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Fringe Review: Alison Larkin, Grief… A Comedy

Alison Larkin grips the audience with this production, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★★ Alison Larkin was adopted from America by an English family and grew up...
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The Good Books, Lydia Travers: ‘Agatha Christie and anyone from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an inspiration’

Lydia Travers on her love of historical novels, her favourite books of the year so far, and being inspired by Agatha Christie.   The first...
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Fringe Review: Nina Gilligan, Goldfish

Ailsa Bath finds Nina Gilligan 'achingly relatable and effortlessly funny' in her performance Goldfish. ★★★ Nina Gilligan's Goldfish was a humorous meander through the life...
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Scotland’s language: Scottish authors help contribute to Doric’s revitalisation

By Marisha Worsnop The brilliant thing about language is that it’s in control of the speaker. Change, variation, and innovation are all at the hands...
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Fringe Review: Rouge

Jeremy Welch samples the circus for grown-ups, with the award-winning Australian circus cabaret sensation Rouge. ★★★★ Rouge is an Australian production with a professional and...
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Journeys: The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has returned to amaze crowds once again with this year’s show, Journeys. Providing all the artistic fanfare that Tattoo fans...


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