The Edinburgh Reporter July 2024

The Eric Liddell Community EDINBURGH’S FREE LOCAL NEWSPAPER...A CAPITAL READ FROM START TO FINISH July 2024 Timely tribute Peopl ...

2 NEWS Editorial About us... Our news relates to Edinburgh and the immediate area. If you would like to submit an article or pho ...

3 Floral Clock blooms again By PHYLLIS STEPHEN A MASSIVE INCREASE in costs of heating homes in Gorgie, without much explanation ...

Sunak’s gamble unlikely to pay off 4 Six weeks of politics is enough - at least until next time round POLITICS Rishi Sunak in Ed ...

By PHYLLIS STEPHEN WALKING DOWN one of the closes near to Holyrood Road you will now be able to admire a large mural decorating ...

By STAFF REPORTER DURING the summer holidays the Palace of Holyroodhouse - which is open seven days a week, will run tours for f ...

77 Honouring Sophie Fundraiser for children’s counselling service By PHYLLIS STEPHEN A MUM WHOSE TEENAGE DAUGHTER died by suicid ...

8 FRINGE FEATURE By OLIVIA THOMAS SILENCE! The Musical It may be a late show at 11.15pm each evening but having always been a fa ...

99 BELLRINGERS Producer Ellie Keel founded The Women’s Prize for Playwriting to showcase vivid, expansive and exquisitely crafte ...

10 Making a Big Noise Young orchestra delights audience at summer concert By PHYLLIS STEPHEN THE BIG NOISE Wester Hailes summer ...

2ND In 1919, in the early hours, the biggest airship in Britain (the 643ft-long R34) left its hangar at the airfield at East For ...

1212 TRAVEL FEATURE N orth American airline JetBlue is benefitting from fed-up Scots keen to escape a wetter than normal summer ...

1313 button. Luxurious shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and hand and body lotion are provided by YOTEL’s amenity partner Urban J ...

14 FRINGE FEATURE Clowns return with a magical tale set in an attic TWO YOUNG FRIENDS love to meet in a magical candlelit secret ...

1515 “YOU CANNOT EXPECT to be invited to the table; you must demand they set your place” – Sara Wesker’s determination and drive ...

16 FOOD AND DRINK THERE ARE MORE places to drink coffee than there were 15 years ago. This has partly been driven by the rise of ...

EDINBURGH FOOD FESTIVAL HOSTS BRITISH STREET FOOD AWARDS 2024 (19-28 JULY) THIS YEAR MARKS the tenth anniversary of the Edinburg ...

18 THEATRE Ahead of the Fringe there are slim pickings as the city readies itself for the over supply in August Edinburgh’s Mr E ...

19 to help him once again. With her wit, humour and charm, Dolly teaches him a whole lot about life, love and how to pull yourse ...

20 Sixty years of The Club THE VOICE OF SPORT [email protected] Scott steps up to claim Duddingston crown SCOTT SPEAKMAN ...