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Brian Cox calls on Scots to speed up push for independence ahead of rally

ACTOR Brian Cox has called on Scots to speed up the push for independence at a major rally in Edinburgh this weekend.

The National (Scotland)

‘Frustrated’ Scottish student stranded at airport overnight amid travel chaos

Drama student, Matthew Creed, 26, had to sleep in Amsterdam Airport after his flight was cancelled.

The Independent UK

‘I need to have a big party and show off!’ Edinburgh comedy award-winners reveal what’s next

For the first time ever, both the ‘Oscars of comedy’ have gone to standups with South Asian heritage. So what do the two performers who set the fringe alight have planned? Lots of boasting, finds our writer

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Monarch of the Glen painting moved to new spot in gallery ahead of opening

The new galleries at the National in Edinburgh open on September 30.

The Independent UK

More Scots flights from Edinburgh and Glasgow cancelled amid travel chaos

More Scottish flights – including from both Edinburgh and Glasgow Airport – have been cancelled this morning after yesterday's air traffic…

The National (Scotland)

'It feels like home': Inside the Scottish housing co-op keeping rents below £400

“One of the things I’m most proud of is we participate in our local area. We’re not ‘that commune down the street’. Our neighbours like…

The National (Scotland)

Totem pole begins ‘rematriation’ from Edinburgh to Nisga’a nation in Canada

Indigenous group requested return of House of Ni’isjoohl memorial pole from National Museum of Scotland

The Guardian - UK

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Edinburgh Festival organisers celebrate success of ‘vital’ Fringe

Performers and audiences from around the world flocked to Edinburgh for the event.

The Independent UK

Was it worth it? Edinburgh fringe acts give their verdict on the festival

As the curtain falls on this year’s fringe, we ask performers and producers how it was for them

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry criticised as ‘shambolic’ before it begins

The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry will officially begin on August 28 with its first preliminary hearing at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.

The Independent UK

Travel chaos kicks off bank holiday weekend as British Airways and easyJet cancel dozens of flights

Exclusive: Thousands stranded overnight, with some easyJet passengers from Rhodes routed back to Gatwick via Edinburgh and Bristol

The Independent UK

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No! review – Indian standup makes an endearing debut

Material about Hindu-Muslim relations aside, this award-winning performer’s gags covers familiar confessional ground, delivered with engaging skill and grace

The Guardian - UK

The Edinburgh fringe is just another choking canary in the toxic national mine

But if I’m going to watch the Britain I loved expire slowly, I’d rather do it from the top of the Royal Mile in August

The Guardian - UK

Ahir Shah arrived at Edinburgh with a work-in-progress but leaves as comedy champ

The Edinburgh comedy award-winning show Ends is a superb set about Shah’s grandfather, the standup’s imminent wedding and multicultural Britain

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Edinburgh festival fringe: Ahir Shah’s Ends wins best show at comedy awards

32-year-old comedian whose set explores race, class and migration becomes first British-Asian to take prize

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Oslo Philharmonic/Mäkelä; Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou – review

Usher Hall; The Queen’s Hall, EdinburghKlaus Mäkelä leads skilled versions of Sibelius and Mahler, while Yuja Wang brings warmth and Ravel and Andsnes and Chamayou tackle Schubert and Kurtág

The Independent UK

Travel chaos kicks off bank holiday weekend as British Airways and easyJet cancel dozens of flights

Exclusive: Thousands stranded overnight, with some easyJet passengers from Rhodes routed back to Gatwick via Edinburgh and Bristol

The Guardian - UK

Phil Ellis’s Excellent Comedy Show review – helter-skelter hour of fun

The Edinburgh comedy award nominee dials up the silly to 11 as he delivers a series of shambolic gags

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‘I used to get in role by harassing my girlfriend’: the risky brilliance of playing anti-woke characters

Edinburgh fringe comics portraying cancelled standups and rightwing politicians talk about the dangers and successes of their satire

The Independent UK

Train strikes and cancelled flights spell Bank Holiday travel chaos

Thousands of passengers affected by BA cancellations at Heathrow and easyJet disruption at Gatwick

The Independent UK

How to spend a day in Portobello, Edinburgh’s swinging seaside suburb

Quirk and elegance are balanced in this beachside stretch of Scotland’s capital, where Suzy Pope discovers an on-trend food scene, convivial drinking dens and plenty of places to shop

Evening Standard

Edinburgh Fringe 2023: the best theatre and comedy coming to London

For Londoners unable to make it to the biggest arts festival in the world, here’s our guide to our favourite shows travelling to the capital

The National (Scotland)

Met Office issues yellow thunderstorm warning for parts of Scotland

The Met Office warning is in place for North East and East of Scotland including Aberdeenshire, Fife and Edinburgh.

Evening Standard

Thousands of bank holiday travellers have flights cancelled on busiest day of year for airlines

Disgruntled passengers report missing weddings and birthday celebrations

The Independent UK

Travel chaos kicks off bank holiday weekend as British Airways and easyJet cancel dozens of flights

Exclusive: Thousands stranded overnight, with some easyJet passengers from Rhodes routed back to Gatwick via Edinburgh and Bristol

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