Dani Garavelli: Free speech ‘martyrs’ don’t need publicity
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The scandal is not that social media heavyweights are silencing Alex Jones, but that they ever gave him a platform, writes Dani Garavelli
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Review: SsangYong Musso
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SsangYong starts a new era in Britain with the Musso pick-up. A three-year plan sees annual sales rising from about 4,000 to 10,000 and 30 more dealers. More than doubling sales in three years looks a so-so bet at the moment.
Free Fringe saved pioneer spirit of festival, says creator
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The founder of the “Free Fringe” says the entire festival would have become completely unaffordable for many performers and audiences by now without it.
Gold for Jordan in Asian Fencing League
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AMMAN — Jordan’s reputation in the world of fencing is growing fast and there was more continental glory at the weekend. The Kingdom is hosting a round of the U-17 Asian Fencing League at Princess Sumayah Hall and it has reaped rewards with a gold and bronze.
Comedy review: Jimmy McGhie, Laughing Horse @ Pear Tree
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Jimmy has, he tells us, completely changed his show in the last two weeks because the original one was “dull”. I suspect he says that to all his audiences. But part of his great skill as a performer is that he makes every audience feel like the audience.
Heritage watchdog wants Royal Mile traffic ban for 2019 Festival
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The full length of the Royal Mile should be pedestrianised during next year’s Edinburgh Festival as a traffic-free experiment, according to the city’s main heritage watchdog.
Counterfeit £20 bank notes found circulating at Edinburgh Festival
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FESTIVAL-goers have been warned to be vigilant after a number of counterfeit notes were discovered in circulation around the Capital.
Warren Shute: Are you caught in an endowment trap?
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Interest-only mortgages – AKA endowment mortgages – have been in the news and many people have contacted me for help asking what they should do now that their mortgage is due up and they still owe in excess of £100,000.
Arctic convoy museum to receive £72.8k to build exhibition centre
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A museum dedicated to the Arctic convoys of the Second World War is among the recipients of a £1.9 million award from the Scottish Land Fund.
It can be a drag getting Youngest to the Festival
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I have little hope of getting Youngest Child to a show in the Festival, but I feel it’s my duty to try since she’s growing up in the city that hosts the world’s largest arts festival. Plus it’s the sort of thing other parents manage ...
Interview: Tony Adams recalls ‘I thought I’d be dead by 30’
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With his heart of oak, chest of lions and prominent hooter
pointing northwards, the most English of Englishmen heads for Scotland next week but Tony Adams isn’t the least bit daunted.
Jane Bradley: Scotland needs a monumental unicorn statue
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The nation must reclaim its mythical national animal, the unicorn, from its My Little Pony-style image, writes Jane Bradley.
Interview: Rose McGowan
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Rose McGowan, one of the first women to make public allegations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein, has become a lightning rod for the #MeToo movement. The writer and campaigner talks to Janet...
Music review: Tom Jones, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
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PRIOR to this show, headlines had been made about a series of gig cancellations following the hospitalisation of Sir Tom Jones, now 78. You wouldn’t have known it to look at him, however, because the versatile singer appears ageless and undimmed while onstage.
Remembering the lost Cold War ‘spy base’ of RAF Edzell
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Those living near RAF Edzell will remember the giant white listening stations that rose out of countryside more accustomed to cows and crops than fighting the Cold War.
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