Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

FOUND: 5 - You Need To See This

Four Walls and a Roof review – fascinating tale of Brecht, the red scare and today’s émigrés

Rabih Mroué and Lina Majdalanie explore the playwright’s life, and their journey from Beirut to Berlin, in an absorbing show at the Edinburgh international festival

The Guardian - UK

The Last Drop review – everything is rotten in this dark domestic comedy

Dante Passarelli’s play, part of the Edinburgh fringe’s São Paulo Showcase, is an atmospheric hour borrowing themes from Hamlet

The Guardian - UK

Sturgeon’s SNP book comments were a ‘mistake’, says Flynn

The former Westminster leader was asked about the comments at the Edinburgh Fringe event the Political Party with Matt Forde.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘I don’t even drink whisky’: Scotland reels in visitors as much of Europe swelters

More direct flights from North America and, say tourism chiefs, Highland warriors and Tartan Army have helped

The Guardian - UK

From Tony to Jungle: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Dominic Sessa plays Anthony Bourdain in a fun biopic, and the ever-danceable UK funksters are back with a sun-dappled new album

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Down the road from the Edinburgh fringe … a true local tradition of costume and whisky

South Queensferry, West Lothian: The Burryman procession is one of Scotland’s most remarkable customs – and a changing of the guard is about to occur

The Guardian - UK

Police Scotland warns ‘robust security’ needed to stop attacks on AI datacentres

‘A great deal of public opposition is likely’ to a proposed datacentre near Edinburgh, the force says

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

88 Pieces Of Architecture You Might Love If Modern Buildings Aren’t Your Thing

There was once a time when we could only put together simple shelters from materials like mud and stone. But as the centuries passed, we developed better tools, learned new skills, and became much more ambitious with what we could make. At some point, architecture became a real art form.…

Bored Panda

Vile statues, writhing liquorice and kids marooned online: Edinburgh art festival review

From queer narratives to secret histories, this year celebrates the underground and the unheralded. Our writer uncovers so many stories, he feels like Columbo

The Guardian - UK

Another Queen Elizabeth grandchild appears set to give up royal titles as Royal family reveals his future plans

Buckingham Palace has seemingly confirmed that James, Earl of Wessex, the youngest grandchild of the late Queen Elizabeth II, will not be taking on his royal titles as an adult. The 18-year-old son of Prince Edward and Sophie, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, has earned the necessary grades from…

The Times of India

A critical mauling: Brian Logan on comedy critics being portrayed as horrible snobs

Two Edinburgh fringe shows feature savage send-ups of reviewers. Is this petty revenge or do they have a case? Our writer finds one ‘a hoot’ – and thinks the other let him off lightly

The Guardian - UK

Count Binface announces Edinburgh Fringe show after Clacton by-election success

Count Binface is set to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe for one night only following his most successful by-election result yet

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh Fringe AI posters prompt fear over 'collapse' of design industry

EDINBURGH is covered in posters showcasing the thousands of Fringe shows taking place this month. Some of these, however, have not been made by…

The National (Scotland)

Midsummer! review – Suri Noelle sparkles in a frisky Dream at the Edinburgh fringe

A lusty adaptation by Avenue Q’s co-creator is performed with verve by Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s daughter and her fellow students

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Volcanic raunch hits Edinburgh, blooms sweep Brussels and Henri does the can-can: the week in art

Edinburgh art festival erupts with Del LaGrace Volcano, Belgium lays down a marker for public art and Toulouse-Lautrec captures a dancer

The Guardian - UK

Post your questions for Robert Carlyle

Bond villain, Begbie, male stripper … the Trainspotting and Full Monty star has played everyone from Sherlock Holmes to Rumpelstiltskin. As his latest directorial project premieres in Edinburgh, he is here to answer your questions

Marie Claire

Duchess Sophie Updates Her Summer Uniform With a Fresh Paisley Shirt Dress and a Zara Tindall-Approved Raffia Strathberry Bag

The Duchess of Edinburgh beat the heat in a breezy new midi.

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh international film festival showcases a Scottish industry in rude health

This year’s festival is superpowered by a strong year for Scottish cinema, showing it can thrive under the ‘four dimensional perpetual catch-22’ of global ambitions

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Woman & Home

Prince Edward wanted two wives 'in a perfect world' - and the reason is actually heart-wrenching

The Duke of Edinburgh's ex-partner Ruthie Henshall has reflected upon the royal's sad confession in her memoir

The Economic Times

In 1847, a Scottish obstetrician showed the world the use of a vital medicine while helping women during childbirth and making surgeries safe and painless, changing the course of medical science forever

In 1847, a Scottish obstetrician showed the world the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic during childbirth and surgery. Sir James Young Simpson tested the substance with colleagues in Edinburgh and later used it to reduce pain. His work helped spread anaesthesia in medicine and changed how doctors approached childbirth…

Evening Standard

Scots contend with clouds to catch glimpse of rare solar eclipse

More than 90% of the sun was obscured throughout Scotland at the peak of the eclipse.

The Independent UK

What time to watch the solar eclipse in Scotland

The fullest solar eclipse for the next 50 years will appear over Scotland on Wednesday evening. The Met Office says that those living along the west coast, including Glasgow, and on the Western Isles will see the most coverage in the country, with between 92 and 94 per cent of…

The Guardian - UK

‘Houses with long histories are magical’: David Olusoga on the home history show that’s gripped the UK

At first, I worried that only historians would find A House Through Time compelling. But its appeal is so enduring that fans of the show stop me in the street to ask when they can watch more

The Guardian - UK

From sensation to spectacular, to silence: the strange history of Coleridge-Taylor’s Song of Hiawatha

Chances to hear Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s choral masterpiece in concert are rare. Ahead of its belated Edinburgh festival premiere with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, we look at the epic work - and its epic baggage

International Business Times UK

Former British Army Translator Jailed for Raping 'Intoxicated' Teen After a Night Out in Edinburgh

Abdul Nabizada, an Afghan translator for the British Army, was sentenced to seven years for raping a teenager in Edinburgh. The incident highlights the importance of safety during nights out.

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the University of Edinburgh

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.