secret Policemen’s Ball archive and backstage access behind the scenes at Edinburgh’s top comedy venues. Audio: The Amnesty International Comedy Podcast from the Edinburgh festival: episode 4 2010-08-13T10:22:00Z

Sticking with the small screen, the BBC has announced coverage of this summer's Edinburgh Fringe, including an extension from two weeks to three of Radio Scotland's MacAuley and Co. TV executives stifling new comedy, says veteran producer 2013-06-25T13:38:37Z

The show, based on his 2020 memoir, is headed to New York following successful runs earlier this year at Dublin’s Gaiety Theater and at the Edinburgh International Festival. More Than 60 Plays and Musicals to Take In This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

“Six” was one of 3,398 shows at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe — a citywide event that claims to be the world’s largest arts festival. The Making of ‘Six’: How Tudor Queens Turned Into Pop Stars 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Fleabag was turned into a one-woman show, directed by Jones, and won the Fringe First award at Edinburgh in 2013. Phoebe Waller-Bridge: 'I have an appetite for transgressive women' 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z

I've known them both since my first play, Disco Pigs, some 17 years ago, when we were drinking in Edinburgh's Traverse bar and pulling shapes in Stockbridge. Once the Musical: how I fell for its honesty 2013-03-17T17:00:01Z

Later, when you’re in Edinburgh, an ATM offers two options: “Press YES for dollars, NO for British pounds.” Heads up: Defend yourself against 21st-century travel scams 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

“D.C. architecture reminds me of the architecture in Edinburgh where I was raised.” A Weekend Wedding for Steven Mnuchin 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

If it were not for Edinburgh we probably would have quit by now, because in New Zealand you can't really survive doing comedy. Jemaine Clement 2010-08-28T23:05:00Z

In a rather sterile swath of northern Edinburgh, not far from the city center, the property is surrounded by industrial-park-style buildings. An Edinburgh Hotel With a Boutique Sensibility (on Steroids) 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

Neilson shows us the country in a competitive frenzy to buy shares, which ends with Glasgow and Edinburgh in a punch-up. Caledonia 2010-08-22T14:41:00Z

The show went from London to Broadway in the early 90s and has just opened in a new production in Edinburgh. Clarke Peters: 'I was 15 when I first stuck out my thumb and ran away from home' 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

Another, Apphia Campbell, took her solo play “Black Is the Color of My Voice” to Shanghai and Edinburgh, as well as New York. For This Theater Leader, a Mission That Goes Beyond the Stage 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Blipp, the Norwegian comic, said in a telephone interview that he was also nervous about performing in Edinburgh. They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

During that event, Adams recalled, playgoers spoke of enjoying the dim-sum format, of being able to sample theater dishes as at a major international event, such as the annual Edinburgh Festival. Perspective | The world still comes to Washington’s stage 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

The paintings are part of more than 70 works Hockney drew on an Apple iPad and iPhone, and will be displayed across screens in seven cities - London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle. Giant screens across UK bring David Hockney iPad drawings to life 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

This year I’m going to the Edinburgh festival right after. Just Asking: Julianne Brienza of Capital Fringe

Colin Callender We went up to Edinburgh four years ago and sat in a boardroom and talked about fathers and parenting for a while. Why J.K. Rowling Endorsed ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ for the Stage 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

Just before the festival kicked off this year, Stewart Lee attacked organisers of the Edinburgh comedy awards for including an extra, one-off prize for a "comedy god", decided by public vote. Edinburgh fringe hecklers should exit stage left and right 2010-09-03T16:03:00Z

Edinburgh lies two national borders and a seven-hour train journey from where I live in a rural part of Wales. You Have to Let Go to Move On 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

If you are going to read one book before you visit Edinburgh, let it be the unparalleled “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” by Muriel Spark. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

Ms. McCarthy, 48, is in her first year as chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, which organizes and promotes this annual event. Leading the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘I’m Not Intimidated’ 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

A much finer example of modern painting in Edinburgh is Richard Wright's decorated ceiling in the Dean Gallery. Jack Vettriano: postcards from hell 2011-02-11T12:24:33Z

Festivals followed — Edinburgh, Under the Radar— and before long Mr. Mac was commanding the microphone at fancy wingdings rather than hoisting a tray. The Gaudy, Glittery, Gorgeously Subversive World of Taylor Mac 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Anthony Woods It's a big week in the Edinburgh International Festival, which sees hits from all across the world heading to the city. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-08-10T23:05:36Z

The production was a success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a milieu for which its charms seems tailor-made. Theater Review: 'Faith Healer' Casts Its Spell Again 2011-02-22T13:30:04Z

She received a master’s degree with distinction in the history of art, theory and display from the University of Edinburgh. Margaret Walker, Aran Clair 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

My flight to Edinburgh was both a temporary escape from university and a return journey to her. Once upon a life: Caryl Phillips 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z

For this Edinburgh Jazz Festival highlight, Oström's group will explore pumping electronics that power ringing melodies, plus wistful pop or hymnal themes, and a good deal of jazz-rock propulsion and whirling wah-wah guitar. This week's new live music 2011-07-22T23:07:14Z

A good source of recommendations for interesting theatre comment from across the pond, as well as views of his own. @edfringe – The official twitter feed for the Edinburgh festival fringe. Seven days on stage: Edinburgh festival fringe gets the Hoff 2012-06-01T14:39:26Z

Rauschenberg's art seems a dead thing in Edinburgh, but his words live on, as young artists reveal new ways for art to be part of life. Martin Creed's stairway to?heaven 2011-08-01T20:31:00Z

My love of Edinburgh, coupled with the intense heat of the fire, made my face go scarlet. Tim Key's exclusive Ode to the Edinburgh festival 2011-07-29T16:30:00Z

I went to Oxford, then did a postgraduate teaching qualification, and got a job as a history lecturer at Edinburgh University in 1964. Oliver Ford Davies, actor – portrait of the artist 2012-12-18T19:30:01Z

As a prescription for lockdown blues, Edinburgh, Scotland-based Eden offers bread pudding aromatic with crushed cardamom, an homage to Tashkent, long called “the city of bread.” Take a culinary journey with these new travel-inspired cookbooks 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

The festivals’ history stretches back to 1947, when in the aftermath of World War Two, the Edinburgh International Festival was founded to foster reconciliation through art. Edinburgh festivals, including Fringe comedy showcase, canceled 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

We were only a mile outside Edinburgh, but thanks to David, my Norwegian-American boyfriend, and Jurgen, the Norwegian speaker on David’s GPS, I already felt deep into Viking territory. On the Nordic Trail in Scotland 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh Fringe is nearly upon us: it runs from 4 August to 28 August. Please don't read this post about the Edinburgh Fringe site - or click the links 2010-06-29T06:00:00Z

Continuing the Edinburgh international festival's inspirational exploration of Asian performance, this sparkling company brings a galactic energy, despite its small number, to one of the biggest theatres in the UK. Eun-Me Ahn Company ? review 2011-08-21T17:39:01Z

However, the low-key festivities took many in Edinburgh by surprise. UK queen's granddaughter Zara weds in Scotland 2011-07-30T16:21:51Z

Edinburgh bound … George Galloway will appear at Assembly Rooms over the first weekend of August. Edinburgh fringe lineup announced 2013-05-30T13:57:08Z

For years, reading lists of the great universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow were compiled without any of her contributions to the Scottish canon. How Muriel Spark Came Home to Scotland 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

The next few visits to Edinburgh and elsewhere were less and less successful. Lucy Mangan: I'm in Edinburgh and I want to kick something to death 2012-08-24T22:00:00Z

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti: 'I'm not scared' More top stories Edinburgh international Festival looks to the New World | Mark Fisher Dance 3 | Dance review Empty | Theatre review All today's stories Last 24 hours 1. Edinburgh international Festival looks to the New World | Mark Fisher 2010-03-17T09:56:00Z

The Edinburgh International Festival’s core funding is expected to remain at the same level for 2023-24, but, with rising costs and inflation, a standstill budget amounts to a cut. A Violinist Prepares Her Next Star Turn: Festival Leader 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, BBC Arts is providing extensive Edinburgh coverage with live streams, interviews and behind-the-scenes access. Edinburgh 2014: The hot tickets 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

A Scottish study looked at people’s brain waves as they strolled through three sections of Edinburgh — a shopping area, an urban park and a busy commercial district. In a bad mood? Exercise can help. Here’s the best way to do it. 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

Perhaps there’s just too much evil adrift in the atmosphere of Edinburgh to be contained in leaner novels. Val McDermid’s ‘Out of Bounds’ shows how a female detective gets the job done 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

Also the powerfully moving Journey's End, at the King's in Edinburgh until tomorrow before heading for the Theatre Royal in Plymouth. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-03-18T18:48:25Z

Things are so quiet I'm even going to tell you that Starlight Express skates into the Edinburgh Playhouse. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-07-06T14:44:00Z

US Comedian David Sedaris will be performing in Edinburgh from the 16th of August. AUDIO: David Sedaris inspired by airports 2011-07-26T15:22:05Z

One Direction are set to start their later this year, which includes dates in London, Manchester and Edinburgh. Niall Horan in rugby Twitter debate 2014-02-10T15:23:38Z

I'll be around this weekend, but I'm covering the Edinburgh festival for a few weeks so the playlist will be chosen by Paul "New Band of the Day" Lester. Readers recommend: songs about old age 2010-08-05T23:02:00Z

Mr. Linehan officially announced the program in Edinburgh on Wednesday evening. Edinburgh International Festival Embraces Youth at 71 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

“We know it when we see it,” Ms. Kleinhans said a bit vaguely, then gestured toward an Edinburgh Fringe brochure: “Three-quarters of this we know right away is not anything we want.” Connoisseurs in the Theatrical Import Business 2011-08-02T22:02:35Z

Debate will likewise rage at the Edinburgh World Writers' Conference, an event mirroring the notorious 1962 Edinburgh writers' conference, where authors including Norman Mailer and William S Burroughs thrashed out the relevance of literature. Zadie Smith to headline Edinburgh book festival 2012-06-21T08:00:05Z

My Saudi-based father, an incredible surgeon trained in Edinburgh, had two wives in Ghana when he proposed to my mother, his student in Lusaka. Taiye Selasi: "I'm Afropolitan dammit!' 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z

The contrast with the last time the company toured with a full orchestra and chorus, in 1998 to Finland, Germany and Edinburgh, is stark. The Royal Opera on tour in Japan 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z

No. At an event in Edinburgh about Book 6, I started to read the essay part in the middle, and I couldn’t recognize the thinking. “The Duty of Literature Is to Fight Fiction” 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z

Photograph: BBC/Neal Street Productions A stage adaptation of Alexander Masters' bestselling debut novel Stuart: A Life Backwards will help to launch a major new venue at this year's Edinburgh Fringe festival. Stuart: A Life Backwards adaptation to launch new Edinburgh venue at Fringe 2013-05-02T10:14:16Z

