The Edinburgh Reporter August 2023

CLAIMS BY LIB DEM LEADER ALEX COLE-HAMILTON ON COVID MEETING “SIMPLY INACCURATE” - See page 5 EDINBURGH’S FREE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.. ...

2 NEWS Editorial About us... We write about news relating to the Edinburgh area. If you have any news, or if you would like to s ...

By PHYLLIS STEPHEN AN EDINBURGH magician has followed his father’s footsteps and has been welcomed into The Magic Circle in Lond ...

4 NEWS Discover, Learn and Remember with a tour of the city’s cemeteries Lest we forget Consigned to the bench By OLIVIA THOMAS ...

55 Festivals boosting the economy WRITTEN BY the two people who know Edinburgh and the Festival better than anyone else - Richar ...

6 NEWS Edinburgh Parks and green spaces recognised with Green Flag accolades Awards are just capital By PHYLLIS STEPHEN EDINBURG ...

77 Lothian is top of the sports Bill Friends group hopes to secure cinema’s future Flicker of life at The George OUR NEW sports ...

By STAFF REPORTER THE GOGARLOCH Community Park Association look after the open spaces on their estate by carrying out weed clear ...

99 A word in praise of our city’s bus gates By DONALD TURVILL Local Democracy Reporter A DETERIORATING Leith mural of legendary ...

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Life on planet Earth 12 FEATURE George Mair tells the story of the experts from the Botanics who have discovered a previously un ...

13 A sample cultivated in a tropical glasshouse in Edinburgh took three years to produce flowers and confirm it as a new species ...

14 BUSINESS Veteran radio DJ Crawford unveils his leading Edge broadcast team Jay’s walking on air Genesis creates luxury car st ...

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16 FOOD AND DRINK CAFÉ SCENE IN EDINBURGH By Charlie Ellis CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 A long spear with an axe blade and a pick at one e ...

I have just had Covid-19 for the third time which has put a bit of dampener on my social excursions, but here is what is on my r ...

18 FRINGE PREVIEWS Picks of the Fringe... Times are changing See hear! I AM BACK on the Fringe with Tickbox 2 – a new version of ...

LIZ TOONKEL’S Magic For Animals, Maggie Widdoes’ Stay Big & Go Get 'Em and A Trilogy by Dennis Elkins accomplish compelling ...

20 FRINGE Flavour of the month Our Culture Vulture Kerry Teakle taps into her vast Festival experience to give us all the best t ...