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The comedy festival photography exhibition capturing comedians passing on a joke
The pictures show comedians reacting to a joke An exhibition of photographs capturing comedians passing on a joke to each other is to be displayed at the Aberdeen Comedy Festival. The display, Ye Had Ti Be There, aims to explore the joy of connection when people laugh, and the daisy chain effect of passing on a joke, from one comedian to the next.
Following Stolen Cars From Canada to Russia
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Our new Canada-based investigative reporter, Jane Bradley, kicked off her tenure with a major story: tracking stolen cars from Canada across countries to learn where those vehicles end up. She teamed up with a London-based correspondent, Michael Schwirtz, on the six-month investigation, and this week Jane sat down to talk about how they got the story.
Archive to be created to preserve Andrew Carnegie birthplace
The project will create a digital record of Andrew Carnegie's birthplace A detailed digital record of the birthplace of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie is to be created following a £40,000 grant from the US State Department. The project will see the production of an interactive tour of Carnegie's birthplace cottage, Pittencrieff Park, and related historic sites.
Previously unknown score by Titanic composer killed in plane crash to be released by Scottish orchestra
A small aircraft pilot in his spare time, Horner was a member of the aerobatic flying team, The Horsemen, until his premature death in the California crash, aged 61. He was one of the world's best-known film composers, famous for creating the scores of some of the highest-grossing films of all time, including Titanic, Avatar and Scottish historical epic Braveheart.
Daughter to perform archive songs of Gaelic 'girl with golden voice' Flora MacNeil
Flora MacNeil was spotted when performing in Edinburgh as a teenager She was the “girl with the golden voice” from Barra, who became one of Scotland's finest traditional singers. Now, songs from the previously unreleased archive of singer Flora MacNeil, are to be performed at a Highlands festival, by her daughter Maggie MacInnes.
Arts diary: Should the Fringe be rescheduled to a week earlier?
The debate has raged after audience numbers slumped in week three The Edinburgh Festivals are over for another year. The venues are being dismantled and performers and audiences are vacating the city, meaning that the rest of us can walk along George IV Bridge again without putting our lives in our hands. Yet, one major battle is still raging: When should the festivals be? This year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe started unusually late, on Friday, 7 August.
Venue boss: Edinburgh Fringe dates 'urgently' need to be moved forward by a week next summer
William Burdett-Coutts said the late dates had affected shows The date of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe should “urgently” be moved forward by a week from next year to combat a drop in audiences, the head of one of the longest-running venues has said. William Burdett-Coutts, chief executive of Assembly, called for the Fringe Society to change the planned dates before next summer, saying artists have “consistently raised the current schedule as a pressure point”.
Edinburgh Fringe 'needs to reflect on what it wants to be' in 80th year as ticket sales rise by 8 per cent
As of 11.30am on Monday - the last day of the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe - 2,805,395 tickets had been issued. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe needs to “reflect on what it wants to be” as it heads into its 80th year, the head of the Fringe Society has urged, as the city's festivals draw to a close. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe said it had seen its biggest ever single day of ticket sales this August, as well as an eight per cent rise overall from last year.
Here are the winners of this year's Edinburgh Comedy Awards
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards were awarded by Richard Gadd Comedian Chris Cantrill has scooped the top prize at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, with Marty Gleeson winning the best newcomer award. The “Oscars of comedy” saw Cantrill win the “Audible Best Comedy Show” award for his show, Rewilding, a “twisted tale” about how life in his peaceful countryside community was disrupted by a heinous act of vandalism.
Culture secretary: 'Art is what being human is all about'
Mairi McAllan took over as culture secretary in May New culture minister Mairi McAllan wants to support “art for arts' sake” as culture minister as she revealed her love for traditional Scottish vocal music. Mc McAllan, who took over the brief from Angus Robertson after the Holyrood election in May, said she wanted to “drive the arts for economy,” but insisted that creative arts was a top priority for her to unite society. “I care about it,” she said.