Producers are said to have located an area in Canada that will pass for JK Rowling's home city of Edinburgh and will shoot it there. JK Rowling's life story to be made into film 2011-02-18T11:11:04Z

Arthur Smith’s Edinburgh chatshow, in which guests will be required to reach a certain level of intoxication, brings an unusual twist to the format. Edinburgh comedy notebook: why are chatshows so popular with audiences? 2011-08-09T16:46:52Z

A one-woman show on the Edinburgh fringe – heading at some point to London – is a perfect antidote to over-production. One Thousand and One Nights; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; South Pacific; Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs ? review 2011-08-27T23:06:19Z

Tom Cairns's production of The Makropulos Case for Opera North, premiering in Edinburgh ahead of its autumn run in Leeds, updates Janacek's 1926 masterpiece to the early 1960s, where it sits comfortably. The Makropulos Case – Edinburgh review 2012-08-13T18:00:01Z

Along with teaching, he directed Shakespeare in the spring, and every year he would perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, doing plays by A. R. Gurney and Samuel Beckett. Will Sheff: The First Time an Adult Took Me Seriously 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

The similarity lies in the vibrant atmosphere, rather than in Edinburgh's gray weather and Gothic architecture. Lockerbie play draws attention at Edinburgh Fringe 2010-08-06T16:39:00Z

He said the character initially began life on the stage in the 1980s at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Count Arthur Strong switches channel 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

Bibliophiles will never be caught short in Edinburgh. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

The Fringe began in 1947, when a small group of artists was closed out of the more renowned Edinburgh International Festival and decided to do its own thing on the sidelines, hoping to siphon audiences. For Theater Lovers, a City Is the Stage, and a Purple Cow Is a Prop 2011-08-12T22:44:06Z

The 525-mile mistake happened Monday, after an incorrect flight plan was filed, changing the flight path of the London, England flight from Düsseldorf, Germany – where it was originally scheduled to land – to Edinburgh, Scotland. British Airways flight takes off in wrong direction, lands 525 miles away from destination 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

Alexander McCall Smith was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh when he published his debut novel, “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” in 1998, at age 50. Alexander McCall Smith published his first hit novel at 50 and hasn’t stopped. How does he do it? 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

Children at the Scottish children's book awards 2013 shortlist announcement at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. Nine books battle for young readers' vote in Scottish children's book awards 2013-06-25T15:52:58Z

But fans are busily scouring local shops, especially in Edinburgh, where Boards of Canada are based. Does Boards of Canada's record-store clue point to new album? 2013-04-22T10:39:26Z

In the 80s, in Edinburgh, I saw a magic show where the performer was outnumbered by critics. Theatre of the absurd: share your embarrassing audience stories 2013-06-12T09:00:32Z

Such are the many and diverse strands of the craft on show at Edinburgh. An Edinburgh comedy judge's diary: good old-fashioned standup 2010-08-16T09:58:00Z

The older Royals - the Queen and the Duke Of Edinburgh – so derided in the annus horribilis years of the 1990s, became popular again, reaching an apogee in the euphoria of last year's Olympics and Jubilee. Ghost of Diana returns in biopic starring Naomi Watts 2013-06-13T14:53:34Z

Photograph: Stephen Earnhart Right, this is going to be another brief What to See because the main theatrical action is very much still in Edinburgh. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-19T15:30:17Z

The dreamscape I am experiencing is being provided by Belt Up, an experimental theatre collective performing at the Edinburgh Fringe. Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn 2010-08-11T20:31:00Z

Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, until 13 July Alexander CalderThe mobiles of this ingenious American are surrealist, and abstract, and highlights of the 20th century.• Van Gogh's true colours exposed – the week in art 2013-05-03T11:35:59Z

They shave his chest, brush his hair forward and install plastic prostheses around his eyes to make the former Edinburgh milkman look sufficiently oriental. My favourite film aged 12: You Only Live Twice 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

Mrs Solana has travelled to Edinburgh to donate the book to the library. Byron memorial picked up at US church sale 2011-07-07T12:46:34Z

Peppiatt's show, which was a hit at the Edinburgh Festival, is playing for just two nights - Monday, 22 October and the following Monday at the Soho Theatre in Dean Street. Telling it like it is - a rogue reporter and a piece of promenade theatre 2012-10-10T14:01:13Z

Thorne We all met in Edinburgh and as the day developed, we knew we would take the epilogue of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” as a starting point. Why J.K. Rowling Endorsed ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ for the Stage 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

I continued smirking at her, trying to look knowing, and waiting for something odd to happen – as odd things had been happening, courtesy of strangers, for the past hour I'd been in Edinburgh. En Route; Fair Trade; Shakespeare: The Man from Stratford; Up 'N' Under; Odyssey; Poland 3 Iran 2; Beautiful Burnout 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

Philadelphia’s Fringe began in 1997, the same year that the New York International Fringe Festival got started, both of them modeled, loosely, after Edinburgh’s Fringe. Making a Meal of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

She now lives in Edinburgh, but keeps a hand in the shop’s operation. A Critic Sells Books Down by the Seashore 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

When I saw it in Edinburgh, Pearl and Dave struck me as a truer, funnier show. Isy Suttie interview: 'I'd love to work with Victoria Wood' 2012-06-03T17:30:01Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Of the thousands of shows that hit the Edinburgh fringe every year, only a handful end up making a real stir beyond the festival. Beautiful Burnout in the East End 2010-09-20T21:00:00Z

Batteries of cannons in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and other cities fired 41 rounds at one-minute intervals starting at midday. UK’s Prince Philip honored with 41-gun salutes after death 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z

Two years ago, for the same company's production The Factory, Edinburgh audiences found themselves placed in the role of Holocaust victims, shunted from room to room and shouted at. Theatre tickets? Will that be stalls, circle or centre stage? 2010-08-08T15:32:00Z

The panto tradition is strong in Scotland, but you don't look to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre for such fare. This week's new theatre 2012-12-01T00:06:18Z

And Scottish theatre company Grid Iron will present a site-specific work in an unusual venue: the "lunar landscape" of Edinburgh's indoor climbing arena, the largest in Europe. Edinburgh international festival 2013 lineup announced 2013-03-12T12:27:16Z

Of all the artists participating in Festival Promenade, Callum Innes, an Edinburgh resident who shows with a local gallery, could be called the most traditional, with his paintings unashamedly exploring pure abstraction. Edinburgh festival: art comes out of the gallery 2012-08-10T21:54:01Z

What do you like about the Edinburgh book festival? Quickfire interview: Patrick Ness 2012-08-20T15:43:57Z

Before he takes over the breakfast show, he's going to head up to Edinburgh to present a week of programmes from the festival. Can Nick Grimshaw make Radio 1 feel young again? 2012-08-17T22:00:51Z

Big UK names scheduled to tour in the early part of the year include last year's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Russell Kane, evergreen satirical duo Punt & Dennis and hyperactive Mock The Week mainstay Russell Howard. This week's new comedy 2011-01-01T00:05:55Z

Career: Won the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year award in 2004, and performs regularly at the Edinburgh Fringe. Portrait of the artist: Russell Kane, comedian 2010-06-07T21:29:00Z

From 1 August, they'll be taking their show to the Edinburgh Fringe. Poetry show pulls audience of one 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

The main Edinburgh International Festival begins on Friday with a concert at the Usher Hall. Festival begins at Speed of Light 2012-08-09T08:44:08Z

Brave, which will close the Edinburgh International Film Festival later this week, is the the 13th consecutive Pixar release to open at number one. Pixar princess tops US box office 2012-06-25T08:33:11Z

We have performed together before, but we wanted to be in Edinburgh partly because we know how much fun it could be and also as a way of developing as writers or performers. Edinburgh performers bid to reclaim the 'true spirit' of the fringe 2012-08-04T13:23:54Z

Lyn Gardner has an interesting column in today's G2 – is the boom in blogs and pop-up publications introducing grade inflation into reviews of the Edinburgh fringe? Edinburgh festival: week two roundup 2011-08-22T15:29:22Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod Most performers take a day off in Edinburgh. Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh 2011-08-08T20:45:00Z

Callow, 64, made his stage debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 1973. Callow to receive theatre award 2013-10-10T14:59:55Z

When Sassoon first met Rivers, in July 1917, the young poet had been diagnosed with “shell shock” after months of trench warfare and sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh to recover. After Writing About Mental Illness, Kay Redfield Jamison Turns to Healers 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

Never read your own posters ... a phone box on the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh festival. Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh 2011-08-09T20:45:01Z

Oscar winner and Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio visited a cafe in Edinburgh, Scotland on Thursday to raise awareness of the plight of homelessness. Leonardo DiCaprio lunches in Edinburgh to support the homeless 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Through Aug. 29 at various venues in Edinburgh; edfringe.com. At Edinburgh’s Festivals, Big Names and Live Issues 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

The Skinny, which its editor calls 'a collection of voices', is hoping to build on its success in Glasgow and Edinburgh by breaking into the UK market. The Skinny to launch new arts listings magazine in Manchester and Liverpool 2013-01-30T15:22:00Z

And the subtly anglicised Edinburgh accent, which appeared to soften or muddy those monosyllables, encouraged legions of comics and pub bores to think that they, too, could do the voice. Sean Connery at 90: a dangerously seductive icon of masculinity 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

Or the electrician at the door of his Edinburgh flat shouting "Scottish Power." Hannibal Buress ? review 2011-08-12T16:55:51Z

Meanwhile, it sits in the unlikely surroundings of an Edinburgh studio, radiating its subject's unique charisma, a direct physical link with one of modern music's most remarkable figures. Charlie Parker: a genius distilled 2010-03-21T21:30:00Z

So “The Events,” staged to great acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013, has looked to one of the nearest contemporary equivalents, the local choir. Review: In ‘The Events,’ a Shooting Leaves a Survivor in Purgatory 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

About a dozen of the resulting scripts were presented at the Traverse Theater in Edinburgh last summer, and the full collection of 2012 plays was then offered for free download once again. ArtsBeat: Short Plays From Edinburgh Fringe to Run Off Broadway 2012-11-29T19:37:21Z

Photo: Jo Hale/Getty Images With nominations for British comedy's biggest prize, the Edinburgh comedy awards, announced later today, debate over Foster's sponsorship of the gongs is about to reopen. Edinburgh festival comedy endorsements are no laughing matter 2010-08-25T12:41:00Z

His paternal grandmother nurtured his interest in theater by taking him to the Edinburgh Festival — where many of the shows he later directed were performed. Adam Brace, Director of Ambitious One-Person Shows, Dies at 43 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z

Backstage, Edinburgh yielded to the south with a sea of Italians washing around the dressing rooms and up to Noseda’s closed door, where the maestro, in unwonted seclusion, was doing his new PT exercises. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Another theory is that Edinburgh agreed to host the competition after the previous winner declined. Netflix’s ‘Eurovision Song Contest’: Here’s What You May Have Missed 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

He will be a delegate at the Edinburgh international book festival world conference, 17-23 August. In the beginning, there was fan fiction: from the four gospels to Fifty Shades 2012-08-13T16:34:00Z

