Edinburgh Festivals daily guide: Fringe First Awards | Haruki Murakami
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REVIEWS
Comedy: David O’Doherty Has Checked Everything
O’Doherty’s latest hour is broadly concerned with the quest for happiness and the paradox (to our somewhat malcontented host at any rate) that the pursuit of happiness is actually just a never-ending cycle of anti-climaxes
Music: Joe Stilgoe: Songs on Film
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Hide AdSinger-pianist Joe Stilgoe’s Songs on Film show can be summed up in a two-word review: “Sheer joy”.
Music: Paul Lewis
There are times when an all-Beethoven programme can be like overdosing on rich food. But the solo sonatas Paul Lewis chose for his solo piano recital were perfectly balanced.
Book Festival: Alexander McCall Smith | Roy Hattersley
On the stage, Alexander McCall Smith is leafing through his latest Scotland Street novel, trying to find the right chapter to read, reading the headings to himself as he flicks through the pages “‘Pythagoras’s Trousers’ … ‘Bruce Goes For a Waxing’ … no, not that. Ah, here we are.”
IN DEPTH
Scotsman Fringe First Awards: Second set of 2014 winners announced
The Fringe First awards recognise outstanding new writing premiered at the festival – here is our second set of winners
The secret of Haruki Murakami’s success
Last year’s Nobel Prize favourite, Haruki Murakami is that rare thing – a writer whose popularity is not a function of other media, writes Andrew Crumey
GUIDES
Everything you need to know about the Edinburgh festival fireworks
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Hide AdExploding above the historical backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, this year’s firework concert is set to be even more colourful than previous shows. We run through all you need to know.
COMPETITION
Win tickets to The Trial of Jane Fonda
We have two tickets up for grabs to see The Trial of Jane Fonda at the Assembly Rooms, plus the chance to meet and have a drink with the show’s star Anne Archer and writer and director Terry Jastrow
BLOG
Video: Harvey, Garvey and the Kane
Sketch trio Harvey, Garvey and the Kane talk to us about being a debut Fringe act, making the first move and Trivial Pursuit.
TOP RATED SHOWS
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DAILY DEALS
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