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Sturgeon says Truss asked her about how to get into Vogue magazine

Nicola Sturgeon has said Liz Truss “looked a little bit as if she’d swallowed a wasp” after the First Minister told her she had been in Vogue twice. Ms Sturgeon said the Foreign Secretary asked her about how to get into the magazine when they ...

10 Aug 2022 at 15:43

Entertainment

Trade union Equity launches charter to improve comedians’ working lives

Performing arts and entertainment trade union Equity has launched a Comedian’s Charter in an effort to ensure good working practices and the safety of comedians. Developed by the union’s Comedians’ Network, the charter was launched at the ...

07 Aug 2022 at 12:00

Phoebe Waller-Bridge says debuting Fleabag at Fringe Festival changed her life

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has said debuting her hit show Fleabag at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival changed her life and career in a new documentary which explores the event’s history. The BBC programme, titled The Fringe, Fame And Me, tells ...

04 Aug 2022 at 22:47

News

Sir Ian McKellen returning to stage as Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Fringe line-up

Veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen will star as Hamlet in a performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. The 82-year-old returned to the stage last year as Shakespeare’s Hamlet, 50 years after first playing the doomed Danish ...

30 Mar 2022 at 11:55

News

Masai Graham wins Edinburgh Fringe funniest joke award

A pasta pun has been named the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe as the award returned for the first time since before the pandemic. Masai Graham was voted the winner with his joke: “I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, ...

22 Aug 2022 at 10:09

Mordaunt: SNP independence approach based on ‘real bile and hatred’

The SNP’s approach to independence fails because it is based on “real bile and hatred”, Tory MP Penny Mordaunt has told a fringe audience. The leader of the House of Commons was speaking to broadcaster Iain Dale as part of his ...

06 Aug 2023 at 16:05

Sole audience member at Georgie Grier’s Fringe show says actor ‘smashed it’

The sole audience member who saw actor Georgie Grier’s performance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival said the actor “smashed it”, after an upset post from Ms Grier went viral on social media. Ms Grier had posted on X, formerly ...

04 Aug 2023 at 19:52

Comedians offer support to actor after only one person attends Edinburgh show

Well-known comedians have offered their support to an actor after she posted that only one person attended her one-woman play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Actor and writer Georgie Grier posted on X, formerly known ...

03 Aug 2023 at 22:10

Movies

Phoebe Waller-Bridge: Harrison Ford created a perfect moment with Indiana Jones

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has said Indiana Jones should not be revived with anyone other than Harrison Ford as she feels he helped create “a perfect moment in cinematic history”. The Fleabag actress, 37, stars as the ...

15 Jun 2023 at 09:53

Northern Ireland

NI theatre and dance productions to be spotlighted at Edinburgh Fringe

Six works created by Northern Ireland theatre, dance and arts organisations will be spotlighted as part of an event at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. The Spotlight On Theatre And Dance From Northern ...

09 Jul 2024 at 11:00

Wes Streeting condemns ‘mindless thuggery of far right’ after disorder

A leading figure in Sir Keir Starmer’s Cabinet has condemned the “mindless thuggery of the far right” after riots spread through towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland. After violence flared over the ...

05 Aug 2024 at 19:12

Social media site X is ‘only a place of misery’, Government minister says

A UK government minister told how she scaled back her use of the social media platform X, claiming it had become “a bit despotic” and was “a place of misery now”. Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding ...

12 Aug 2024 at 09:54

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