Senate on a collision course with Scotland's devolved parliament in Edinburgh. Fringe stages father's quest for Lockerbie justice 2010-08-12T16:52:00Z

Danish Dance Theatre, UK tour dates Rambert Dance Company premiere Monolith at Edinburgh Festival theatre, 16 Feb The fact that Britain remains relatively unaware of Rushton is a serious anomaly. Tim Rushton: ballet's boy from the Midlands is back 2011-01-27T13:33:06Z

In his current Edinburgh hour Mark Watson, the pear cider pariah for some right-on comedy fans, laments the exposure his Magner's commercial brought him and confesses he never liked the drink anyway. Edinburgh festival comedy endorsements are no laughing matter 2010-08-25T12:41:00Z

Perhaps it’s because they cut their teeth putting on hourlong shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as opposed to doing short club sets. Can You Love a Stand-Up Special About Loathing? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

Their efforts spawned later zines, scenes, labels and bands in Chicago, San Francisco, Edinburgh and London. Queercore: behind a documentary reliving the gay punk movement 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

He applied for the directorships of the Manchester International Festival and the Royal Lyceum Theater in Edinburgh, and was turned down for both before ending up in opera. A Newcomer to Opera Tries to Tame a Tempest 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

Allen will host a screening at Edinburgh later this week, and gleefully shows off some scenes in his C4 office. Patrick Foster interviews Shane Allen, Channel 4 head of comedy 2011-08-21T17:51:15Z

Hyena, which opened the Edinburgh film festival in June, has also been given a slot. Toronto adds Face of an Angel and Tusk to film festival lineup 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

It's sort of like the Edinburgh festival except it's always sunny, everyone's drunk, it doesn't cost anything and Tim Vine isn't here. SXSW music festival: Iggy Pop, Haim and The-Dream 2013-03-14T15:15:59Z

"The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning" is being performed by the National Theatre Wales at Edinburgh's Festival Fringe from Wednesday to August 25. Bradley Manning play scoops British drama award 2013-08-06T12:43:17Z

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is one of the literary organisations helping to spread the appeal around the world. Writers campaign for Israel-Palestine peace 2012-10-10T15:19:07Z

The EIF, the massive Fringe Festival, Book Festival and Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo combine each August into the world's biggest annual extravaganza of the arts during which the Scottish capital doubles in size. Edinburgh Festival names Irishman Fergus Linehan new director 2013-04-22T16:21:28Z

Truly, it’s hard to imagine a scene more worldly than the teeming streets of Edinburgh. Exploring post-Brexit Britain while the pound is at an all-time low 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

My encounters with him were mainly as editor: first for the quarterly magazine the New Edinburgh Review, to which he contributed poems and reviews, and later for the Times Literary Supplement. Edwin Morgan obituary 2010-08-19T17:23:00Z

It is in Edinburgh, where the movie winds up, that the illusionist becomes disillusioned, but brings off an authentic act of human magic. Film review: The Illusionist 2010-08-19T21:52:00Z

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is from August 7 – 31. This Was Voted the Funniest Joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

BBC director general Mark Thompson is to deliver the keynote address at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival. BBC chief for TV festival lecture 2010-05-04T10:47:00Z

Laing was also a sculptor and created a statue of Sherlock Holmes that stands in Edinburgh and also the Exiles, a statue at Helmsdale that recalls the Highland Clearances in Scotland. JFK assassination pop art displayed 2013-11-21T11:34:09Z

For there in the little garden, surrounded on all sides by the writers' pavilions, was the Edinburgh middle class at repose. How I lost my festival virginity to Howard 2010-08-21T23:09:00Z

In Edinburgh to introduce his book Is That a Fish in Your Ear, he joins Charlotte Higgins along with James Geary to muse on the particular challenges posed by metaphor. Guardian Edinburgh Books Festival podcast: Translation and Metaphor 2012-08-18T09:25:43Z

She thought little more about it until she mentioned the odour to Tilo Kunath, a neurobiologist who studies Parkinson’s at Edinburgh University. 'Super-smeller' helps develop swab test for Parkinson's disease 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh festival was founded in 1947 as an antidote to the austere times after World War Two. Edinburgh Festival names Irishman Fergus Linehan new director 2013-04-22T16:21:28Z

Michael Coveney's top 10 includes London's Wyndhams, the Theatre Royal in Brighton, and the King's in Edinburgh – the latter is truly beautiful, but was apparently designed for people with no knees. What makes the ideal theatre? 2012-05-16T15:49:55Z

Accompanied by a starstruck little girl, an over-the-hill magician treks wearily to Edinburgh, where he hopes to find work and an audience for his old-school entertainment. Pick of the Edinburgh film festival 2010-06-09T21:00:00Z

Gervais indicated in an earlier Edinburgh TV festival interview he would not work for Channel 5. Channel 5 programme chief: why won't Ricky Gervais work for us? 2011-08-27T18:06:00Z

Gallery officials said the neo-Gothic sandstone building was the world's first purpose-built portrait gallery when it opened on Queen Street in Edinburgh's New Town in 1889 to the design of architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson. Scotland's portrait gallery fulfils 120-yr-old dream 2011-11-29T16:39:58Z

Immersive and meditative, perhaps En Route's clearest endorsement is the speed with which you forget how silly you must look lolloping about Edinburgh, all wires and clutched gadgets, scanning for clues. En Route; Fair Trade; Shakespeare: The Man from Stratford; Up 'N' Under; Odyssey; Poland 3 Iran 2; Beautiful Burnout 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

The play premiered at the Edinburgh fringe in 2013, bagged a Fringe First award, went on to have two runs at Soho Theatre, a Bafta-winning hit TV spin-off series and a recent, lauded, off-Broadway run. Fleabag’s Vicky Jones: ‘Porn was the thing that kept coming up ’ 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

Whether to "sell out" or not is a niggling concern for many Edinburgh fringe comics. Edinburgh festival comedy endorsements are no laughing matter 2010-08-25T12:41:00Z

I've done Edinburgh in a theatre context and know how hard it is to play gigs to one man and his dog. O Duo: 'It's not just music. It's visual, too' 2010-09-30T22:25:00Z

The value of Edinburgh is that it is for new art and new expression of new ideas. Edinburgh performers bid to reclaim the 'true spirit' of the fringe 2012-08-04T13:23:54Z

The Elephant House in Edinburgh suffered smoke and water damage after a blaze broke out at the patisserie next door on Tuesday. Fire damages self-described ‘birthplace’ of Harry Potter 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

The author will visit Edinburgh and London followed by French battlefields and the back streets of Paris. JK Rowling to explore French roots 2011-06-27T10:48:45Z

Punk Rock – Harry Potter meets Lord of the Flies meets The Bell Jar – finishes at the Lyric Hammersmith this Saturday before hitting the Sheffield Lyceum next week, and then the King's theatre, Edinburgh. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-09-17T16:05:00Z

This production from the Traverse Theater in Edinburgh, which runs at the Clurman Theater through Jan. 26, is officially subtitled “a play with songs.” Theater Review: ‘Midsummer,’ by David Greig at the Clurman Theater 2013-01-16T20:40:19Z

This is his first Edinburgh visit since 2001, so those who've seen him elsewhere in the UK since may recognise some among the 10 years' worth of jokes he's drawing on. Emo Philips 2010-08-12T15:48:00Z

The star rating system that is now ubiquitous across all cultural criticism began on the Edinburgh fringe. Lyn Gardner on Edinburgh star ratings 2011-08-21T20:59:02Z

Australia, which has competed since 2015, is required to host the contest in Europe if it ever wins, so Edinburgh could be the proxy host for a prior Australian victory. Netflix’s ‘Eurovision Song Contest’: Here’s What You May Have Missed 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

His parents lived in India, where his father was a surgeon, so the children were largely brought up by grandparents in Edinburgh. Alasdair Milne obituary 2013-01-09T19:13:47Z

After previous Edinburgh shows about divorce and the gender divide, her hour-long set this year is looser, without – she wiggles her fingers, pretending horror – a linking theme. Sarah Millican: 'I tell the audience bits of my rude life' 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

Edinburgh galleries, such as Ingleby, are now stalwarts of the art fairs in Basel and Hong Kong. Expanding universe 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

The fuss is about a new competition, created by Foster's lager to promote its sponsorship of the annual Edinburgh Comedy Award. Frank Chickens run 2010-08-25T19:00:00Z

London Zoo's have been hugely successful; Edinburgh Zoo's have sold out. Summer holidays 2013: outdoor events in the UK 2013-07-04T10:07:00Z

This week on Film Weekly we talk to Jason Isaacs about his supporting role in Nick Whitfield's Skeletons, which took the top award at this year's Edinburgh film festival. Audio: Film Weekly unearths Skeletons with Jason Isaacs 2010-07-01T10:41:00Z

Fringe goers shouldn't penalise performers for appearing at Edinburgh Comedy festival venues by boycotting them outright. Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe 2012-07-30T19:00:00Z

The company's planned timeline was that they would premiere at the Traverse Theatre for the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Never give up: what I learned from making a film about making a show 2013-06-21T10:11:59Z

I'm annoyed I won't get to ride an Edinburgh tram and I'm annoyed I won't get to go on the new Fife crossing. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z

On the train to Edinburgh for her father-in-law’s funeral, Angela passed the night in a sleeper with, in her own words, a “very good-looking lover, a painter, called David something.” Review | A tale of the free-spirited women who tangled with Orwell and other literary lions 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Rich Peppiatt's one-man show at the Edinburgh festival is replete with some highly entertaining material in which he turns the tables on tabloid editors. Peppiatt turns the tables on tabloid editors in Edinburgh fringe show 2012-08-03T16:34:00Z

Delivering the annual MacTaggart memorial lecture at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, the second daughter of Rupert and sister of James made clear her differences from both men. Liz Murdoch's MacTaggart lecture: a family affair 2012-08-23T21:55:34Z

Dad would quietly sip a beer at a folk club in Edinburgh, smiling with pride as I sang. Our family's "Dark Waters" story: How my son's first film role and my father's cancer are connected 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z

The group will play Edinburgh Castle's new Tattoo arena on 1 September, and Manchester's MEN arena on 31 August. Arcade Fire reveal details about Spike Jonze collaboration 2011-02-08T13:50:50Z

Two sculptures by Barbara Hepworth have been acquired by the National Galleries Scotland, and installed in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens. £49m of art donated in tax scheme 2013-11-14T10:12:19Z

Rowling lives in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh and will be among about four million voters to decide at a Sept. 18 referendum whether Scotland should end its 307-year tie to England. Author JK Rowling donates £1 million to fight Scottish independence 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

In that category is a production of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” being presented in a theater at Edinburgh University; the original show was presented Off Broadway in 1998. Keeping You Entertained (and on Your Toes) 2010-08-27T22:59:00Z

But at the five-year-old InchDairnie Distillery in Fife, some 30 miles north of Edinburgh, many of the stacked oak casks in the warehouse are filled with a spirit primarily made from a different grain: rye. The Old World Turns to a New World Spirit: Rye 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