Artists 'let down' by Edinburgh Fringe forced to cancel shows
“The arts would not happen without the artists, so those in their fancy office chairs need to help us out.” The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has "let down" artists who have been left with empty rooms and cancelled shows due to the later dates of this year's festival, Scottish comedian Susie McCabe has warned.
Descendant of Frederick Douglass to lead group around Scottish sites visited by abolitionist
Frederick Douglass visited Scotland in the 19th century The three times great grandson of US abolitionist campaigner Frederick Douglass is to lead a walk around the towns and cities visited by his forefather as he fought to spread the word against slavery.
Descendant of Frederick Douglass to lead group around Scottish sites visited by abolitionist
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Edinburgh festivals diary: The festivals are nearly over and I'm in mourning
The Fringe officially ends on Monday It's two days to the official end of the festivals and I'm already in mourning. I'm beginning to feel the loss of my little Fringe community bubble in Teviot's Library Bar, which has been my office for the past month - even though I'm still sitting right here as I type this.
Las sanciones a Rusia impulsan una ola de robos de autos en Canadá
Canadian Border Services Officer Frédéric Bonsaint after searching a shipping container suspected of transporting stolen vehicles, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 2026. A yearslong car theft epidemic in Canada has gotten so bad that, despite a police crackdown, thieves break into homes just to steal car keys. Thousands of cars vanish each year.
Las sanciones a Rusia impulsan una ola de robos de autos en Canadá
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Una epidemia de robos de autos que afecta a Canadá desde hace años ha alcanzado tal gravedad que, a pesar de las medidas policiales enérgicas, los ladrones se meten en casas solo para robarse las llaves de los vehículos. Cada año desaparecen miles de autos.
New event to replace departing TV festival with 'intentions and ideas' of original event
The Edinburgh TV Festival announced plans to leave Edinburgh for Greater Manchester from next summer A new event focused on the screen industry is to launch next year to replace the departing TV Festival, focusing on the original “intentions and ideas” of the departing event.
Culture minister: Festivals 'should be fulsome part' of visitor levy funding
The council is to hold an emergency meeting on Friday The festivals “should be a fulsome part” of any visitor levy funding distribution, culture minister Màiri McAllan has said - but insisted she would not “encroach” on the council's decision making. Her comments come as Edinburgh Council is due to hold an emergency meeting of its culture committee on Friday.
Richard Gadd: 'Everything I have in life, I owe to this festival'
Richard Gadd was speaking at Fringe Central The Edinburgh Festival Fringe must be “protected at all costs”, Richard Gadd has said, adding that he owes “everything I have in life” to the festival. Speaking at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society's new Fringe Central headquarters, Gadd warned the future of the Fringe was at risk as costs rise, pricing out artists who could previously “arrive with a dream” and “leave with a career”. “Everything I have in life, I owe to this festival,” he said.
Former CCA in Glasgow building attracts 13 expressions of interest from cultural groups
The CCA went into liquidation in January The former building of the defunct Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow has attracted 13 expressions of interest from cultural groups hoping to repurpose the venue, Creative Scotland has said. The CCA, on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street, fell into the hands of liquidators in February, with the building immediately shut down and all staff laid off.
Edinburgh festivals diary: No Scots in comedy awards and performer who told Scotsman reviewer to hang herself
The comedy awards winners will be announced on Saturday Another year and another Edinburgh Comedy Awards without any Scottish comedians among the nominations. It has now been a decade since we've had a Scottish winner of the “Oscars of comedy” - or indeed, nominee - since Richard Gadd scooped the Best Show award in 2016 for Monkey See, Monkey Do. As comedy producer Katy Palmer of Brass Tacks points out to me, statistically, Scottish comedians should be punching above their weight.
