Tara Isabella Burton couldn’t have had two more contrasting experiences at Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms. One show, Omega, was one of the worst she’d seen; the other, Melmoth The Wanderer, was ...
To seek out the Georgian Theatre Festival, Tara Isabella Burton found herself in a world of sparse information, misadvertised shows and, in one case, a set held up by customs. ...
Luke Wright is an obvious poet. This is not to say he’s a bad poet – quite the contrary. What his poetry is is uncomplicated, easy to follow, and enjoyable. His ...
David Greig’s The Events, currently at the Traverse Theatre, is inspired by the Anders Breivik shootings. For all its theatrical brio, argues Tara Isabella Burton, it suffers from a disjuncture ...
There are literary events all year round in Edinburgh so when festival season arrives, choices shoot through the roof. That being said, it’s important to know what’s ...
This admittedly shouldn’t be noteworthy, but what I loved best about Liz Lochhead’s show, Apple Says Aaah – and Other Poems, Pommes and People, was that the room was filled ...
Our Edinburgh blogger Meghan Beller spends a morning at summer camp, an afternoon in dystopian 2012 with Susan Greenfield, and an evening with Evie Wyld and Amy Sackville
As the Edinburgh Festival gets under way, our blogger listens to Ian Rankin talking about Scotland, his writing process, and Inspector John Rebus.
We’re off to Edinburgh to cover the Fringe Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival and we want to hear what you have to say! Send your reviews of ...
It’s been a great few years for the UK: we’ve just hosted the Olympics successfully; saw Andy Murray win Wimbledon; our TV shows have taken over US airwaves, with shows ...