“Are you going to start running around Edinburgh naked?” My week at the naked mountain hut 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

This year, he published a prequel, Skagboys, about Renton, Sick Boy and Spud's descent into heroin use in early 1980s Edinburgh. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z

The waxworks of the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry were also dressed in Christmas tops and will be on display throughout December. By royal command, British waxworks get Christmas makeover 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

LONDON.To help commemorate the centenary of the first world war, the relationship between culture and conflict is the broad theme of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival, the director Jonathan Mills announced on Tuesday. ArtsBeat: Edinburgh International Festival Announces Lineup 2014-03-18T10:46:06Z

Last year, he came within a gnat's whisker of picking up the Edinburgh comedy award with an envelope-pushing show that cemented his status as one of the most exciting performers to emerge in recent years. This week's new comedy 2012-08-10T23:05:32Z

Beyond Edinburgh the openings are in short supply, but that doesn't mean that theatre is entirely in short supply. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-12T13:07:17Z

His fellow corporate antagonists, the Americans Rob Delaney and Lee Camp, are also performing at Edinburgh this year, while the campaigning feminist comic Bridget Christie will appear at the Stand Comedy Club. The fringe turns angry as shows plan to deliver a political punch 2013-07-20T11:30:29Z

Marc Dweck, a cardiologist and imaging expert from Edinburgh University, who was not involved in the research, said the simplicity of the technique was exciting. New way of reading scans can predict heart attack risk, research finds 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

The full Edinburgh programme will be unveiled next March. Edinburgh festivals bat eyes at London Olympic fans 2011-11-24T17:35:18Z

Earlier this month, Rankin was elected to become a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Rebus returns after sabbatical 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

He is from the run-down part of Edinburgh where "Trainspotting" is set, though he now lives in Chicago, returning to Scotland for around three months a year. Trainspotting author sees 'bleak dystopia' in real life too 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

It's the same production that won high praise at the Edinburgh international festival in 2008. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-03-19T17:03:00Z

He is made the Duke of Edinburgh on his wedding day. Events in the long life of Britain’s Prince Philip 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

I haven't seen the Edinburgh show, but the Glasgow exhibition is a quirky gem. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

Speaking at the Edinburgh International Book festival on Sunday, he said: "The Booker prize's contention to be an inclusive, non-discriminatory award could be demolished by anybody with even a rudimentary grasp of sixth-form sociology." Irvine Welsh's Booker prize attack makes scant sense 2012-08-21T09:58:32Z

And the migration of sketch acts to solo work – the 2009 Edinburgh comedy award champ Tim Key, formerly of sketch troupe Cowards, is a good example – is having an undeniably theatrical effect on standup. From sketches to standup: the great escape 2011-08-08T20:30:02Z

When she did a production of Of Mice and Men in Edinburgh in 2016, 42 people flew over to watch. Derry Girl Saoirse-Monica Jackson: ‘Yes, we have a harsh sense of humour’ 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z

It was around this period that I became an ardent fan of the local Edinburgh band the Finitribe, whose members often used the symbol of a fish to identify themselves and their fans. Shirley Manson: The First Time I Cut Myself 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

David Nicholls’s “One Day” needs a special mention for its perfect encapsulation of Edinburgh’s university experience. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Rex Features I've seldom seen a theatre audience leave with more bemused faces than after David Hasselhoff's opening performance at the Edinburgh Fringe. An Evening with David Hasselhoff Live – Edinburgh review 2012-08-22T11:18:27Z

It wasn’t until he moved to Edinburgh 10 years ago that he was reintroduced to ceilidh dancing. In Edinburgh, dancing is a great way to reel in new friends 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh until 21 October Ian Hamilton FinlayThe poet and artist whose garden is a national treasure gets a welcome showing in the Edinburgh art festival.• Susan Philipsz guns for glory at Edinburgh festival – the week in art 2012-07-27T11:55:18Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian I was talking to a well-established arts broadcaster when, at mention of the Edinburgh Fringe, he turned to me with an innocent expression and said: "What's the Edinburgh Fringe?" Should Edinburgh's festivals unite? 2010-07-09T16:18:00Z

Take One Action, Edinburgh & Glasgow Want to save the world but not sure where to start? This week's new film events 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z

The awards, named after the maverick alternative comedy promoter who died in 2005, celebrate the "true anarchic spirit of the Edinburgh fringe". Edinburgh is over. But comedy keeps the laughs coming 2012-08-29T09:06:23Z

People keep asking me whether it's a "good Edinburgh". Edinburgh festival: day 15 on the fringe 2012-08-21T15:35:14Z

Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Both Andrew Lawrence and Russell Kane are now probably deserving of that double-edged epithet "Edinburgh stalwart". Who is today's defining comic? 2010-08-20T15:35:00Z

Following a golfing holiday in the Highlands, the star made an impromptu visit to Edinburgh and set about doing the festival. Hugh Grant turned away from Edinburgh comedy show 2012-08-20T12:55:04Z

As usual, the Edinburgh Fringe is a gigantic, eclectic affair. For Theater Lovers, a City Is the Stage, and a Purple Cow Is a Prop 2011-08-12T22:44:06Z

"Almost every Edinburgh I've performed at so far has been painful," he says. Tom Rosenthal: 'I'm quite sort of talented' 2011-08-14T20:45:00Z

In more recent times the trio have also developed a powerful original repertoire and the first of these Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival gigs features a special project incorporating versatile US saxophonist Joshua Redman. This week's new live music 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z

Mills has spent nearly £500,000 constructing three temporary theatre spaces in an exhibition hall next to Edinburgh airport. Edinburgh festival turns back clock 50 years to literary debates of 1962 2012-08-10T15:45:44Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian It's not over until the bearded lady sings in this vaudevillian nightmare that occupies the yawning gap left in Edinburgh by the departure of La Clique. Smoke and Mirrors 2010-08-18T20:30:00Z

Though the titles of both books reveal her ambivalence about the memoir form - she has called them 'anti-memoirs' - she told an Edinburgh audience earlier in the week that she had "a memory like a razor-blade". Janice Galloway 'anti-memoir' is named Scottish book of the year 2012-08-18T08:39:25Z

Finally, let's return to the Edinburgh fringe festival for another internet discovery. Noises off: About The Author 2010-08-18T15:27:00Z

Previous shows were in Cincinnati and the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh. Exploring Daubigny, Through His Influence on van Gogh 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

At the exact time as the international festival, the Edinburgh Fringe will unfurl in citywide venues ranging from theaters to pubs to windowless rooms. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

That is pretty much all scholars know about him, except that he probably was a Scottish immigrant; he inscribed furniture with references to Edinburgh; and he misspelled slogans proclaiming his loyalty to the British crown. Antiques: A Craftsman?s Biography, Carved Into His Furniture 2010-10-07T20:22:00Z

At the time, one of my daughters was studying at Edinburgh University, and I visited regularly. You Have to Let Go to Move On 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

Nicholas Parsons Nicholas Parsons: "People seem to be more relaxed and more friendly" At the age of 23, Nicholas Parsons attended the first Edinburgh Festival in 1947. The insiders' guide to the Edinburgh Fringe 2013-07-30T07:35:47Z

Stemming the inflow of EU workers, as May’s government plans, will be “catastrophic”, Edinburgh says. Can't get the staff: Scenic Highlands at eye of Scotland's Brexit... 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

Edinburgh gets a chance to see 1927's slyly subversive staged graphic novel, The Animals and Children Took to the Streets, which is at the Traverse on Tuesday as part of Manipulate. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-01-28T16:50:48Z

Oh, and Edinburgh international festival, for which tickets go on sale tomorrow. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-03-26T17:25:00Z

August, undoubtedly, when the incomparable Edinburgh International Book Festival takes over the College of Art for a couple weeks, running a fascinating and diverse program with hundreds of events and talks all day long. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

No laughing matter It was comedy’s turn in the spotlight this week at the Edinburgh fringe, with the unveiling of the nominees for the prestigious Foster's Edinburgh comedy awards, formerly known as the Perriers. Seven days on stage ? in pictures 2011-08-26T15:48:27Z

Then, much of Edinburgh's arts intake was made up of the Oxbridge rejects of the English upper middle classes. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z

One of the major art shows of 2013 in Scotland will be an exhibition at Edinburgh's modern art museum called Witches and Wicked Bodies. Witches have always cast a wicked spell over art 2012-12-17T15:09:03Z

Jonathan Mills, director of the Edinburgh international festival. Edinburgh festival director warns against funding cuts 2010-09-07T14:57:00Z

Like many things in Edinburgh, this show is happening in the dead of night. Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn 2010-08-11T20:31:00Z

The Edinburgh Daily News ventured that characterizing her as a folk singer was “a bit like calling Michelangelo an Italian interior decorator.” Jean Redpath, Prolific Scottish Folk Singer, Dies at 77 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

Terry, who is 46, makes his living driving a cab in Edinburgh, but his passion is the pursuit of women. Irvine Welsh is back with another brazen novel: ‘A Decent Ride’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

He continued to appear at the Edinburgh Festival over the years, notably in readings of Robert Burns and in a famous performance of Hugh MacDiarmid's A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle in 1992. Tom Fleming obituary 2010-04-20T18:08:00Z

Pic - Pair of krater vases from the Imperial Porcelain Factory The exhibition will be in Edinburgh from Friday 13 July to Sunday 21 October 2012. In pictures: Capital hosts Russian collection 2012-07-13T09:43:52Z

Speaking from the Edinburgh International Book festival, the children's author Eleanor Updale said of Bawden that "she wrote without patronising or hectoring, treating her readers as clever people who demanded, and deserved, the best." Nina Bawden, author of Carrie's War, dies aged 87 2012-08-22T16:06:25Z

Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, Sat; Canal Mills, Leeds and Camp & Furnace, Liverpool, Sun Two of Edinburgh's more eclectic crews have joined forces for next Thursday's outing at the recently revived Bongo Club. Clubs picks of the week 2013-03-30T06:00:19Z

St. Mary Magdalene sits on Queen Elizabeth II's private estate, which she and the Duke of Edinburgh took over at the beginning of her reign in 1952. Princess Charlotte's July christening pays another tribute to Princess Diana 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

In their room in Edinburgh, Siegfried tells Owen of a night in a trench, when even amid the flares and shells he felt he was already gone. ‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

He is bemused at the hapless Albert's failure to recognise Edinburgh Castle. Cannes 2012: The Angels' Share – review 2012-05-21T19:30:02Z

If it gets any more expensive, Edinburgh may just find that people begin to look elsewhere. Could Latitude's theatre arena steal Edinburgh's show? 2010-07-21T12:43:00Z

The last two are both part of the Traverse season during the Edinburgh festival. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-06-18T14:40:00Z

The recording was made at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh last year. Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos, Christine Brewer (Ariadne) et al, Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Armstrong 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

He has now been persuaded to take a show to Edinburgh after a successful stand-up comedy slot at a charity event last year. John Lloyd makes Edinburgh debut 2013-07-26T07:03:01Z

