The List

08/08/2025

We've curated a collection of the best art exhibitions to explore until November.

08/08/2025

Forget Storm Floris; strong winds can’t blow away our reviews (mainly because that’s not how websites work), so here’s every five- and four-star review we’ve punted onto our site over the past few days ⤵️

As it’s the end of the week, here’s every four- and five-star review we’ve doled out during festival season

07/08/2025

The Fringe is the perfect opportunity to watch talent from all across the world. Check out our curated selection of must-see international shows.

07/08/2025

🥃🎶 Enjoy three fantastic drams, enjoy a raucous gig, and learn how to sound smart about whisky for the rest of your life at 2022–2024 Fringe sell-out show 2 Guys, 3 Drams.

Grab your tickets now ➡️ https://www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/2-guys-3-drams-the-ultimate-live-blues-and-whisky-experience

06/08/2025

📚 Looking for a good read? Check out our top selection of books to keep you busy this August.

06/08/2025

Who needs Oasis when Blur’s Dave Rowntree is spinning tracks by the sea? He opens Fringe By The Sea's indie night on Friday in the Big Top with Hamish Hawk & Billy Nomates, supported by Cloth. Fri 8 Aug, 7–11pm. £30/£20 u18s. Midnight train to Edinburgh.

Find out more ➡️ https://www.fringebythesea.com/hamish-hawk/

05/08/2025

Benedict The Ninth (born 1012 AD) was the youngest Pope, the first to be unashamedly gay, and the only person to be Pope more than once. It's a forgotten chapter of nerdy LGBTQ+ history, full of mysterious deaths and invite-only or**es. Find out how a vapid 18-year-old gay party boy became the most powerful man in Europe... three times.

Get tickets now ➡️https://edinburgh.justthetonic.com/event/88:5197/

05/08/2025

Mid-2000s rock trio Doves have announced their first-ever compilation album, along with additional live show dates.

Titled So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves, the compilation will be released this November

05/08/2025

🔍 A grizzled New York Detective embarks on his final, most deadly and most ridiculous case yet. Join Gumshoe as he attempts to solve the unsolvable case. Who did the whodunnit?!

Nominee: Best Show, Leicester Comedy Festival 2025
Finalist: Sketch Off! 2025

Get tickets now ➡️https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5623/

05/08/2025

'It was one of the most incredible works I’ve seen in a long time.'

Edinburgh Art Festival director Kim McAleese is our Festival Insider this week, giving us the lowdown on what makes her tick. Dig into her cultural life ⤵️

In this weekly series, we ask Edinburgh Festival veterans which shows or performers have touched their hearts or pushed their buttons. For the opener, Edinburgh

05/08/2025

Discover Whyte and Mackay Whisky, a Glasgow whisky brand blending the finest Highland and Speyside malts for over 180 years. Award-winning and triple matured for a smoother, richer taste, try it with ginger ale and lime for the perfect summer serve.

Find out more ➡️

Smooth with warm appealing highlights of marzipan, Manuka honey, creamy caramel and Demerara sugar, followed by whispers of glazed pineapple, cider apples and praline chocolate.

04/08/2025

We’re about six days into festival season at time of writing, and our reviewers have been busy slinging stars at shows like they were drunken gods of the cosmos. Check out all the five- and four-star reviews now ⤵️

We compile every one of our five- and four-star reviews so far into one chunky list