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Book Festival director, Jenni Niven, wearing a black summer dress, smiles to the camera on Middle Meadow Walk. In the background, are walkers passing up the hill.

Book Festival 2026: Change Your Mind or “Agree to Disagree, More Agreeably”

Get Free Tickets to the BBC's Edinburgh Festivals 2026 Coverage

A bird's eye view of a grass, football pitch surrounded by lush woodland

Citizen History Project Seeks Input On Scotland's Football Heritage Sites

Latest Reviews

Four people stand in a room, three with their hands in the air, looking at the fourth,

27 May : 2:22 A Ghost Story (2026), Edinburgh Playhouse, Review

scene from The Freshwater Five

17 May : The Freshwater Five, Traverse Theatre, Review

Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil at Royal Lyceum. Image: Aly Wright.

16 May : Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Review

In Venues

The Alchemist bar on George Street, Edinburgh

The Alchemist

St Mary's Cathedral at sunset

St Mary's Cathedral

Camera Obscura vortex

Camera Obscura and World of Illusions

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