The Writer's Museum in Edinburgh holds four links of a surveying chain used by Burns while working as an Excise Officer in Dumfries. Robert Burns honoured as surveyor 2012-11-20T13:15:29Z

Davie was a talented musician, learning the saxophone after seeing Coleman Hawkins playing in an Edinburgh record shop. Scottish painter Davie dies aged 93 2014-04-07T15:48:52Z

For Edinburgh, her voice will be heard at atmospheric spots across the city responding to the daily One O'Clock Gun, fired from the castle. Edinburgh festival 2012 preview: the best shows and hottest picks 2012-07-29T18:31:01Z

The Edinburgh Book Festival, which is celebrating 30 years, is the "largest and best-respected literary festival in the world", according to its director. Book festival celebrates 30 years 2013-08-09T23:04:00Z

"Leaving Planet Earth" uses the Edinburgh International Climbing Centre and is already sold-out. VIDEO: Festival show 'leaving planet earth' 2013-08-13T15:55:01Z

He was already dropped by the Edinburgh International Festival and from the Vienna Philharmonic’s five-concert U.S. tour, and his management company said Sunday it will no longer represent him. Munich fires Russian conductor Gergiev for supporting Putin 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

Rona Munro's east-meets-west romcom Pandas is at the Traverse in Edinburgh, while the Head to the Arches showcase of award-winning work is in Glasgow this weekend and at the Traverse from next Thursday. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-04-08T16:53:45Z

In 1987, when I was in Edinburgh and broke my leg playing football. Q&A: Paul Merton 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

I'll concentrate on Edinburgh later this week, but before the festivities begin there are other shows to see, including Metro-Boulot-Dodo's Fib as part of Watch This Space at the National Theatre. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-08-02T12:42:00Z

Fleabag, which originated as Waller-Bridge’s one-woman show at the Edinburgh festival fringe, took home the awards for outstanding writing, best comedy series and best directing. Fleabag and Game of Thrones win big at Brit-dominated Emmys 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

Her brother James, a forester and ecologist who lives near Edinburgh, was visiting. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

So let's go straight to Edinburgh where the international festival plays host this weekend to the world premiere of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and the European premiere of Tim Supple's version of 1001 Nights. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-08-19T15:30:17Z

Mr. Doig has an exhibition of paintings and drawings opening in August at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh that will travel to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in the winter. ArtsBeat: Basquiat Painting Draws Top Price at Christie’s 2013-06-25T23:22:55Z

I think not, but of course that's what thousands of actors do all the time on the London fringe, in Edinburgh during the festival, and in other small shows across the country. Should actors work for free on the fringe? 2013-07-11T16:38:40Z

A punchy dance performance at the Edinburgh Fringe shines a rare spotlight on Caitlin Thomas, whose husband Dylan was one of Britain's greatest 20th century writers, and the brutal self-inflicted torture of an alcoholic relationship. 'Caitlin' gives voice to Dylan Thomas' widow in violent UK dance drama 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

The early scenes of his childhood in the turn-of-the-century Old Town are so evocative of a certain slice of Edinburgh’s history, and Boyd’s prose is a joy to read. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

So it is in Edinburgh we arrange to meet. Nica Burns: queen of Edinburgh comedy 2011-08-26T11:45:01Z

London may lay claim to Baker Street, but Edinburgh is where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is said to have dreamed up the eccentric detective—purportedly based on one of Doyle’s medical school professors. 8 Travel Itineraries for English Literature Lovers 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

This is Speed's first performance back in Edinburgh, having left the city in 2002 to live and work in Japan before settling in Liverpool, and will be the first time she has not taken part. Edinburgh festival: art comes out of the gallery 2012-08-10T21:54:01Z

Also in Edinburgh, the Manipulate festival continues at the Traverse in Edinburgh. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-02-08T15:48:00Z

It's no secret that many of the young comics performing up in Edinburgh are doing so with the ambition of making the leap quickly from stage to plasma screen. Edinburgh comedy notebook: TV is making comedy better ? and worse 2011-08-26T14:38:24Z

A year after she won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award, Christie's latest show combines self-satire with an examination of gender equality and sexism. Edinburgh 2014: The hot tickets 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

I’ve been a goalkeeper since I started playing football at the age of five with the local boys’ team in Edinburgh. 'Your ego has to be left at the door': the secret life of the understudy 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

His first destination was the inn and restaurant 2 Quail, in Dornoch, on the eastern coast of the Highlands, about four hours north of Edinburgh. Q&A: A Base for Exploring Scotland 2010-04-15T16:00:00Z

It played at the Bristol Old Vic, with Paul Chequer as Tommo, and afterwards at the Edinburgh Fringe and then London. War Horse: adapt and survive 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

The boy was enthralled by the colorful posters plastered all over the city advertising upcoming shows in the Fringe, the scrappy sidebar to the highbrow Edinburgh International Festival. At Edinburgh Fringe, Small Shows With Big Ambitions 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z

Reflecting the architecture of its Old Town, Edinburgh is linked with a great deal of Gothic fiction. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

The material on this UK tour will be used in Darby's show at the Edinburgh festival fringe, sure to be one of the highlights. This week's new comedy 2012-06-29T23:05:24Z

Terrific – and fully deserving of being shortlisted in this year's Edinburgh comedy awards. Pappy's: Last Show Ever – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-22T14:26:35Z

Once again, there is an Edinburgh art festival that co-ordinates a rich variety of exhibitions. Edinburgh festival 2011: stand by for a smorgasbord of surprises 2011-07-26T14:26:58Z

After playing a set at the Latitude festival this weekend, Philips will be preparing for a run at this year's Edinburgh festival fringe. If you enjoyed those Peter Kay one-liners, they were probably written by Emo Philips 2010-07-09T23:14:00Z

On the day of their recent Edinburgh show, the band popped into the blog's HQ to record four tracks, which are now available to download for free. Click to download: A sea of C90s 2010-04-15T22:30:00Z

It has appeared everywhere from the Southbank Centre to the Edinburgh festival. Children's theatre: top marks for entertainment | Andy Field 2010-03-25T16:42:00Z

Beneath South Bridge, Cowgate, Edinburgh until 4 September 'One of the most striking medieval sculptures in Britain' ... Magritte, Monet and Tracey Emin ? the week in art 2011-08-26T08:00:01Z

Certainly it serves that purpose although, as is true of many such scripted works, she began honing it onstage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette” and the case for quitting comedy 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

The company began life almost 10 years ago, and spent their first years creating the kind of fun, clownish shows that do well at the Edinburgh fringe. Theatre and youth unemployment: Tangled Feet call for revolution 2013-06-24T17:41:19Z

Everyone benefits from the perception that The Edinburgh Comedy festival is the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe 2012-07-30T19:00:00Z

Rapping, drunkenness and "Star Wars" are some of the twists given to William Shakespeare's plays at the Edinburgh festival this year, marking the 400th anniversary of his death. Fair and foul: Shakespeare in many guises at Edinburgh Festival 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

The freedom of being here, and seeing the other shows at the Edinburgh fringe, is like nothing they've ever experienced before. What are all these American high school students doing in Edinburgh? 2010-08-17T08:11:00Z

Goldman is appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 15 August. Beach holiday tragedy 2011-08-05T22:01:58Z

But Simon Groom, director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, who oversees “Generation,” said he only became aware of “Pacific Standard Time” after he had started organizing his own initiative. Space Pod Alights at the Serpentine Gallery 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Having opened in Toronto, the show now takes its place in Edinburgh. One Thousand and One Nights ? review 2011-08-22T12:34:36Z

It's the only place in Edinburgh to get a decent falafel. Eat and drink Edinburgh: readers' tips 2010-08-02T13:43:00Z

Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, the National Library of Scotland offers a Burns Poetry Grand Slam on Friday, which mixes performance poetry with Scots food. This week's new events 2013-01-19T06:00:20Z

The table was soon littered with copies of the Edinburgh Fringe program, news releases on individual productions and the beginnings of the spreadsheet that will guide them to dozens of shows. Connoisseurs in the Theatrical Import Business 2011-08-02T22:02:35Z

In Edinburgh, people identify with the quality of the school they attended; in Glasgow, it’s their soccer-team allegiance. Glasgow surprises with art, design and culture 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

“She’s always been treated with such hostility and suspicion and actually just barefaced misogyny for the last 500 years,” O’Farrell told The Associated Press from her home in Edinburgh, Scotland. Maggie O’Farrell’s Shakespearean ‘Hamnet’ wins Women’s Prize 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

With her Central Asian travels on hold, author Caroline Eden has been making more-modest trips, to buy fresh curry leaves and other ingredients at a shop by the largest mosque in Edinburgh, Scotland. Take a culinary journey with these new travel-inspired cookbooks 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

Hermann is in Edinburgh as one of two authors published in the launch season of a new imprint, Clerkenwell Press. Fatal attraction 2011-08-26T11:04:47Z

But his biographer Christopher Bigsby, speaking at the Edinburgh international book festival, defended the author of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Arthur Miller: why America lowered the curtain on his reputation 2011-08-19T18:17:25Z

Muriel Spark recalls her early years at James Gillespie’s High School for Girls, in Edinburgh, and writes about the teacher who inspired “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” Sunday Reading: School Drama 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z

“I was rewriting it and learning it at the same time, and I thought: This is crazy. I feel like I’m doing a one-man show in Edinburgh,” he said. Benedict Cumberbatch Just Crossed the Last Role Off His Bucket List 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Edinburgh is about taking a big breath in and going: "OK, it's time to think of the work." Brendon Burns, comedian 2012-08-07T16:51:02Z

Together they formed musical groups that mixed percussion, vocals and comedy, and after experimenting with one-off performances using only brooms and garbage bins, they premiered “Stomp” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1991. Farewell to ‘Stomp,’ a Show at the Beating Heart of New York 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

Word of her sex work spreads through Edinburgh “like clotted cream on scones fresh out of the oven.” She Survived a Tough Childhood. Then She Met Jeffrey Epstein. 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

The first year I was in Edinburgh in 1999 I got six parking tickets. Alex Horne, comedian: Edinburgh festival Q&A 2012-08-06T13:30:01Z

But it’s not just Boyle who is keen to revist the 1996 film about a gang of heroin addicts in 1980s Edinburgh. Danny Boyle Is Planning on a 'Trainspotting' Sequel for His Next Film 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian Comedy rapper Doc Brown opens with a prank, pretending to be the kind of gold-toothed, macho hip-hop star that Edinburgh audiences would probably hate. Doc Brown 2010-08-08T14:45:00Z

Wood was also a regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival and frequently headlined at comedy clubs. Comedian Jason Wood dies aged 38 2010-02-23T13:44:00Z

Amazon underlined its ambitions in TV by announcing significant new shows at Edinburgh. Amazon TV hints at significant expansion into sport broadcasting 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

