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Fringe 2025: new crime thriller at Edinburgh Deaf Festival – also for hearing audiences

Audiences for BBC’s The Reunion and ITV’s thriller Code of Silence were intrigued by these ...

By Joanna Matthews, The Edinburgh Reporter

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GIFC 25 Carnival Parade snakes its way through Victoria Road to Govanhill Park. Photo by Karen Gordon.

Glasgow’s local anti-racist festival: a riot of colour and community activism with an important message

The annual Govanhill International Festival & Carnival (GIFC) parade took place on Saturday, kicking off ...

By Devon McCole and Sadia Sikandar

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Explore low-carbon futures at Orkney International Science Festival

Place-based learning experts First Hand are set to stage a 3-day event in Orkney, exploring how ...
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The best stand up acts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025

Marc Jennings: Bread and Circuses Monkey Barrel 4 at 7:50pm, from 28 July – 24 ...

By Midlothian View

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Sri Lankan decor in Kofi Kade, one of Glasgow's two Sri Lankan food spots. Credit: John Bowden

Sri Lankan cuisine finds a home on Glasgow’s food map

Often mistaken, people think of Sri Lankan food as either “Indian or Pakistani food, but ...

By Jasmine Mohamed, Migrant Women Press

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Ramatu Umar Bako, photographed for the Scottish Beacon by Andy Johnston

A Nigerian heart in a Scottish home: exploring what it means to belong

I grew up as a third culture kid – a term that describes children who spend ...

By Ramatu Umar Bako

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Date set for the re-opening of iconic Edinburgh art house cinema

A date has been set for the re-opening of Edinburgh’s Filmhouse after years of closure ...

By Liam Eunson, Midlothian View

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Age Scotland launches Act Now, Age Better campaign

Lifestyle medicine doctor, personal trainer and health coach, Dr Hussian Al-Zubaidi, said: “We can all ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Edinburgh's Wild West, by Graeme Pow

The Wild West in Morningside is one of Edinburgh’s most unusual attractions

Tucked away in one of Edinburgh’s suburbs is a time capsule transporting you back in ...

By Liam Eunson, Midlothian View

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The Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy has died: Christina McKelvie 1968–2025

The First Minister, John Swinney has issued a statement. Mr Swinney said: “I am devastated ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Meet Shahid Choudhary, a Glasgow-based printshop owner and trailblazing mountaineer

Shahid Choudhary, a printshop owner from Govanhill, Glasgow is the first Scottish Pakistani Muslim to ...

By Rebecca W Morris, Greater Govanhill

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