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‘I’m not saying we won’t make mistakes’ – violin sensation Nicola Benedetti on becoming EIF’s first female director

She was leading an orchestra at the age of eight and won Young Musician of the Year at 16. What is the virtuoso’s vision for Edinburgh international festival? Audiences moved to tears and bagpipes going global

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‘Turning off our blast freezer until summer’: how UK firms are cutting energy costs

From an ice-cream factory weighing up closing for three weeks over Christmas to a bistro now only open for bookings

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Eamonn McCabe: a consummate sports photojournalist

The former Observer picture editor died last week, but his work will continue to be seen and admired by friends and the public

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‘A growing machine’: Scotland looks to vertical farming to boost tree stocks

Hydroponics unit can produce saplings six times faster than it takes to grow them naturally outdoors

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Scotland’s defenders of the seas: the volunteers standing up for sea life

An unofficial network of fishers, divers and scientists are banding together to stop illegal fishing and curb coastal destruction

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The Edinburgh fringe is too long, too expensive and too gruelling. It must change or die

I’ve spent my whole professional life loving and writing about the fringe. But rocketing rents, a lack of diversity and its overwhelming scale are pushing this world-class cultural crucible to crisis point. No wonder artists are asking themselves: is it worth the candle?

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The Palmerston, Edinburgh: ‘It’s a great dinner’ – restaurant review

Invest in yourself at the Palmerston in Edinburgh if you are banking on having a good time , says Jay Rayner

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How to say the unsayable: the comics tackling anti-‘woke’ trolling

While debates about cancel culture rage on at Edinburgh, a trio of performers are critiquing ‘edgelord’ humour, while still remembering to be funny

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A ‘love rat’, a shelf-stacker and a Fleabag spoof: Edinburgh comedy awards shortlist announced

From Liz Kingsman’s ‘messy woman’ send-up to Seann Walsh’s memories of his off-screen Strictly kiss, the 10-strong shortlist for the first Dave’s Edinburgh comedy awards is a triumph for diversity though not without glaring omissions

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We Are Monchichi review – culture-clash dance duet

Shihya Peng and Marco di Nardo bicker ceaselessly through movement in a child-friendly exploration of cultural misunderstanding

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An Untitled Love review – a delicious slice of African American life

The music of D’Angelo sets the mood for inimitable choreographer Kyle Abraham’s intimate house party production

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A Little Life review – Hanya Yanagihara drama is not for the faint-hearted

Ivo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage

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Edinburgh fringe 2022 week two roundup: from a sheep shearer in peril to pure Hollywood escapism

Howls of rage from Hong Kong to Malta vie with King Lear in the metaverse and Sophie Duker on the labour-saving benefits of threesomes

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Night Dances review – ecstasy on the dancefloor

The sweat and the groove are all that matters in Emma Martin’s mesmerising dance sequences, which capture the power of getting lost in your own rhythms

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Samsara review – a dancing duo to electrify your soul

Hu Shenyuan and Aakash Odedra join forces to reimagine an ancient story as a spectacular spiritual quest

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A hike in Scotland’s borders – ‘a world of emerald hills, meandering rivers and tiny villages’

The Borders Railway Line opens up walking trails through a landscape of rivers, ruined abbeys and museums, bringing to life a turbulent and poetic past

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Who wants a lockdown one-liner? How comics are covering Covid at Edinburgh fringe

The festival is in full swing with audiences crammed into comedy clubs. But is our global pandemic the elephant in the room?

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‘It’s where I learned how to be a comedian’: Nish Kumar on why the Edinburgh fringe still matters

The festival stands at a crossroads, with costs for performers soaring and many younger acts staying away. But it still offers comics a boot camp like no other

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Scottish Ballet: Coppélia review – hi-tech makeover for dusty ballet

The twee 19th-century tale is dazzlingly transposed to a Silicon Valley landscape, where Dr Coppélius is building an AI creation in corporeal form

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Edinburgh fringe 2022 week one roundup: from care home tales to a Berlin fetish night

Sex, social commentary and shows with no actors: where else but the first full fringe since 2019, with standout moments from Sheeps, Bilal Zafar and ‘a show without actors’

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Alan Cumming makes his dance debut

The actor makes his dance debut in a visually stunning yet curiously empty life of the poet. But every move counts in the Freedom Ballet of Ukraine’s glorious dark erotica

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Caste-ing review – shining a light on the inequities of the acting industry

The reality faced by Black women trying to break into showbusiness is told through beatbox, rap, song and spoken word by an impressive ensemble

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My life was turned into a romcom! How our arts writer became the lead character in a new play

Charlotte Higgins was thrilled that her history book about Roman Britain was being adapted for the stage – until she realised it was being reimagined – and she and her partner were the romantic leads

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Kylie Brakeman review – Hollywood’s hypocrisies lampooned

The US comic plays a fast-talking agent, a straight-talking sex therapist and a six-year-old divorcee in this confident, high-energy hour

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‘It’s great to be back’: return of Edinburgh fringe sees surge in sales

Attenders thrilled at festival but disgusted at the price of rooms, while venues are relieved at the bums on seats

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