He will take small groups around Edinburgh on unusual outings ranging from an early morning walk to a blindfold tour and a communal nap in a park, as well as the Rose Street pub crawl. Edinburgh festival: art comes out of the gallery 2012-08-10T21:54:01Z

Places such as Edinburgh or Oxford or LA seemed to have stronger identities. A life in writing: Mark Billingham 2012-08-03T21:55:08Z

Here in Edinburgh, there are some big names dabbling in musicals. To see Edinburgh's best musicals you must look beyond the stars 2010-08-26T11:59:00Z

Lewis returned to film-making in 2002 with Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat, which premiered at the Dead by Dawn horror film festival in Edinburgh. Splatter king Herschell Gordon Lewis dies aged 87 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

Restoring a train route that once shipped Scottish tartan, tweed, wool and coal, the new Borders Railway in Scotland, opened last week, aims to boost tourism in the Scottish Borders region south of Edinburgh. Air and Rail News: A Scenic Train in Scotland, Boston-Westchester Flights 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

The Edinburgh festival is 'powered by an unholy cocktail of creativity, blind hope and beer'. How do you survive the Edinburgh fringe? Don't drink 2012-08-15T12:04:17Z

Now 59, he's speaking about the memoir at the Edinburgh book festival and – while he's long left that ranting standup alter ego behind – bibliophiles may discern revolutionary fury behind the avuncular, man-of-letters persona. Alexei Sayle: How?Stalin stole my?childhood 2011-08-11T20:00:02Z

We are never told why the Glasgow lad of “Found Wanting” settles for the solicitor, who carries him off to Edinburgh, instead of writing back to the lonely crofter’s son. A Booker Prize Winner Takes On First Love and — Just Maybe — Hope 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

The following year, she was nominated as best newcomer in the Edinburgh comedy awards for her debut solo show. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

The Royal Family’s website featured a black-and-white portrait of the prince, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh. Britain mourns Prince Philip; leaders honor service to Queen 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

Audiences will know him as an Edinburgh Fringe comedy award winner, a music video director and also as the socially inept Maurice Moss in the hit TV series The IT Crowd. Ayoade takes helm in Submarine 2011-03-15T08:38:48Z

It's best not to count the costs of living in Edinburgh for the whole of August. The Edinburgh fringe: why did I do it? 2010-08-13T08:00:00Z

And Edinburgh comedy award-nominees Idiots of Ants were garlanded as the best sketch or character act, which isn't very exciting but reflects the fact that their new show is the funniest yet. Chortle awards: did we strike comedy gold? 2010-03-24T12:06:00Z

Secret marriages between master and servant, dark melodrama, disease and death are part of a story where the starring role belongs to the city of Edinburgh itself. This week's new theatre 2011-01-22T00:06:52Z

He is doing shows in Edinburgh and London this summer, in which he does skits on Knight Rider and Baywatch, sings songs from his albums and conducts a jokey Q and A with the audience. David Hasselhoff: 'If we have to go with the Hoff to pay the rent, let's go with the Hoff' 2012-08-05T19:00:01Z

Critics have described the show that premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland in 2012 before transferring to London as "witty, quirky" and a "delicious political satire." 'Clinton: The Musical' gets U.S. debut at NY theater festival 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

Holly Rumble is performing her show One Minute Birdwatching in Princes Street Gardens - the public park in the shadow of Edinburgh castle. Edinburgh Fringe's unusual venues 2012-08-07T07:09:30Z

For the festival finale, at a concert, more than 400,000 fireworks will be launched into the sky above Edinburgh Castle. Edinburgh International Festival, Under New Director, Sets Lineup 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

I've been on a bit of a festival tour this summer, performing at Hay, Ways with Words and most recently Edinburgh. Book festivals bring out the brains in Britons 2010-08-18T10:22:00Z

Fellow Hollywood actor George Clooney visited a sister cafe "Social Bites" in Edinburgh last year. Leonardo DiCaprio lunches in Edinburgh to support the homeless 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

The Edinburgh Fringe website is the only source of comprehensive and accurate information about every show taking place each August. Please don't read this post about the Edinburgh Fringe site - or click the links 2010-06-29T06:00:00Z

Hayward Gallery Project Space, SE1, Wed to 19 Sep Martin Creed, Edinburgh A series of office chairs are stacked, or rather precariously balanced, one atop another, in order of their diminishing size. This week's new exhibitions 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

Davina McCall will embark on an extreme endurance challenge for Sport Relief, attempting to run, swim and cycle 500 miles from Edinburgh to London. Davina to go 'Beyond Breaking Point' 2014-01-27T12:58:49Z

Educated at the Edinburgh College of Art, Mr. Davie served in an artillery regiment during World War II, after which he painted while earning a living as a musician and a jewelry maker. Alan Davie, Painter With a Global Bent, Dies at 93 2014-04-17T03:18:03Z

As the Edinburgh festival fringe gets underway, which are the shows to see and to avoid? Edinburgh festival: day one at the fringe 2012-08-06T15:42:24Z

Schwab had traveled to Los Angeles from Edinburgh, where she lives, for the premiere of “First Kill,” the Netflix series based on her short story of the same name. In ‘First Kill,’ Hunter and Prey Fall in Love 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

It is one of a dizzying array of offerings at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which runs through Monday and includes more than 2,000 presentations of theater, music, dance and comedy. Keeping You Entertained (and on Your Toes) 2010-08-27T22:59:00Z

Mark Watson's day-long comedy shows, at previous Edinburgh festivals, worked in exactly the same way. There's more to the Edinburgh festival than one-hour wonders 2011-08-15T15:32:13Z

Herman Koch will be appearing at the Edinburgh International Book festival on 24 August. The Dinner by Herman Koch – review 2012-08-17T21:45:05Z

This year alone, Art Fund members have helped save the Staffordshire hoard, install Antony Gormley's 6 Times in Edinburgh and buy the first Picasso for a Welsh public collection. Letters: Philanthropy and arts funding 2010-07-14T23:05:00Z

Expect Vaseline on the nipples, hair ruffling, bottom patting, plenty of laughs and your chance to find out exactly what Amnesty International will be doing this summer in Edinburgh. Audio: The Amnesty International Comedy Podcast from the Edinburgh festival: episode 2 2010-08-09T12:33:00Z

The hourlong show received positive reviews in Edinburgh. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Leo' to Gravitate From Edinburgh to New York 2011-08-26T13:52:34Z

Edinburgh is a photogenic city the whole year round – but when its streets are filled with performers and revellers from across the globe at festival time, it really becomes a photographer's dream. Add your Edinburgh festival pictures to our Flickr group 2010-08-10T16:19:00Z

If you're an American author and you want a gig at the Royal Court or buzz in Edinburgh, obey the three V's in portraying Americans: venal, vulgar, violent. Why doesn't Broadway love Enron? 2010-04-29T11:33:00Z

"It's been incredible," said Andrew Burns, leader of Edinburgh's city council, adding that he had "never experienced anything like it". Yes or No, Edinburgh hotels and bars win big in Scottish vote 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

One step at a time ... the Observer's Tom Lamont experiences En Route in Edinburgh. Walking theatre must look where it's going 2010-09-20T16:21:00Z

And now, at 38, she's an Edinburgh favourite, as well as a regular on Radio 4 comedy shows and such TV programmes as Live at the Apollo and Have I Got News for You. Shappi Khorsandi: the last laugh 2011-08-10T20:30:02Z

The Royal Botanic Gardens are one of the marvels of Edinburgh, so it's great to see them increasingly being used during the festival period. This week's new theatre 2011-08-12T23:08:37Z

While Trump’s matrilineal ancestors were farming in rural Scotland in the 18th century, a minister and professor named Hugh Blair was in Edinburgh writing about taste. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

She will be discussing her latest, Mudwoman, at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 20 August. Joyce Carol Oates, writer – portrait of the artist 2012-08-14T19:59:01Z

Warwick and Edinburgh kicked off this year's contest, but I can't remember who won. Last night's TV 2011-07-04T20:59:01Z

It emerged at the Edinburgh fringe a couple of years ago with Stationary Excess and debuted at the NT this summer. This week's new theatre 2012-11-17T00:05:34Z

Edinburgh is the first stop on the media calendar following the general election, and the MacTaggart will once again set the agenda for the weekend. BBC chief for TV festival lecture 2010-05-04T10:47:00Z

Burch took this show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

Thus was born the Edinburgh festival fringe: defiant, independent and very much counter to the arts establishment. Edinburgh fringe 2013: are the big names stealing the show again? 2013-07-29T12:06:00Z

Russell Kane Three years of three a week plus two Edinburghs. The comedians' guide to the Edinburgh festival fringe 2011-07-29T23:04:00Z

In Edinburgh, the National Trust for Scotland's Gladstone's Land features an ice cream parlor linked to the dairy which stood there in 1904. The strange history of ice cream flavors, from brown bread to Parmesan and paté 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z

Their guests this time around will include Catherine Cohen, who won the best newcomer award at this summer’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

What this speaks to in Edinburgh is the SNGMA's exceptionally strong body of dada and surrealist art, stretching back to Duchamp, Ernst and Magritte. From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D Daskalopoulos Collection – review 2012-12-23T00:06:37Z

The show they finish today is called Internal which caused quite a stir when performed at Edinburgh in 2009. Adelaide festival 2013: week two 2013-03-14T08:39:42Z

But with the launch this weekend of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – which runs alongside the city's cultural celebrations of books, film and the arts – it is the word "fringe" that is causing big problems. Edinburgh performers bid to reclaim the 'true spirit' of the fringe 2012-08-04T13:23:54Z

Kath Mainland, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said: "This promises to be the most exciting and exhilarating Fringe yet." Record number of shows at Fringe 2012-05-31T12:17:52Z

Speaking in Edinburgh at a debate on the future of the novel, Miéville said that just as music fans remix albums and post them online, so readers will recut the novel. China Miéville: Writers should welcome a future where readers remix our books 2012-08-21T18:15:42Z

But now an unprecedented number of big names in showbusiness are to take the challenge one step further by facing Edinburgh fringe audiences in a series of intimate, temporary venues. Edinburgh fringe: A-listers arrive for a renaissance of live theatre 2011-08-06T18:49:17Z

"Clinton," which was presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2012, is a comedy that imagines two Bill Clintons -- one an uncouth rube from Arkansas, the other a beloved president of the people. Musical about Bill Clinton coming to New York 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

Addressing young directors at the Edinburgh festival fringe, Tiffany urged them to "radicalise and revolutionise" and use any means possible to attract attention to their work. Black Watch director had feared the play would be a 'turkey' 2010-08-18T16:00:00Z

While performers ready themselves for Edinburgh's fringe, international and home-grown companies will be taking over Stockton for a fiesta of large-scale spectacles, street theatre and small shows. Stockton International Riverside Festival, Liolà, King Lear: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z

You get a lot of them at the Edinburgh festival, armed with pamphlets and they haven't seen any shows. Connolly's work marked with Bafta 2012-12-11T07:02:41Z

Their full Scottish breakfast, an essential experience when visiting Edinburgh, is almost definitely the finest in the city. Eat and drink Edinburgh: readers' tips 2010-08-02T13:43:00Z