How world's biggest arts festival Edinburgh Fringe was created by eight 'gatecrashers'
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe began in 1947 It is the world's biggest arts festival, which was created when eight “gatecrashers” turned up to perform at the first Edinburgh International Festival nearly 80 years ago. Now, a documentary film celebrating the creation of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and more than 300 subsequent festivals across the world, is to be premiered at the festival.
Russian Sanctions Are Fueling a Canadian Car Theft Epidemic
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. A yearslong car theft epidemic in Canada has gotten so bad that, despite a police crackdown, thieves break into homes just to steal car keys. Thousands of cars vanish each year. The phenomenon, records and interviews show, is driven in part by an unexpected source: a booming black market for Western vehicles in wartime Russia.
Edinburgh festivals diary: John Grisham's struggle with Ian Rankin's accent and happy ending for Afronauts
The Afronauts show was six years in the making What a happy end to the story. Afronauts, which tells of the 1964 Zambian space race attempt through a fantastic performance which is a blend of circus and drama, had a bit of a setback earlier this year. As their show prepared to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe following years of planning and money saving, a London theatre decided to put on a show with the same name - and story.
Edinburgh Comedy Awards: Scottish comedians 'pipped at the post' by global talent
The shortlisted comedians will be vying for the title of Best Comedy Show Scottish comedians were “pipped at the post” by talent from across the world, the heads of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards have said, defending a shortlist for top prizes which contained no Scottish talent. Nica Burns and Emma Brünjes told The Scotsman Scottish comedy is “sowing the seeds for the future”, saying they were “sure” Scots would appear on the list in the coming years, citing the rise of young Scottish talent.
'He said yes': Fringe play revived after 14 years to create elaborate poster proposal
The pair met 14 years ago while working at the festival and had a “Fringe romance”. They met while working at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 14 years ago and fell in love. Now playwright Molly Taylor and stage manager Sam Thornber are engaged after the producer of Baby Reindeer and Fleabag helped revive an entire show to facilitate the proposal.
How chance meeting with Scottish actor sparked revival of 'misogyny' play ten years on
The show was first premiered ten years ago It was premiered more than ten years ago as a response to the contradictions, assumptions and attitudes that emerge in everyday conversations between men. Now Locker Room Talk, which uses real transcriptions of real conversations had by men - but performed by women - has been revived after a chance meeting with a member of the original cast.
Edinburgh festivals diary: The actor learning emergency choreo on a plane and the busiest family on the Fringe
The call came less than 24 hours before Mateo Chavez Lewis performed in his first Fringe show The trans-Atlantic emergency casting calls just keep on coming. This week, the musical director of a show got on a plane from Canada with just six hours notice and was parachuted in to understudy for an unwell actor.
Chess set and millennium hourglass belonging to Scottish Queen's Gambit creator to go under hammer
Allan Scott created The Queen's Gambit He is a Scottish-born film maker who headed up Scotch whisky distillery The Macallan and created a Netflix hit series. Now, items belonging to screenwriter, film producer and whisky executive Allan Scott, also known as Allan Schiach, are to be sold off at auction. Mr Scott's celebrated chess drama The Queen's Gambit was a Netflix hit - almost 30 years after he originally bought the rights to the story.
Departing TV festival will not deter TV industry from coming to Edinburgh, says SNL UK producer
The panel was speaking at Shedinburgh “Almost all” TV and film executives will travel to Edinburgh for the Fringe every summer despite the departure of the TV Festival, the producer of Saturday Night Live UK has said. Alex Cartlidge, company director of Country Mile Productions, said he believed the departure of the festival for Manchester would have little effect on future Fringe shows being picked up and turned into screen productions.
Work commemorating anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass to be brought to Scotland
Frederick Douglass campaigned for the abolition of slavery He was an American campaigner who visited Scotland in the 1800s to campaign for the abolition of slavery. Now a “poetic meditation” on Frederick Douglass by Turner Prize-nominated artist Isaac Julien is to be brought to Scotland - to be showcased in the exact place where he delivered four speeches against the slave trade.
