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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

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Scraggs Alley hosts the kickstart to the Carlow Fringe Festival this week

Zoe Hayter will perform at Scraggs Alley on Tullow Street in Carlow on Thursday 27th July at 8:30pm to kickstart the Carlow Fringe Festival. Zoe is an English-Czech singer-songwriter and performer. Zoe started playing her music from a young ...

25 Jul 2023 at 16:33

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Sarwar reveals son pits Starmer against Trump in wrestling computer game

Anas Sarwar has told how he is “obsessed” with wrestling, as he revealed his son had pitted Sir Keir Starmer against former US president Donald Trump in a computer game version of the sport. The Scottish Labour leader said he recently ...

13 Aug 2024 at 16:41

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 as Twitter: ...

03 Aug 2023 at 22:10

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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

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The Perfect Immigrant - a play worth seeing - arrives in Thurles tonight!

After its premier at Dublin Fringe Festival last year, The Perfect Immigrant is back, and it is coming to 7 locations around Ireland. The Perfect Immigrant tells the story of Levi, a Nigerian man who just moved to Dublin to ...

27 Oct 2023 at 12:33

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 and violence ...

12 Aug 2024 at 09:54

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WHAT'S ON: Ramble on in, no invite needed, to Carlow's rambling house event

As part of Carlow Fringe Arts Festival 2023, Scraggs Alley will host Carlow's own Rambling House. Rambling Houses historically were popular in communities all across Ireland. They were a place where the locals would ...

04 Aug 2023 at 10:33

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New Edinburgh theatre to be named in honour of Sir Ian McKellen

Sir Ian McKellen is to have an Edinburgh theatre named in his honour after his record-breaking run at this year’s Fringe Festival. The Ian McKellen Theatre at Saint Stephens has been named following the veteran ...

30 Sept 2022 at 14:40

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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, ...

07 Aug 2022 at 12:00

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 ...

04 Aug 2023 at 19:52

Sturgeon: Scottish Government action on pay is hindered by budget limitations

Nicola Sturgeon has spoken of her Government’s budget limitations as industrial unrest grows amid ongoing pay disputes. Scotland’s First Minister said there is a “real case” for civic mobilisation ...

24 Aug 2022 at 15:53

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