2 w. ago Edinburgh Festivals diary: How Scottish are the festivals and how Scottish should they be?

The Edinburgh International Festival was almost based in Oxford

Politics

2 w. ago Festivals diary: How financial fairness is a reoccurring theme of this year's Fringe

Performers have raised issues over fairness in the Fringe

Politics

2 w. ago Festivals diary: Why everything is broken and one comedian's famous heckler

Eva Victor told the Edinburgh International Film Festival is was not her first time in Edinburgh in August

Culture

3 w. ago Kate Copstick's Festival Diary: 'None of this really matters'

Scotsman comedy critic Kate Copstick shares her thoughts on what does - and doesn’t - matter at the Fringe.

Politics

3 w. ago Edinburgh Festivals Diary: Spot the famous spouse as new shows come to town

Spot the celebrity at new shows starting at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Culture

3 w. ago Festivals diary: Baby Reindeer producer on why performers should put on shows in the smallest venue possible

Industry figures gathered at Shedinburgh to hear from a panel of veteran producers

Culture

3 w. ago Festivals diary: Why working Fringe is like training for the Marathon des Sables, and flies in the Spiegeltent

The heat makes the Fringe an endurance

Sport

3 w. ago Festivals diary: Where does a magician get his rope and a case of mistaken identity

A new rope supplier is being sought

Politics

4 w. ago Edinburgh festivals diary: the divided Fringe means we must celebrate the weird and wonderful grassroots

Guest diarist Kate Copstick is exasperated at the divided Fringe but eventually finds her happy place

Culture

last month 10 best festival essentials to buy now for August 2025 – from tents to power banks

Still got a festival left in your 2025 diary? From Boardmasters to Reading, here’s the kit that’ll keep you dry, charged and comfortable without blowing your budget.

Economics