The Fringe performers hit by mould and floods who believe show must go on - in four times bigger venue
The venue was flooded in the heavy rain They have been forced to don air filter masks on stage and subsequently abandon their venue after a major flood. Now, the performers of Tom Waits War Songs have found a new home for their sell-out show, which is more than four times the size of the original one. The show was left homeless after flooding in their Cowgate Subway venue due to heavy rainfall meant they were unable to perform - and risked their £10,000 of musical equipment.
I made my Fringe debut as an extra cow in a show at the Bedlam Theatre - here's what happened
Our arts correspondent Jane Bradley has thrown herself into the Fringe - hooves first It was a couple of months before the Edinburgh Festival Fringe when I spotted a Facebook post from an American theatre director called Aaron Francis. “Los Angeles-based show coming to Edinburgh,” it said. “There are nine cows in the show and we're only bringing two with us (the only ones that have lines). So I need seven actresses to play cows for each show. No rehearsals.
Edinburgh festivals diary: Fringe show for Joyce and rain stops play
The Fringe First awards was like a stand-up show The Scotsman's Fringe First awards was like a two-woman stand up show on Friday morning when our theatre critic Joyce McMillan and performer Bryony Kimmings united to present the awards. Sending the audience into fits of laughter over her description of our sponsor Queen Margaret University's practical courses - “you know, subjects that involve getting up and doing something” - to her phone ringing mid awards, Joyce was on form.
Edinburgh festivals diary: Famous faces and the Fringe's quirkiest venue?
Famous faces have been spotted around Edinburgh Famous relations have been a bit of a theme this August - making star-spotting even more of a sport than usual at this year's festivals. Edinburgh born actress Ella Loudon whose show Women of Will - about two strangers who bond in a pub over Shakespeare, which opens at Summerhall tonight - has two famous parents: Scottish actress Fiona Loudon and James Bond star Daniel Craig.
Edinburgh festivals diary: The Amanda Knox £20 'zine' and Edinburgh's newest free library
The last performance of Amanda Knox's controversial Fringe show was on Monday night It is a show about a failing library where a new head librarian is appointed to fix the lack of customers and a nearly-condemned building. Now, the team behind The Librarians: A Very Serious Comedy! has decided to set up a library of its own - in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh festivals diary: A funeral for Edinburgh's most famous dog and Coco's lost costume
Zoe realised Greyfriars Booby had not had a proper funeral Fifteen minutes before his late-night comedy show Coco the Time-Travelling Tart , performer Max Norman realised he'd left his costume in the National Galleries of Scotland - where Coco has been giving guided tours of the paintings during the day as an additional “performance” to his main show at Underbelly. With no backup outfit option and an admirable show-must-go-on mentality, Max put on a bin bag and went on stage.
Gilded Balloon inundated with complaints over controversial Amanda Knox show
The show is due to finish on Monday night An Edinburgh Fringe venue has been inundated with complaints about their decision to host Amanda Knox's Cartwheel show, which finishes on Monday night. It is understood Gilded Balloon received a large number of emails and phone calls from members of the public angry that the venue was allowing the controversial performance to go ahead. Ms Knox, who was convicted and later acquitted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007.
Palestinian performers 'shocked' as racist graffiti defaces Fringe posters
The posters were advertising The Bridge, which traces the history of the British in Palestine Performers have been left “shocked” after posters for a show by a Palestinian play in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe were graffitied with racist slogans. Crew behind The Bridge, by Palestinian theatre-maker Alaa Shehada, which won a Fringe First award on Friday, had posters defaced in the Meadows and in other locations around the city centre.
Defeated Count Binface to perform one-off comedy show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Stand-up to return to Fringe after defeat to Nigel Farage in Clacton by-election Count Binface is to do a one off Edinburgh Festival Fringe show just- days after his defeat to Nigel Farage. The “novelty politician” is to return to the Fringe eight years after his alter ego, Jon Harvey, performed a stand-up run in Edinburgh, branded the “biggest surprise of the Fringe” by The Scotsman's reviewer.
