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What is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe?

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is ostensibly an International Arts Festival - the world's biggest. It incorporates music, theatre, dance and a whole lot more besides. It takes place every summer for three...

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John Knox House

John Knox was a sixteenth century Scottish preacher who is generally credited with bringing about The Reformation in Scotland and establishing Presbyterianism. He travelled widely throughout Europe, learning...

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The Royal Mile, Edinburgh

The Royal Mile is the name given to the sloping thoroughfare which connects Edinburgh Castle with the Palace of Holyroodhouse. It is technically comprised of four connected streets which are Castlehill, The...

1 comment    scotland edinburgh the canongate
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Before There Was Whisky...There Was Blaand!

Single malt whisky has been produced in and associated with Scotland for more than five hundred years. It has long since been thought of as the country's national drink and its fibres are intricately woven...

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Mary King's Close

It may not be immediately apparent to the casual visitor but Edinburgh's historic Royal Mile has an even older warren of streets and chambers running what is now far underground. Sealed off and forgotten...

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Exit Music: The Last Rebus Novel

Detective Inspector John Rebus, the creation of Scottish thriller writer Ian Rankin, is at last about to be put out to pasture. What has in some ways been an inglorious career, brought about by his own...

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