At Jupiter Artland, outside Edinburgh, until 18 September British Art Show 7Last chance to see the Edinburgh showing of this grab bag of where it's at. Toulouse-Lautrec, Mantegna and Therrien ? the week in art 2011-08-19T08:00:00Z

The simple fact is that your client's Edinburgh residence is public knowledge; she even publicises this fact on her own website!!! JK Rowling author offer denounced as 'completely false' 2011-08-19T12:36:19Z

Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the world's largest arts festival and attracts artists and visitors from around the globe. Lost in translation: Fringe comedy 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

The kids loved the shortbread and bath toys awaiting them in our room, and the hotel’s prime location — a short walk to Edinburgh Castle and adjacent to Waverly Train Station. How to plan your family’s first international vacation 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

At Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 4 August until 9 October Mystics or Rationalists?Is conceptual art a cerebral questioning of language, or something more enigmatic? Vel?zquez, Christian Marclay and the Brighton Pavilion ? the week in art 2011-08-05T11:36:14Z

Mr. Arden spent a year in the Army and then studied architecture at Cambridge and at Edinburgh College of Art, where he began writing plays. John Arden, British Playwright, Dies at 81 2012-04-03T18:15:07Z

The Hunt and Darton cafe is a pop-up cafe in the centre of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Fringe's unusual venues 2012-08-07T07:09:30Z

And another show, You Wouldn't Know Him, He Lives in Texas, uses Skype to link performers and audiences in Edinburgh and Austin, Texas. Alma Mater: Click here for tonight's show 2011-08-08T21:15:01Z

She had a flight back to Edinburgh that evening, while I had a whole day to hang out in Salzburg before going back to Los Angeles via Berlin. My week at the naked mountain hut 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

This year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe guide is once again filled with these unusual venues - and many more. Edinburgh Fringe's unusual venues 2012-08-07T07:09:30Z

It is more successful in Edinburgh than it was in London. Van Gogh to Kandinsky; Edvard Munch: Graphic Works; Picasso and Modern – review 2012-08-04T23:05:38Z

Once, before I was an art critic, we were at Edinburgh and wandered into the Stills Gallery. Edinburgh festival 2011: stand by for a smorgasbord of surprises 2011-07-26T14:26:58Z

At the heart of “Generation” is a three-part free exhibition in Edinburgh at the Scottish National Gallery, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Space Pod Alights at the Serpentine Gallery 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

He gigged at Reading and Edinburgh; appeared on the BBC's Lily Allen and Friends. Beardyman interview 2011-03-20T00:05:18Z

One step beyond … Fresh from singing at the closing ceremony of the Olympics, Suggs put on an engaging one-man show in Edinburgh. Solo Suggs, soliloquising soldiers: the performers who go it alone 2012-08-30T09:25:00Z

The Boy With Tape On His Face, Coventry & Edinburgh These days, you wouldn't normally expect to find a mime artist on the bill at a comedy club. Comedy picks of the week 2010-04-02T23:12:00Z

Later we discovered that the Duke of Edinburgh liked a bottle of ale with his state banquet. Rewind TV: The Lady Vanishes; It's Kevin; Our Queen – review 2013-03-23T22:45:01Z

This year, they become the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy award. Brian Logan on the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy award 2010-06-02T20:45:00Z

Here's your chance to work for the British Council Sarah Kenchington's interactive Wind Pipes for Edinburgh. Reekie pipes, blue cocks and drone warfare – the week in art 2013-07-26T13:36:58Z

Edinburgh International Book Festival director Nick Barley said the shortlist "reflects the high quality of contemporary poetry". All-female shortlist for inaugural Edwin Morgan prize 2011-07-08T10:57:26Z

At a rooftop party overlooking the busy Grassmarket area, with Edinburgh Castle looming above, several festival leaders talked about the challenges of raising funds and trying to expand their audiences. World Fringe Congress in Edinburgh 2012-08-26T21:38:54Z

Once Warhol's UK agent, d'Offay's Brillos now took centre stage at a retrospective staged by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh to mark the 20th anniversary of Warhol's death. Warhol's box of tricks 2010-08-20T23:03:00Z

Over 10 years, Prospect appeared at eight Edinburgh festivals, mounting 16 productions, 13 of them presented in London. Toby Robertson obituary 2012-07-08T17:28:50Z

“I’m the self-proclaimed Minister of International Gymnastics Development,” Holt jokes over the phone from Edinburgh, where he is now the coach of the Men’s Scottish National Team. Pommel horses and protesters 2012-08-25T12:00:00Z

But for many, if not most, it takes many years and many Edinburgh shows before they hit their full stride. An Edinburgh comedy judge's diary: putting the hours in 2010-08-13T16:05:00Z

Edinburgh Castle and Chester Zoo are the only other non-London attractions in the top 20. British Museum tops UK visitor sites 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

The fringe has already been under way for a week; on Saturday it is joined by the Edinburgh international festival and the Edinburgh international book festival. Edinburgh festival turns back clock 50 years to literary debates of 1962 2012-08-10T15:45:44Z

She wanted to run away to Costa Rica or another warm country but could only afford a ticket to Edinburgh. Renate Reinsve Steps, Reluctantly, Into the Spotlight 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

Photo: Robert Day The final performance of Michael Pinchbeck's hugely entertaining two-hander, The End, a piece that is supposedly his goodbye to theatre, can be seen at the Pleasance in Edinburgh this morning. This week's new theatre 2011-08-26T23:06:09Z

And, after starring in a stage play in Edinburgh and London earlier this year, Gråbøl is indeed heading back to the small screen early next year – and in a UK series to boot. 'Fortitude', Sky Atlantic, First-Look Review: Sofie Gråbøl Leads A Chilling, Gripping Winter's Tale 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

In 2006, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh began putting together a major Warhol retrospective. Warhol's box of tricks 2010-08-20T23:03:00Z

We were shooting in Greyfriars churchyard in Edinburgh, I was standing under an umbrella and the film unit was all around, and it was a public thing. ArtsBeat: More 'Brigadoon' Than 'Trainspotting': Craig Ferguson Brings 'Late Late Show' to Scotland 2012-05-14T13:05:32Z

The Edinburgh international festival and its cheeky alter ego, the fringe, are joined by 10 other specialist festivals to turn Scotland's capital into the most lively cultural city in the world, particularly in August. Directing the Edinburgh international book festival: Nick Barley 2011-08-12T21:55:15Z

What with the Olympics, summer holidays and Edinburgh International book festival, it's been a while since I have put up a new blog. Tips, links and suggestions: What you are reading today? 2012-08-21T16:05:56Z

As far as she was concerned, she was never anything but “Edinburgh.” How Muriel Spark Came Home to Scotland 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

It's not unusual for people to do 100 gigs in a month just at the Edinburgh Festival. Taking a stand: when stand-up comedy turns ugly 2013-06-09T06:07:02Z

Last year's intriguing Edinburgh hit, Reykjavik, a forensic love story, goes into the Roundhouse. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-07-29T16:45:04Z

The Africa in Motion Film Festival in Edinburgh aims to introduce Scottish audiences to the brilliance of African cinema and to overcome the under representation of African film in British cinema-going culture. BFI hands out ?371,000 for audience development projects 2011-08-11T09:27:56Z

It had its premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe three years ago, in a damp, disused bank vault, having begun as 10 minutes of material written on a whim for a comic storytelling night. Being ‘Fleabag,’ From Stage to TV and Back Again 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

So rather than insist upon the uniqueness of each festival, maybe we should just enjoy the cheek-by-jowl variety of the Edinburgh experience? Should Edinburgh's festivals unite? 2010-07-09T16:18:00Z

It would also give me a chance to appraise exactly what I thought about Edinburgh. Tim Key's exclusive Ode to the Edinburgh festival 2011-07-29T16:30:00Z

And now they are taking over the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. Witches have always cast a wicked spell over art 2012-12-17T15:09:03Z

Several acts from that are putting shows on in Edinburgh. In Edinburgh, Fringe performers weigh in on Scotland's independence choice 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

Of course, Edinburgh itself is a great gay-friendly city – and the owners gave us great tips on bars and spots to visit. LGBT-friendly cities, hotels, restaurants and clubs: readers’ travel tips 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

The 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe has officially begun with more than 3,000 shows catering for a wide range of tastes. Dinosaur videobombs Frank Skinner 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

The artist who won the Turner prize by turning lights on and off, and last year choreographed a ballet at the Edinburgh fringe, is now releasing a single and video. This week's arts diary 2011-01-18T22:31:01Z

Edinburgh marked a return to form; the company went on to perform “La boheme” and the Verdi Requiem, to full houses and glowing reviews. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Where we are in the Pentlands feels fairly remote on a windy day, but it is only a bus ride from Edinburgh town centre. Faster, higher, longer: how female ultra-athletes started to beat men 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Roger's Glastonbury appearance is part of a tour of Britain and Ireland that includes shows in Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin and Edinburgh, before a return to U.S. performances. Kenny Rogers may quit overseas tours after Glastonbury 2013-06-24T14:04:35Z

The galleries said that "Diana and Callisto" would go on display in London from Thursday and that in the future they would take turns showing the paintings in London and Edinburgh. British galleries buy Renaissance masterpiece 2012-03-01T13:01:04Z

The Edinburgh invitation was a sign that people are noticing; the opening night of “Macbeth” was sold out.  Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

The actor, who played the Duke of Edinburgh opposite Foy’s Queen Elizabeth II, said efforts need to be made to create a level playing field. Matt Smith on The Crown pay gap: 'We should be paid equally' 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

“They are just amazing, so down to earth and people’s people who bring everyone together,” said Amanda Scott, from Edinburgh. UK's Prince Harry and tartan-clad Meghan wow Edinburgh 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

Last March, I proposed in Edinburgh by a ruined abbey that overlooked a swan-filled loch. Leap year brides: the women who popped the question on February 29 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Throughout this piece, a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Mr. Sobelle unpacks these containers and also his life story. Theater Listings for Oct. 31-Nov. 6 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

China Miéville at the Edinburgh international book festival, where he called for a uniform, blanket salary for writers, novelists and poets equivalent to the 'wage of a skilled worker'. China Miéville: Writers should welcome a future where readers remix our books 2012-08-21T18:15:42Z

Gathered together on a cold and wet backstreet in Edinburgh, we renegotiate our relationship to the guide and by extension the city around us. Walking tours are the real fringe theatre 2010-12-20T11:38:27Z

The auction house claims that Sir Jimmy once picked up the Duke of Edinburgh from Aylesbury railway station in this car. In pictures: Jimmy Savile auction 2012-07-27T07:44:21Z

Well, I guess it does involve Edinburgh, so perhaps it's all right. TV review: Wild About Pandas 2012-02-10T18:15:58Z

Cartoon de Salvo is a company that has always used music as part of its storytelling, and in Edinburgh Little Bulb has led the way, including with the hugely successful Operation Greenfield. Edinburgh festival: day 14 on the fringe 2012-08-20T16:11:32Z

