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Fringe Review: Juliet Cowan – F*ck Off and Leave Me Alone

Richard Bath heads to Juliet Cowan's comedy debut which delivers a part teenage confessional, part middle-aged rallying cry. ★★ You know you've attained true Marmite...
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Fringe Review: Shitty Mozart

Richard Bath finds proof that 'just because you can, it doesn't mean you should' at this one man show. ★★ The premise of this show is that...
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Fringe Review: Adults Only Magic Show

Richard Bath heads out for an adults-only night of magic and comedy. ★★★★ Short version: I really enjoyed this, and it was comfortably the best...
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Slave to the rhythm: Scottish Colourists, J. D. Fergusson

The most progressive and cosmopolitan of the Scottish Colourists, J. D. Fergusson expressed his national identity and love of sensual pleasures in dynamic modern paintings...
Manran at The Mound

Mànran kick off the takeover of Edinburgh Mound throughout the Fringe Festival

Trad supergroup Mànran has kicked off the takeover of Edinburgh’s Mound throughout the Fringe Festival. Hundreds of Scots piled onto the Mound on 1 August...
Lyon & Turnbull's Head of Jewellery, Ruth Davis FGA DGA, with The Abernethy Pearl. Credit: Stewart Attwood.

Largest Scottish freshwater pearl in living memory to be sold at auction

Scotland’s largest freshwater pearl, the largest in living memory, is going under the hammer - and could fetch £60,000.  Discovered in 1967, the Abernethy Pearl,...


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