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Fest MagazineHalfway House
We’ve reached the half-way point of the festival now, and this is the week when everyone has their day-off. Last year, I had my day off and spent... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineThere’s No Room at the Inn.
We’re two weeks into Edinburgh and we’ve reached the mysterious mid point of the festival when the excitement of getting all the shows up and run... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineZoolander
Yesterday was my day off, exactly half way through the festival, which inevitably provided time for reflection and thought about my Edinburgh so far. How am... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Oh! What a Shitty War
For those who didn't think Team America was liberal enough comes this: an alternative history of warfare, with puppets. Rammed with gags for those for whom S... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Anil Desai: Stand Up Chameleon
There are 52 playing cards, with 52 celebrity faces, all to be impersonated in 52 minutes. Anil Desai certainly has a job on his hands – yet the self-t... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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About the Scots
Bruce Fummey is a comedian who would like to be considered “thoughtfully offensive.” Whilst the second word of this tag fits like a glove, he fal... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009
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Fest MagazineIn the Blue Peter Garden
So we're half way through the festival and we're still using the same pitta bread as a prop. It's going wonderfully well, despite the persistant showers. Our... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineGIve Up and Carry on
Since my last blog I've been punched in the stomach by a few things - reviews, alcohol and a little anxiety over the show. But I'm still here. Th... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Magazine: Shot by both sides
Out of all the recent band reunions, few were as unexpected as Magazine. They talk to Chris McCall about their reformation and why they won't be sending a Christmas card to Simple Minds anytime soon Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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The Burning Question: Fergus Craig
#4: Why is Neighbours so shit? Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Jeff Kreisler's Get Rich Cheating
Current events can be a boon to comics on the Fringe, yet the tiresome assonance of the ‘credit crunch’ has been oddly absent from comedy routine... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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George Dawes Green: The Moth on the move
With his legendary storytelling night The Moth relocating temporarily to Edinburgh, George Dawes Green also brings some of the idiosyncratic habits which, perhaps, have helped turn The Moth into New York's most exciting literary forum Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Carol Ann Duffy: Business as usual
Since becoming the first female poet laureate in May, Carol Ann Duffy's profile has never been higher. But her life has hardly changed, she tells Simon Mundy Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Faust In The Box
Who hasn’t uttered the phrase “Oh, that was bad. But it was nowhere near as awful as…” at least once in their life? Everyone, I lik... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
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Tim Key: The Slutcracker
Tim Key describes himself on his website as a poet and performer. And although he questions the description of his poetry as “deliberately bad”, ... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009