“The barbershop is a safe space that every Black man needs,” Tommy J. Curry, a professor in philosophy and Black male studies at the University of Edinburgh, said in a recent video interview. For Hurvin Anderson, the Barbershop Is Haven and Inspiration 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

He also drew laughter from the Edinburgh audience when he revealed: "We kept playing the same episodes of Trisha for two years and nobody noticed." Channel 5 programme chief: why won't Ricky Gervais work for us? 2011-08-27T18:06:00Z

Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, was taken from the royal family's Balmoral estate in Scotland to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on the advice of his physician. Buckingham Palace: Prince Philip taken to hospital 2012-08-15T16:02:11Z

In June each year, the Filmhouse is home to the Edinburgh international film festival, the world's oldest continually running film festival and a veritable hub of celluloid culture and industry activity. Cine-files: Filmhouse, Edinburgh 2013-01-08T14:26:09Z

Here they are: the best 10 jokes of the Edinburgh fringe. Forget Edinburgh's funniest joke award. Have you heard the one about the Amused Moose? 2012-08-21T16:10:27Z

Meanwhile, those badly missing Wagner and One Direction should check out The X Factor Live Tour, coming to every arena you can name from 19 Feb. August sees the return of the Edinburgh International Festival. This week's new events 2011-01-01T00:05:57Z

Soon after Ms. Smith arrived to Edinburgh, they started texting, which progressed into video chatting. A Hologram Delivered the Toast 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

In 2006 your comedy style changed when you did an Edinburgh show in which you spoke publicly for the first time about being gay. Stephen K Amos: 'I used to joke I'd have to wait for Lenny Henry to die before I could get on TV" 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z

Skip the urban, beaten path — London, Edinburgh and so on — and drive the countryside. Where to get away from your fellow travelers 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

You can catch Teenage Riot at the Drum in Plymouth before it heads to the Traverse in Edinburgh. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-08-06T09:16:00Z

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Saturday, and will perform – alongside all the nominees – at a special Edinburgh comedy awards show the following day. Revealed: six acts in the running for 2012 Edinburgh comedy award 2012-08-22T19:07:48Z

Mollica recounts this seminal moment in his one-hander, “Solo: A Show About Friendship,” which was at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer and is now making its Off Broadway debut at SoHo Playhouse. What to Do in New York City in November 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

Prof Hamish Wallace, a paediatric oncologist in Edinburgh, has witnessed the huge change in his field. 'It gives you hope': the fight to save the fertility of children with cancer 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z

Now approaching its sixth year as one of Edinburgh's busiest club nights, Four Corners was devised by the architects of Scottish clubbing institutions Big Beat and Edinburgh's premier jazz happening, Departure Lounge. Clubs picks of the week 2011-01-08T00:06:22Z

Photograph: Koestler Trust One of the highlights at this year's Edinburgh festival is the Arts by Offenders exhibition. How a little praise in prison can go a long way 2010-08-24T15:00:00Z

That’s the glory and also the slight hitch of “Just for Us,” which opened on Monday after runs in London, Edinburgh, Washington and Off Broadway. Review: A Jew and 16 ‘Nerf Nazis’ Meet Cute in ‘Just for Us’ 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z

And fans of the subversive Australian cabaret performer and Edinburgh favorite Meow Meow will be happy to know that she will be doing a festival-long run of late-night shows this year. Edinburgh Festival to Feature Zinnie Harris Works and a New Alan Ayckbourn Play 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

Now they're back with their award-winning 2011 Edinburgh festival sellout, Mission Drift, a musical about the pioneer spirit and how capitalism built the US. The Team: a theatre company who specialise in bursting American bubbles 2013-06-04T18:30:02Z

The august Edinburgh International Festival is not immune to an epidemic of Shakespeare fever that seems to be erupting worldwide in 2016, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Edinburgh Festival to Feature Shakespeare and a 'Menagerie' Return 1462-02-28T05:00:00Z

He eventually landed a job on the staff of Late Night with Conan O'Brien and made his name in the UK at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2003, winning the Perrier Award. Demetri Martin is ready to return to the treadmill of TV stand-up 2012-09-29T16:40:00Z

The Wheel The National Theatre of Scotland has no input into the Edinburgh International Festival programme this year but it does have two shows on the fringe as part of the Traverse Festival season. This week's new theatre 2011-07-22T23:08:04Z

Such is his presence that in last week's Edinburgh Gang Show at the King's, he was repeatedly name-checked. Critical distance is a far-off fantasy 2010-12-01T12:46:00Z

Photograph: Alex Healey for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Edinburgh festivals, an intense and exhilarating brew of operas and comedians, symphonies and street acrobats, is now underway. Edinburgh festivals funding: see what they get, before the cuts bite. Full data 2010-08-16T07:00:00Z

What might once have been a modest memory-play that picked up awards on the Edinburgh fringe, has now been expanded into a two-hour piece that leaves one begging for less. Third Finger, Left Hand – review 2013-04-05T11:00:21Z

Edinburgh art festival, Edinburgh from 2 August until 2 September Callum Innes This Edinburgh painter works with light to illuminate the underside of a beautiful bridge.• Susan Philipsz guns for glory at Edinburgh festival – the week in art 2012-07-27T11:55:18Z

It will also be at the glorious Forest Fringe in Edinburgh in August. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-07-12T16:03:25Z

The monarch, the Duke of Edinburgh and other close family members attended. Princess Beatrice marries in private ceremony at Windsor 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

The former Edinburgh police detective remains one of crime fiction’s crankiest, most interestingly complex figures: hard drinking, chain-smoking, dogged — and incapable of playing nice with his superiors, respecting the rules, or staying out of trouble. Detective John Rebus returns 2013-01-24T23:29:57Z

Saving Brinton screens at the Edinburgh international film festival on 22 and 23 June, and at the ICA, London, on 26 June. How did some of cinema's greatest films end up in an Iowa shed? 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

The filmed version for the retrospective was shot in 2019 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. A Decade of Puppets in Organized Chaos 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

His funding of a chair of parapsychology at Edinburgh University in his will, earned him, as his compatriot Stephen Vizinczey put it, the reputation of a "loony". Koestler: The Indispensable Intellectual by Michael Scammell 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z

But in Edinburgh, he said, “you really need a lot of good material.” They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

Fringe Review, which reviews in London, Edinburgh, Brighton and internationally, uses a combination of theatre practitioners and journalists. Five stars in their eyes: can you trust unpaid theatre critics? 2010-09-02T13:57:00Z

I saw it in Edinburgh at the Traverse and loved its heart-on-sleeve generosity. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-04-16T14:56:00Z

Yet when Chomet's animated "camera" takes off for a swirling, overhead shot of a lovingly realised Edinburgh, the effect is dashing, breathtaking, even weirdly moving. Film review: The Illusionist 2010-08-19T21:52:00Z

Bo Burnham is shortlisted for the Edinburgh best comedy show award. Burnham on award shortlist 2010-08-25T13:45:00Z

The tough stance on Edinburgh’s saunas would bring the city into line with the more stringent approach taken 50 miles away in Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city. Edinburgh to end sex in saunas 2014-01-07T13:45:00Z

Sadly, the perception exists among agents, fringe-goers, and even performers, that Edinburgh Fringe festival shows outside the Edinburgh Comedy festival venues are invisible. Stewart Lee: the slow death of the Edinburgh Fringe 2012-07-30T19:00:00Z

And so, in a genteel Edinburgh house, Robert Bruce’s unmarried brother and sister, both very proud and very fearful, were left to tend their brother’s secret. Family history: the shifting secrets of our genealogies – in pictures 2013-01-21T13:49:00Z

In Your Face Theater’s immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel, set among heroin users in Edinburgh in the late 1980s, features nudity, violence, strong language and an intimate encounter with the worst toilet in Scotland. 7 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

Edinburgh audiences, judging by a packed and cheery Usher Hall, seem to agree. RSNO/Den?ve ? review 2011-02-01T18:05:46Z

By 1990, he was well enough established, doing impressions for the ITV show Spitting Image, and on the Edinburgh fringe, where he was supported that year by the then little-known Frank Skinner. Steve Coogan: older, wiser, but as for his alter ego… 2013-07-27T23:05:40Z

That evening, Michaela Coel, a rising British TV star, was invited to address her colleagues at the prestigious Edinburgh International Television Festival. Michaela Coel Puts Herself Together in ‘Misfits’ 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z

The best bargain is from Birmingham on Virgin, which this week was still selling returns to Edinburgh for £33. The Edinburgh festival on less than ?50 a day 2010-08-05T13:52:00Z

The philanthropist Carol Tambor takes in the Fringe every year and awards a Best of Edinburgh prize, which includes a fully financed Off Broadway run in New York the following winter. Connoisseurs in the Theatrical Import Business 2011-08-02T22:02:35Z

Dougie grew up in Edinburgh in the 1950s, and never felt a sense of belonging. ‘I gulp back feelings of regret’: how I found my long-lost sibling 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z

Photograph: universalnewsandsport.com I have just come back from four days at the Edinburgh Festival. Lucy Mangan: I'm in Edinburgh and I want to kick something to death 2012-08-24T22:00:00Z

The online community of booklovers was entranced by the gradual revelation of a series of book sculptures by an anonymous artist, left in various Edinburgh institutions in celebration of "libraries, books, words and ideas". Edinburgh's mysterious book sculptures go on tour 2012-07-31T16:21:18Z

But, after major summer events across Europe like the Edinburgh and Bayreuth festivals were canceled in recent weeks, many of those dates now seem uncertain at best. The Coronavirus Derails Marina Abramovic’s Maria Callas Opera 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

Edinburgh's art festival has revealed its 2014 programme, with 40 exhibitions showing in 30 of the city's museums and galleries during August. Art festival programme launched 2014-03-13T11:52:12Z

Edinburgh Castle Pub, a longstanding host for readings. A Book Lover?s San Francisco 2010-12-04T05:00:00Z

The show — produced by the Joyce, the Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theater of Scotland — boasts a large creative team with impressive credits on Broadway and the West End. Review: From His Letters, the Dark Side of a Man of Letters 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z

Inside, red carpet and panelled walls generate a very Edinburgh kind of propriety. How Muriel Spark Came Home to Scotland 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

Last summer, Edinburgh Airport recorded its busiest August ever, with 1.47 million passengers passing through. At Edinburgh Festivals, Climate Awareness Comes at a Cost 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

Neilson still has family and friends in Edinburgh, but says he feels disconnected from Scotland, having lived in London for two decades. Alistair Beaton and Anthony Neilson: double trouble 2010-07-27T20:31:00Z

Indeed, he was producer on Penny Woolcock's extraordinary documentary One Mile Away, about gang culture in Birmingham, which won the Michael Powell award at Edinburgh a year ago. Trailer Trash 2013-06-22T23:05:35Z

They will be joined by other works from Edinburgh when the show travels to the de Young in San Francisco and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. Masterpieces From Scotland Visit the Frick 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z