The Secret Spy Network Feeding Russia’s War Machine
The DailySubscribe: The Secret Spy Network Feeding Russia’s War Machine Russian spies set up shop in Tokyo, using Japan as a base for routing critical electronic components back home to Russia — after being expelled by Western leaders from their capitals. Back to The Daily Previous More episodes ofThe Daily August 12, 2026 • 25:29All the President’s Planes Next Aug.
Woman to open letter to self live on stage in Edinburgh Fringe show - ten years after she wrote it
Amy Fraser penned the letter to herself when she was seventeen and says she can't remember what she wrote. A woman is to open a letter to herself which she wrote ten years ago - live on stage in a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Amy Fraser wrote the letter to herself when she was seventeen and about to leave home to study at the University of Glasgow. Now, her show, A letter to ME, from ME, about ME, will see her open the missive during a one-off Fringe performance.
Edinburgh visitor tax levy festivals crunch meeting postponed
The report was pulled from the agenda shortly before the meeting The Edinburgh festivals are “disappointed” after a crunch meeting on the distribution of visitor levy funds to the events was postponed by the city council's culture committee on a technicality.
Launching 'very splashy' show for a month in London cannot compete with the Fringe, producers say
The panel discussed how to produce a Fringe hit Launching a "very splashy" show for a month in London cannot compare to the impact of a month at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, major producers have told an industry event. Speaking at a ShedX talk at venue Shedinburgh, veteran producers of Fringe shows said the festival was the “only place” that new work can be seen by industry audiences on a major scale.
Arts diary: Narrow escape for rare Botanics plants and 'badly timed' lift failure at 'most accessible' theatre
'Out of order' lift at accessible theatre launch stumps injured arts PR and Botanics plants fall foul of aging vent system The official opening of Edinburgh's King's Theatre was a real treat on Friday night.
Later Edinburgh Fringe hits children's shows ticket sales as schools go back
Many Scottish schools go back five days after the official start of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Performers have warned the timing of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a “major blow” for ticket sales for children's shows - as many youngsters go back to school just days after the festival begins.
Tourist levy should ensure 'burden' of Fringe visitors does not 'rest solely with people who live here'
Extra rubbish collections are funded by the visitor levy The burden of paying for services like refuse removal and public facilities for people attending the festivals "should not rest solely with people who live here" the chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has said.
Edinburgh's 120-year-old King's Theatre reopens: 'I hope people will think we've done them proud'
The King's Theatre reopened to the public after a near-four year closure It has taken 1,252 days and involved more than 1,370 workers from 160 organisations to create a place to “laugh, to cry, to celebrate and to be inspired”. Now, after a near-four year closure, Edinburgh's Old Lady of Leven Street has officially reopened to the public following a £41 million refurbishment.
Culture secretary 'crystal clear' that CCA archive should be retained amid auction fears
The CCA went into liquidation in February The culture secretary has said she is “crystal clear” that the archive of the Centre for Contemporary Arts building (CCA) in Glasgow should be retained in whole and kept available to the public following reports that it was being sold off at auction. Mairi McAllan claimed the items sold included a fridge and office equipment, not the historic archive relating to the CCA and its former incarnation as the Third Eye Centre.
John Hannah and Alan Cumming among stars set for Edinburgh International Film Festival
The film festival will open with The Incomer John Hannah and Alan Cumming have been added to the list of stars attending premieres at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival. Four Weddings and a Funeral actor Hannah from East Kilbride, will attend the premiere of opening night film - Edinburgh-born filmmaker Louis Paxton's debut feature The Incomer - alongside Harry Potter actor Domnhall Gleeson, Grant O'Rourke and Gayle Rankin.
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