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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh Fringe was making me feel bleak – until I went on a hunt for joy
Robin Ince

The Edinburgh Fringe was making me feel bleak – until I went on a hunt for joy

Robin Ince is making the finding of joy a relentless preoccupation
Comedian Glenn Moore on the importance of unimportance: 'Let's get boring'
Comedy

Comedian Glenn Moore on the importance of unimportance: 'Let's get boring'

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
Robin Ince

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out

Original Willy Wonka actor on viral AI disaster, fame and value of pure imagination
Theatre

Original Willy Wonka actor on viral AI disaster, fame and value of pure imagination

Dylan Mulvaney on womanhood, identity and why there's so much on the line in the US election
Comedy

Dylan Mulvaney on womanhood, identity and why there's so much on the line in the US election

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Comedian Chloe Petts: 'Dear internet trolls – I'll wear whatever I like'
Chloe Petts

Comedian Chloe Petts: 'Dear internet trolls – I'll wear whatever I like'

'It makes a good punchline': Meet the Edinburgh Fringe comedians playing their neurodiversity for laughs
Comedian Meave Press will perform at the Edinburgh Fringde
Edinburgh Fringe

'It makes a good punchline': Meet the Edinburgh Fringe comedians playing their neurodiversity for laughs

Taylor Swift is showing just how bad Edinburgh's housing emergency really is
Taylor Swift
Alison Watson

Taylor Swift is showing just how bad Edinburgh's housing emergency really is

'Performing at three festivals in three days is a fitting end to Fringe month'
Robin Ince on a wooden stage
Robin Ince

'Performing at three festivals in three days is a fitting end to Fringe month'

I am brimful of love and excitement at the Edinburgh Fringe
Greyfriars Bobby statue
Robin Ince

I am brimful of love and excitement at the Edinburgh Fringe

'I exist as two people': Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity
Peyvand Sadeghian as a child in Iran
First person

'I exist as two people': Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton's Edinburgh Fringe
Comedian Paul Merton ahead of his improv show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Interview

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton's Edinburgh Fringe

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’
Ruby McCollister in a flowing white gown, for her Edinburgh debut
macabre cabaret

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’

Edinburgh Fringe should be affordable for all – acts and audience alike
A packed Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland, UK
Robin Ince

Edinburgh Fringe should be affordable for all – acts and audience alike

‘I criticise Israel because I love it, not because I hate it’
Itai Erdal in new play Soldiers of Tomorrow
Opinion

‘I criticise Israel because I love it, not because I hate it’

Harold Shipman murdered my grandmother. Now I’m playing him onstage
First person

Harold Shipman murdered my grandmother. Now I’m playing him onstage