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D-Day for unlicensed Airbnbs: What Scotland can learn from a global let crisis

Scotland's Airbnb problem is coming to a head, particularly in Edinburgh. We look at how the same issue has been dealt with in cities across the world, in particular New York, where D-Day has arrived.

Opinion Keith Bruce: Give Benedetti a hearty round of applause for her first EIF

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Reviews: Nassim with Greg McHugh; and Eden Sher: I was on a Sitcom Turret

Opera review: Tannhauser, Usher Hall, Keith Bruce, 4 stars

Fringe comedian says Edinburgh 'getting more racist' after incidents of abuse

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Yoga With Jillian: a one-woman class stretching deep into existentialism

Review: American stand-up Chloe Radcliffe is finding the funny in hard mistakes

'Superb stage and lighting design' - Festival Opera: Bluebeard’s Castle, 5 stars

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Emily Woof in Blizzard: understanding each other in the abstract and the literal

Opinion Alison Rowat: Joking aside, will the real Kate Forbes please stand up?

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The zoo-based pun voted the best joke at this year's Edinburgh Fringe

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An emotional rollercoaster: No Love Songs will steal your heart at the Traverse

Review: Unforgettable Girl: study of privilege doesn't quite hit the mark

Review: A sharp critique of modern life from National Theatre of Luxembourg

A ‘love letter to her mother’ that Sinéad will never send

Sir Andrew Davis blesses Festival with memorable concert

As the Graham Linehan stand-up row rumbles on, will anyone have the last laugh?

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Rayner plugs 'Venom' cocktail that left woman sleeping in a dog basket

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Rayner: Labour won't win election just being 'less crap' than Tories

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'Truly uplifting on every level': The Rite of Spring/Common Ground[s]. Review

Linehan: 'I have never seen anything as insane' as Fringe trans row

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Graham Linehan to perform at new venue following Fringe cancellation

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Updated Second Edinburgh venue cancels Father Ted writer Graham Linehan's comedy show

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Explained in 5 minutes: Why has Graham Linehan's Fringe show been cancelled?

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Herald Poll: Should Graham Linehan's Fringe show have been cancelled?

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A show to make you think about the way we live today. Festival review

Fringe venue refuses to back down on Graham Linehan cancellation despite legal threat

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Fringe venue cancels Graham Linehan show because of Father Ted writer's 'views'

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Kevin McKenna Holly Penfield on baring her soul in her Edinburgh Fringe performances

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True love doesn’t run smooth here: Festival Dance Chapter 3. Review

Fringe: The shy lad from Harthill who is now reading minds on the Vegas Strip

'I was in a bad way' Alexander McCall Smith on ending up in infectious diseases unit

Humza Yousaf unfazed after heckler shouts 'F*** you' at him at Fringe

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Edinburgh Fringe: 'Gun' stops comedy show at popular bar

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Nicola Sturgeon defends billing public for VIP airport upgrades

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Herald Poll: Are MPs and other public figures fair game for direct protests?

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SNP should renegotiate coalition deal with 'totalitarian' Greens says Cherry

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'Pure emotion' - Festival Theatre, Trojan Women, Neil Cooper, Four stars

Festival Music: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 5 stars

Opinion Teddy Jamieson: Edinburgh without the festivals? Doesn't bear thinking about

An edgy and unsettling black comedy turning on sex, disillusionment and despair

Free-wheeling, unpredictable, fantastic: Cecile McLorin, Edinburgh Festival

'Never say never': Alex Salmond could reconcile with Nicola Sturgeon

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Review: Isobel McArthur’s barn-storming premiere is a Festival must-see

'Remarkable': Festival reimagining of Lars von Trier’s 2003 film Dogville

Wrestling drama shows five women of today holding on for dear life

Harriet Harman praises 'heroic' Tories who investigated Boris Johnson

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Flynn is classic 'career politician' says Streeting in SNP-Labour spat

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How did Benedetti’s opening gambit for her first Edinburgh International Festival go?

Penny Mordaunt claims SNP's independence case based on 'real bile and hatred'

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Exclusive Unprecedented security for Joanna Cherry's Fringe show

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Alison Rowat: Did the serious political interview end with Paxman?

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Edinburgh Playhouse reopens following three-month closure for refurbishment

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Comedians offer support after only one person attends actor's Edinburgh Fringe show

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